Persona 4 Arena – VIDEO GAME NEWS – Xbox 360 & PS3 Update

ATLUS, the video game publishing brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., announced that  Persona 4 Arena is now available for digital purchase and download via Xbox LIVE®Marketplace Games on Demand Network for Xbox 360®.

Players now have greater access to the ultimate 2D anime-style figher, and just in time for the upcoming Atlus Fighting Championships, set for Saturday, November 17th at the Super Arcade in Walnut California.  Level|Up is teaming with ATLUS and Mad Catz to host a new event for the fighting game community that will feature a double header tournament with two of the hottest fighting game titles: Persona 4 Arena and The King of Fighters XIII.  The event will host a number of giveaways and prizes throughout the day with grand prizes awarded to the best fighters in attedance.  More details available here: http://www.levelup-series.com/levelup-presents-atlus-fighting-championships/

An unprecedented collaboration between ATLUS’ internal studio and genre masters Arc System Works, Persona 4 Arena represents the biggest, most noteworthy expansion of the esteemed series to date. Its gorgeous, hand-drawn, high definition 2D anime-style fighters and colorful, over-the-top special effects bring to life a roster of characters from the critically acclaimed, highly popular Persona 3 and Persona 4 roleplaying games. Brought to home consoles with a host of additional modes and content not available in the arcade version, including a Story mode in excess of 30 hours, not to mention months of play-testing and refinement during the game’s run atop the Japanese arcade charts, Persona 4 Arena is the ultimate 2D anime-style fighter, and the most exciting entry in the fighting genre this year.

Persona 4 Arena is available now in North America for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems each for $39.99. For more info, please visit the official game page:
http://www.atlus.com/p4arena/.