Atlus launches new studio and teases first project

The studio behind the Persona games has just released some tantalising artwork, saying that they have just opened up another studio called Studio Zero. The new project they are teasing with this luscious concept art is neither a Persona or a Megami Tensei game, says Atlus, but is instead something totally new. Persona director Katsura Hashino states that Studio Zero will do something fresh and exciting that will be something refreshing to the JRPG genre. On Atlus' official website, this is what Hashino writes (via Gematsu):

"25 years ago, the Atlus RPG uttered its first cry. Speaking of RPGs in those days, the stories in so-called "fantasy" worlds were mainstream. The Shin Megami Tensei series was released as an "opposition" to such a "common" world view, and the Persona series was released as its spin-off. Both series, even today in their latest entries, have always been made with the concept that it will be a counter to the times. And now, in addition to continuing the titles within those series, what will our approach to a new RPG be? That is, to challenge the norms of the genre gamers have been consuming for decades. The challenge is about to begin. We would be happy if you would stand by for the moment we began from zero and the moment we began our challenge from zero."

What would you like to see from this new project?