Atlus has announced the western release date and the localized name for the FuRyu PS Vita RPG, Caligula.

The game will be known as The Caligula Effect in the west, and will launch for PS Vita on May 2nd in North America and Europe. Featured above, you can view a new story trailer for the game.

Atlus is keeping the original Japanese audio in the game, further enhancing the twisted story penned by Tadashi Satomi (the writer of Persona, Persona 2: Innocent Sin, and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment).

Here are the first English screenshots:

Here’s a rundown on the game, via Atlus:

The students at Kishimai High School enjoy a blissful existence filled with classes and daily performances by the intoxicating virtual idol μ (pronounced myoo). While many students are quite content with this idyllic lifestyle, a few of them have uncovered a terrifying truth about their lives: everything is a lie. The “perfect” world they inhabit is actually Mobius, a virtual reality construct created and ruled by μ. The protagonist discovers this secret and must join with a group of other enlightened students, who call themselves the Go-Home Club, to escape. However, to do that they must fight brainwashed students called Digiheads, battle nefarious musicians, confront μ, and face their innermost traumas in order to truly become free.

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