In the latest issue of Famitsu, Atlus has announced a brand new title for the PS3 and Xbox 360 called Catherine. The game is an adult/horror action adventure title. Key staff from the Persona series are working on this project including Katsura Hashino as the producer, Shigenori Soejima as the character designer, and Shouji Meguro will serve as the composer.

The game follows 32-year-old Vincent, who has no ambition either in work or love. The other character, Catherine, is a stylish 22-year-old with the charms of a young girl. One day, VIncent runs into Catherine and then he ends up having nightmares. The nightmares will serve as the action/progress component throughout the game featuring an unending stairway. Vincent will have to make it to the top of the stairs in his nightmares or he won’t awaken.

Producer Katsura Hashino spoke in a staff interview saying since this was the team’s first HD title they were excited to try something new instead of an RPG. He says this game will be more adult oriented than the team’s past titles, and that there will be plenty of gameplay as well as some shockingly adult scenes. Composer Shouji Meguro pointed out that the game’s music can be summarized in three key words: “classic,” “adult oriented” and “erotic.”

One last interesting tidbit was a possible Persona 5 hint from Meguro. He says due to Catherine, the team can’t be asked about their next title. Fortunately, some time next year he’ll be able to respond “Regarding the RPG, Hashino and I are…”