Atlus announces five DS games

TOKYO--Japan-based Atlus announced today that it is currently planning five games for the Nintendo DS, including the tentatively titled Shin Megami Tensei DS, which will join the recently announced Shin Megami Tensei Online as upcoming games in the company's Megami Tensei series of role-playing games. Though Nintendo has set the release for the DS by the end of the year, Atlus did not indicate when these games would become available.

Atlus' DS lineup is as follows (note that all names are working titles):

Shin Megami Tensei DS / RPG
Snowboards Kids DS / racing
Caduceus / action
Jinsei-Game DS / board game
Choro-Q DS (also known as Gadget Racers in the US) / racing

Atlus most recently made headlines when it released its first-quarter financial results, showing losses of $2.46 million.