Atlus is planning to launch their online games portal with a bang, announcing the hybrid steampunk-fantasy MMO Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent as their first game.
If Neo Steam sounds familar, it should. GameNetworks has already had an English version of the game running for a few months. However, with HanbitSoft changing the rights over to Atlus, GameNetworks has discontinued service for their version of Neo Steam.
Neo Steam will be undergoing an extensive localization process, common to most Atlus Games, to make sure all of the dialogue is written properly and game features are tweaked to support the English language. The game will also be undergoing other updates, including graphical and content updates. Simply put, this will not be the exact same version of the game that has already been released to English speaking audiences.
Interested users and previous Neo Steam players will be very interested to hear that signing up for early access to the Atlus Online portal will also let users sign up for the beta of the newly localized Neo Steam. Signing up also allows instant access to their forums, so you can talk and mingle with your fellow neo steamers to your heart's content!
Reader Comments (4)
Posted: Feb 24th 2009 9:21AM bassec said
If Atlus has an online branch of their company...why don't the own/operate the SMT: Imagine game? Isn't SMT their own IP anyways?
Posted: Feb 24th 2009 9:44AM Thac0 said
I've never heard of this game. Is it any good or is it another crappy f2p grinding game?
Posted: Feb 24th 2009 10:16AM (Unverified) said
SMT Imagine was licensed to Aeria Games before Atlus developed Atlus Online (as you could see by visiting the Atlus Online forums as it was asked). However... Having played Shin Megumi Tensei Imagine on Aeria, I'm happy it's something else... I was far from impressed...
I'm not sure how good NeoSteam is, but I'll give it a shot once it hits beta...
I'm not sure how good NeoSteam is, but I'll give it a shot once it hits beta...
Posted: Feb 24th 2009 11:54AM Softserve said
I played the old NeoSteam... which is why I was surprised when they announced this. I hope the fixes are significant, because I wasn't exactly in love with it before.
But you get what you pay for with these things, I guess.
But you get what you pay for with these things, I guess.







