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Persona 5 Royal PS4 Game Launches in West on March 31

The official U.S. PlayStation Blog announced on Tuesday that Atlus' Persona 5 Royal (Persona 5 The Royal in Japan) PlayStation 4 role-playing game will launch in the West on March 31. The official website for the game began streaming an English release date announcement trailer.

The game will include all DLC from the original Persona 5 game. The Launch Edition of the game will include a Steelbook case and a PS4 theme. The game will also have a Phantom Thieves Edition, which will include a Joker mask with stand, collector's box, art book, soundtrack, Steelbook, and PS4 theme. New DLC bundles will include a Kasumi costume bundle, battle bundle, and Persona bundle.

Persona 5 Royal launched for the PS4 in Japan on October 31.

The PlayStation Stores in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Indonesia are listing the English/Chinese version of Persona 5 Royal with a February 20 release date in Asia.

The game features the new character Kasumi Yoshizawa (voiced by Sora Amamiya in Japanese) and the new confidant character Takuto Maruki (voiced by Satoshi Hino in Japanese). Additionally, the game reveals the untold third school semester and has new school life and phantom life content. New features also include Status Assist, more songs, and enhanced graphics with PlayStation 4 Pro support.

Persona 5 shipped for the PS4 and PS3 in Japan in September 2016. The game shipped in North America in April 2017 after a delay. The game features animation sequences from Production I.G

Sources: PlayStation Blog, Persona 5 Royal game's website