Halloween is fast approaching, which means its time for the Atlus Faithful to start planning. As always, Atlus is holding a Halloween costume contest where people who dress up as their favorite Atlus video game characters could end up winning stuff for their hard work. This year, eight lucky people will walk away with Amazon gift cards for their awesome costumes.

The smallest prize will go to four random entrants, who will each walk away with $25 gift cards.,,

The final piece of the puzzle is now in North America, thanks to Atlus. For the first time, Persona 2: Innocent Sin is being released in English. Which means people with the right platforms can experience the entire Persona experience, from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona to Persona 4, in all its glory and see just how the series has grown from its roots. This fact alone will make it easier for JRPG fans to overlook some of the less desirable aspects of this classic game…

Good news PSP owners in desperate need of something to play. Atlus is going to have you covered in September, 2011. That’s when it’s releasing Persona 2: Innocent Sin, the only Persona game to never receive an official English release. Atlus has also decided to make the game part of its Atlus Spoils program.

With Atlus Spoils, you get more than just a game when you, you know, buy the game. In this case, all launch UMD copies of Persona 2: Innocent Sin will include a 10 track CD soundtrack…

Atlus has just confirmed that North America will be receiving Persona 2: Innocent Sin for the first time ever. Well, that was quick! The Atlus Faithful email teasing that announcement went out less than a week ago. It looks like we’ll have persona summoning and demon fighting fun in Fall 2011…

Atlus is teasing its fans again with a hint at its next localization. See, there’s this Atlus Faithful email newsletter people can sign up for, and the company often uses it to make game announcements. That, or it’s used to hint at game announcements. Yesterday, an email went out with a retro announcement from June 23, 1999.

Why June 23, 1999? That’s a very good question…

Have you heard of Mayonaka TV?

Yes, that’s a Persona 4 reference – except English speakers may be more familiar with Midnight Channel. See, a mysterious countdown website has appeared on the internet with the address mayonaka-tv.jp. There, you can watch a 15 second introduction video that mirrors some scenes from the video game.

Here, watch and see for yourself…

There’s no fancy name or logo for the latest sale that’s popped up on the PlayStation Store, but there’s a definite theme! If you happened to check in on your PSP or PS3 last night, perhaps while you were at home enduring a blizzard, you noticed that section of the store reserved for sale games was packed with Atlus titles. And not just a few Atlus games, the ones that were good but not really big enough to get fans super excited. Major games like Persona 3 Portable were discounted…

Persona has grown to become one of Atlus’ most popular series, and the company’s noticed. Gamers have been quite supportive since the release of Persona 3, and since then have been clamoring for more. More new entries and rereleases of existing games. Atlus obviously isn’t going to keep people waiting, and turned to Famitsu to announce a PSP enhanced port of Persona 2: Innocent Sin.

Expect Persona 2: Innocent Sin PSP to look a lot like Shin Megami Tensei: Persona PSP…

Atlus has just taken a major step! The company is known for creating and releasing games in Japan and North America, but now it has branched out into digital releases in other regions with the PSP version of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona. Atlus is publishing it on the European and Australian PlayStation Stores for €24.99.

Unfortunately, this means no UMD release in either region. I doubt this will bother people in Europe or Australia though…

NIS America has taken the plunge into the world of anime licensing! The company’s first two series, Toradora! and Persona -trinity soul- have now started shipping. It may prove a little difficult to find said animes though, as the distribution is a tad limited. Your best bet may be to head to the NIS America Online Store and pick up the volumes. Each one is a premium edition, which comes with 13 episodes and an artbook for $47.99…