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Oops… Persona 5 Tactica Gets Taken Down After Going Up on Steam Early

Out of nowhere, Persona 5 Tactica went up on Steam earlier than its intended release date before getting taken down. The kicker is that players who downloaded the title during this time could still be playing Persona 5 Tactica offline right now.

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On November 8, email alerts reportedly went out to Steam players about Persona 5 Tactica being available to download, leading many to boot up the PC storefront and install the game. 

ā€œPersona 5 Tactica has been released early on Steam by accident,ā€ reported YouTuber Faz on Twitter. ā€œIā€™m playing the game right now.ā€

That post has garnered over one million views as of this articleā€™s writing. Itā€™s uncertain how many installed the title before it got taken down 20 minutes after the email alerts, according to Eurogamer. The Steam page for Persona 5 Tactica also went through a whirlwind of accidental issues, which saw the gameā€™s November 17 release date become December 31, 1969, before returning to the original date. Your guess is as good as mine about what that was all about.

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ā€œAt this point they have to be doing it on purpose,ā€ said one Twitter user, hinting at the leaked announcements for Persona 3 Reload and Tactica early this June, adding, ā€œAre they going for like, movie pre-screenings but for video games?ā€

Those who downloaded Persona 5 Tactica during the 20-minute window likely still have access to the game and can freely play it offline before its November 7 release. Itā€™d be different if Tactica were a strictly online-only game since the developer could just turn servers off, but thatā€™s not the case for this single-player title.

With this in mind, if you care about spoilers ā€“ from story beats to gameplay mechanics ā€“ in Tactica, Iā€™d recommend being wary of anything related to the title on social media until the game launches.


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Anthony is a Strategic Content Writer for the The Escapist and an RPG nerd in love with retro games and the evolution of modern gaming. He has over two years experience as a games reporter with words at IGN, Game Informer, Distractify, Twinfinite, MMOBomb, and elsewhere. More than anything, Anthony loves to talk your ear off about JRPGs that changed his childhood (which deserve remakes) and analyzing the design behind beloved titles.