Details were made public that SEGA have purchased Atlus in a 14 billion yen deal. The deal takes effect from November 1st, and fans were worried how the acquisition would affect future releases. SEGA Sammy's President and CEO, Naoto Hiraoka, has put fans at ease by saying "Atlus will continue with its business operations."

This is an open letter released over the weekend from Hiraoka:

"I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for your support of Atlus products .... Atlus has consistently received support and praise from our faithful and our respected customers, and made great progress in recent years. So the recent incident must have surprised and worried all of you dearly. For that, I would like to express my deepest apologies. We have nurtured a great relationship with Sega Inc. for a long time, especially concerning our consumer games business in Japan."

So it looks likes that the future is safe for Atlus, and with SEGA's financial backing this can only mean good things. As normal let us know below what you think of this merger.