Persona 5 gets European distribution help from Saints Row publisher Deep Silver

Sega is getting help from a company with strong resources in Europe to help release some of the most anticipated Japanese role-playing games.

Sega announced today that it has partnered with publisher Deep Silver to release digital and physical versions of games in Europe, including releases from Atlus (a subsidiary of Sega), Persona 5 and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. The deal also includes Sega’s 7th Dragon III Code: VFD. This is great news for European fans of Japanese role-playing games. Persona 5 is one of the most anticipated JRPG releases in some time, and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD is a meaty RPG for Nintendo’s 3DS handheld console that surprises as you dive deeper into it.