Irvine, CA, December 17, 2004 – Atlus U.S.A., Inc., a leading publisher of console role playing games, announced today that Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga, the latest game in the popular RPG series, will be packaged in a special deluxe box set when it ships in the spring of 2005. The Deluxe Box Set has a suggested retail price of $54.99 and will include the following:

• Collector’s art box for Digital Devil Saga and Digital Devil Saga 2 (DDS2 coming summer 2005)

• Exclusive Digital Devil Saga controller armor which can be used to personalize your controller.

• Official soundtrack CD featuring 30+ tracks from the game!

Enter the world of the Junkyard, where rival tribes fight an endless war-vying for supremacy and the right to ascend to Nirvana. Changed forever by a mysterious light, Serph and his comrades now have the power to change into powerful demons... but with that power comes a price - an insatiable hunger to devour their enemies!

• Experience a fully-voiced, epic sci-fi fantasy story with over 50 hours of gameplay!

• Enter a dark, futuristic world with characters designed by renowned Japanese artist Kazuma Kaneko!

• In battle, strategically switch between human and demon forms to exploit enemies’ weaknesses.

• "Devour" your enemies to increase your power!

• Customize and develop your characters using the unique "Mantra" system.

• Discover devastating combo attacks!

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga has not yet been rated by the ESRB and has an MSRP of $54.99.

For additional information on the game, visit the official Digital Devil Saga website at

www.digitaldevilsaga.com  or www.atlus.com.

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Located in Irvine, CA, Atlus U.S.A., Inc. is a publisher of challenging and engaging video games for a variety of platforms including Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation®2. Atlus is best known for releasing unique RPGs and Strategy RPGs such as Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Wizardry, Persona, and Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. For more information visit: www.atlus.com

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