Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 is the fourth video game in the Persona console RPG series. The game was developed and published by Atlus Co. for the Sony PlayStation 2 console system. Persona 3 was released in Japan on July 13, 2006, was set to be released in North America on July 24, 2007, but was delayed to August 14, 2007 (due to a manufacturing error with the Persona 3 art book), and was released in Europe and Australia on February 29, 2008. An add-on chapter, entitled Persona 3: FES was released in Japan on April 19, 2007, and Atlus has announced that this will be available in North America on April 22, 2008.