As some disgruntled potential customers have noted, a heads up would have been nice! Of course, you can still download Dragon's Crown from the PlayStation Store if you already own it, but if you're a newcomer, you're currently out of luck.

Dragon's Crown looks like the first casualty of the publisher split. Atlus, now owned by Sega, recently announced its plan to cut all ties with NIS America. So what's going on? Well, it probably has to do with the publishing license Atlus granted to NIS America. So, people took to Twitter to ask what's up. Among them was Dragon's Crown (at the time of publication the game is still on the list).īut people noticed that Dragon's Crown wasn't on the PlayStation Store after clicking through to buy. Yesterday, Sony announced its 'Big in Japan' sale, and listed over 300 games 'that originate, or are inspired by, Japan or Japanese culture' in a post on the EU PlayStation Blog. The Japanese fantasy brawler was removed because of the expiration of the license held by publisher NIS America in Europe. ORIGINAL STORY: Dragon's Crown has been pulled from the PlayStation Store in Europe - slap bang in the middle of Sony's 'Big in Japan' sale. 'Please look forward to Dragon's Crown returning to the European PSN soon.' We are happy to announce thatDragon's Crown will be available directly from Atlus in Europe through PSN. 'The removal of Dragon's Crown from the European PSN was part of NIS America's and Atlus's mutual agreement on this title. 'With regards to our previous statements on Dragon's Crown for the European PSN, we must extend our deepest apologies to Atlus and European fans regarding the incorrect information about the removal from this store. NIS America's full statement is as follows:

UPDATE: An Atlus rep has told Eurogamer the company is looking into getting Dragon's Crown back on PSN, but doesn't have any kind of timeline yet.

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