{"id":55771,"date":"2026-01-15T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55771"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:33:44","slug":"persona-megami-tensei-series-creator-working-on-brand-new-school-life-rpg-with-neptunia-company-compile-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-megami-tensei-series-creator-working-on-brand-new-school-life-rpg-with-neptunia-company-compile-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona, Megami Tensei series creator working on brand-new \u201cschool life RPG\u201d with Neptunia company Compile Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese video game developer Compile Hearts revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compileheart.com\/vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teaser website<\/a> and trailer for its upcoming \u201cschool life RPG,\u201d created and produced by the <strong>Persona<\/strong> and <strong>Megami Tensei<\/strong> series creator Kouji Okada alongside several other Atlus veterans. The game, promoted under the catchphrase \u201cOkada\u2019s ultimate message to those who will lead the next generation,\u201d will have its official title revealed on January 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300e\u65b0\u4f5c\u5b66\u5712RPG\u300f\u306e\u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fc\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u304c\u516c\u958b<br>2026\u5e741\u670829\u65e5\uff08\u6728\uff09\u306b\u6b63\u5f0f\u767a\u8868<br><br>\u4f01\u753b\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u300c\u5ca1\u7530\u8015\u59cb\u300d\u306b\u3088\u308b\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u5b66\u5712RPG<br><br>\u25bc\u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fc\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2a5Fvmqt4N\">https:\/\/t.co\/2a5Fvmqt4N<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ILgjwYJXhU\">pic.twitter.com\/ILgjwYJXhU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u65b0\u4f5c\u5b66\u5712RPG\u3000\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@compileheart_vc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/compileheart_vc\/status\/2011626896602341688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Kouji Okada, the development team includes Tadashi Satomi, the original writer of early Persona games, as well as composer and sound designer Tsukasa Masuko, who worked on many of the earlier Megami Tensei series titles. The team also welcomes famous illustrator Ilya Kuvshinov as the character designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u65b0\u4f5c\u5b66\u5712RPG \u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fc\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4r12nMDVxOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The teaser trailer showcases sci-fi inspired visuals and animations intertwined with glitch effects, flashes of red and people\u2019s screams. 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While no details have been released yet, the creepy, sterile atmosphere of the trailer suggests that the story of the game might be a mix of sci-fi and bio-horror elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details to be revealed on January 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persona and Megami Tensei series creator Kouji Okada announced a brand-new &#8220;school life RPG&#8221; developed by Compile Hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":55774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Persona, Megami Tensei series creator working on brand-new \u201cschool life RPG\u201d with Neptunia company Compile Hearts - 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