The newest episode has arrived! *Highlights are as follows:
There is currently a thread in the forums discussing this new episode.
Reported on the official forums by GM Edward, there are a few event missions that will be posted this week. They'll end on October 8. They are based on the previous Winter Event missions, however with an S2 difficulty added. This difficulty is AOTI exclusive and features enemies that are LV150+.
There will be an update at Desert Arms Shop as well as a rotation at Casino Voloyal. There is already a thread started in the forums.
Update:*The Japanese Xbox 360 homepage has been updated. In addition to reiterating the above info, it also mentions an update to the NPC shops.
Update: The English update page is located here. It confirms everything listed above.
The official JP PSP2 homepage has received an update with a new video. *It stars Producer Satoshi Sakai as "Dragon Sakai", Arisa Noto, and Yui Ogura as "Hal".
The video starts off with a commercial for the recently announced Valkyria Chronicles 2 for PSP and then leads into a live action version of Gurhal Channel 5. *After this, the producer shows up (as Dragon Sakai) to discuss the game with an unsuspecting woman. *Halfway in, sections of the previously uploaded video are shown. When this is finished, the producer (in his normal form) reviews some of the already announced information with accompanying gameplay footage. Later, they show the promotional PSP2 cards as well as the printable certificate. Essentially, this certificate is to confirm your willingness to go on an adventure in space with three of your friends. The names you put in will appear on the upper right of the document. Concluding the production is a previously released promotional video with footage of character creation and gameplay.
This series will continue with several more episodes slated before the game's release. Also, as mentioned in the linked blog entry, there is a change to the framerate of multiplayer. The original PSP was set to 20 frames per second, while PSP2 will be running at a maximum of 30 frames per second.
There is currently a thread in the forums discussing this new video.
The original Sega Master System version of Phantasy Star hit the Virtual Console today in North America. It was released in Japan on April 21st and Europe on August 14th. Pricing for the game is 500 Nintendo Points.
For those keeping track, this is the last of the original series to do so. Phantasy Star II, III, and IV have already been released at 800 Nintendo Points a piece.
Update: There is now a game page about Phantasy Star on Sega's own site as well as a blog entry about the release from PSU's current GM.
A new video containing gameplay footage from Phantasy Star Portable 2 has been found on the zoome.jp website. The gameplays footage starts around 1 minute 20 second mark in the video, after the Phantasy Star Portable 2 opening video. Here are some of the highlights:
The Japanese Phantasy Star Portable 2 website received a large update today. Listed below are the highlights from this update!
The game opening starts around 1:10. Things to watch out for include new clothing, story characters, the Black Nanoblast transformation, and the return of the Phantasy Star Online Dragon!
Human |
Newman |
Cast |
Beast |
Credit goes to Mike for bringing us this news. You can discuss this update in this forum thread.
PSO-World recently added 70 new avatars and a new website skin known as "Neudaiz Springtime." Neudaiz Springtime is a Phantasy Star Universe themed style with a variety of soft colors that works well in most modern browsers. It can be used by selecting it from the dropdown box at the bottom of any site page. Previews for the new avatars can be found in this forum thread. The avatars can be accessed from the User Control Panel. Credit goes to Dhylec for helping out with the style and avatars.
Microsoft formally announced today that beginning on August 28th, the price for the Xbox 360 Elite will decrease by $100 to $299.99. However, the Elite version will no longer ship with the HDMI or HD Component cables. In addition, the Pro version of the console is being phased out. The new price for the Pro bundle will be $249. It is expected that all remaining Pro versions will be sold by the end of the year.
As reported on the English and JP 360 PSU homepages, there will be a content update this week which contains the following:
The current Moatoob GBR will be ending with this maintenance period. The Fireworks lobby on Neudaiz, the event-related traps, and the current bonuses due to compensation will also be removed during this maintenance period.
Discussion is already taking place in the forums.