The Japanese Phantasy Star Online 2 website has been updated recently to open a new section for those fortunate enough to access the game's upcoming alpha tests. Once logged in with their SEGA ID, a participant can download the client. Here is the current schedule of access dates and times:
- August 18 - 16:00 to 23:00 JST (00:00 to 07:00 PDT)
- August 19 - 18:00 to 23:00 JST (02:00 to 07:00 PDT)
- August 23 - 16:00 to 23:00 JST (00:00 to 07:00 PDT)
- August 26 - 16:00 to August 27 - 23:00 JST (August 26 00:00 to August 27 07:00 PDT)
Additionally, Sega has opened up a twitter account which can be found at this link. The developers ask that testers follow the twitter feed for timely updates regarding the alpha.
For more discussion, see KoNeko1192's thread in the forums. Note that as this is a prerelease build, the participants are advised not to provide information to those outside the alpha tests.
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