The Japanese Xbox 360 PSU site has been updated with details on this Friday's update. Here's what we can expect to see.
Feel free to join in the discussion of this update at the forum.
Game master Edward has just posted an announcement concerning three instances of scheduled downtime for the PSU billing servers. As an effect of this downtime, PC/PS2 players will not be able to log in to the game or billing site; Xbox 360 players will be unaffected. The schedule for this billing server maintenance is as follows:
If you need assistance converting these maintenance periods from the listed time zones to yours, please use this converter.
Update: Edward has posted a followup to yesterday's announcement, letting everyone know that while firmware updates will still be happening, they will be done in a way that should not interrupt gameplay. PlaySEGA and the main SEGA website may still be inaccessible during the maintenance, but players should be able to log in to PSU with no problems.
Today, October 24, marks the two year anniversary of the release of Phantasy Star Universe in North America! We've all been through some rough times with the game, but we have undoubtedly enjoyed many great experiences with it, too. In honor of this milestone, forum user dogg1000 has begun a thread for veteran and rookie Guardians alike to share their stories with PSU. Feel free to join in and let us know how long you've been battling against the darkness of the SEED!
Some changes will be coming to the way you see individual universes when you log in to Phantasy Star Universe and view the universe transporter this Friday. Both PC/PS2 and Xbox 360 servers will receive not only a reduction in the total number of universes, but also a complete naming overhaul. Now, instead of seeing "01 Universe," "02 Universe," etc., players will have a list of named universes to choose from, based on various constellations.
The PC/PS2 servers will be reduced from 18 to 10 universes, while the Xbox 360 servers will go from 30 to 20 universes. The new universe names are as follows:
Replacing 01-10 Universe on both servers:
Replacing 11-20 Universe on the Xbox 360 server:
The official announcement of this change can be found here. Feel free to join in the discussion of these changes at the forums!
Update: Maintenance is complete and the servers are back up. However, a few small changes were made to the universe renaming. First, identifying numbers were added back. So now instead just seeing "Caelum" or "Perseus," you'll see "02: Caelum" or "16: Perseus." Second, the guide server has been renamed "Leo (Guide)" to fix a text-limits issue. Third, the universe known originally as "Lupus" has been renamed "Lyra" based on user feedback. And finally, the server list currently is centered in-game. This is only temporary and is planned to be moved to left-alignment. For full details on these changes, see the official announcement here.
Update: Reports have been coming in that the intended box fix for Bladed Legacy may not have occurred as players still are receiving only recovery items and -ium metals from the mission's clear boxes. We're awaiting official word on this for confirmation, and will update this post once we hear something.
According to gaming news site 1Up.com, SEGA have confirmed that Phantasy Star Portable is scheduled to be released in the United States in March of 2009! An exact date within the month has not been revealed, but stay tuned as we'll be sure to report any information on that as it surfaces.
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Special thanks to Sydz for the news tip!
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Update: In an interview with director Satoshi Sakai, conducted by 1Up.com, it was confirmed that the localized release of Phantasy Star Portable will not support the character upload feature that the Japanese version has. To clarify, this only means that you will not be able to transfer the likeness of your character (with some items, Meseta and a small jump on leveling) from AOTI to PSP.
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Update: The official press release has been posted here. The initial batch of screens have been posted here.
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