Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Will Be Region Free This Time! + New screenshots

Atlus have announced via Twitter that the North and South American release of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will be region free.

Have you heard the news? Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is going to be region-free! pic.twitter.com/Q4qcVuxtVU
— Atlus U.S.A., Inc. (@AtlusUSA) July 10, 2014

Both the Playstation and the Xbox version will be region free, which means regions such as Europe that are not receiving an official release of the game can still import their copy worry-free from the U.S. or Japan.

Fans of the game may remember the region-locking of Persona 4 Arena. Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 games are mostly always region free, in fact with Persona 4 Arena being the only known game to be region locked on PS3. Persona 4 Arena was region locked due to the variance between the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen currency values at that time. Because after currency conversion when importing the U.S. version of the game turned out to be cheaper than the Japanese one, Atlus were worried that mass importing from the U.S. would affect the game's sales in certain regions.

Atlus also revealed that the U.S. release of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will receive the same cover art as the Japanese release. Sounds like some good decisions all round!

Here are two new screenshots from the U.S. localisation of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax:

Photos found on Gematsu

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will be available August 28th 2014 in Japan and Fall 2014 in the U.S.. If you pre-order or buy the first print edition you will receive (along with the game) a mini Teddie Bop Bag, the first set of the Persona Tarot Cards (the second set will come with Persona Q) and the Adachi character DLC. You can pre-order your copy below:

Import/Pre-Order the English version of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax: Amazon, Play-Asia
Import/Pre-Order the Japanese version of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax: Play-Asia

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