Release details for PSOBB USA are upon us.

On June 13, the PSO BB game servers will be down from 4am to 9am+ PST. You will not be able to log in during this period of time.

Sign Up is very easy- after logging in to the Playsega site, you will be able to choose "Purchase a PSO BB Subscription". The rest is pretty self explanatory. You will need to have VISA or MASTERCARD to get a Hunters License. Debit cards will work as well, but only if they have the VISA or MASTERCARD symbols and contain this functionality.

Note About The AOL Cup

Items! The items are to be distributed June 13. You will need to open an inventory slot on your character to receive the item. If you are also getting a milestone prize, you will need to open an additional space. Items are to be distributed to only your slot 1 character.

Here are some fixes upcoming in the latest patch:

1. Word wrap function
When you chat, line break will work properly. You can activate Word wrap within the Options menu.

2. Mail box function
You will be able to send simple mail to off-line user's mail box (Max 50). Off-line user will receive them when they arrive on-line.

3. Zoom functions
You can zoom in and out by using mouse wheel in game (4 levels).

4. PageUP and Down function
You will be able to scroll pages in backpack and check room by using PageUp and Down key.

5. Global focus sound
You will be able to select in launcher option about BGM and SE on and off when PSOBB is not active (only in window mode).

6. Typing issue
A bug has been fixed related to language settings and the ability to type within menus or in game.

Episode II will be released, but Episode IV won't. It should be on its way really soon.

While episode IV is still in the dark at this point, pricing for the monthly subscription has been set for $8.99 a month, seen through the survey that Sega is currently conduction at psobb.com.

EDIT: Dig a little and you get a lot sometimes. Episode IV has been confirmed as FREE. It's included in the monthly charges. Confirmation located here. This is a change over the Japanese version in which players had to pay an extra fee to purchase a download or physical disk for Episode IV.

Team points have finally become spendable. Time for teams to pick their first reward(s) and enjoy them to the fullest. This could start the race to the end of the AOL CUP which New_Legacy has dominated after coming from out of no where starting 2 days late.

Speaking of the AOL CUP, the 20,000,000 point barrier was breached, so all players will be recieving their mags fairly soon once the event has ended. The estimated time is on prize give aways is the 19th or 20th. Event end day is still the 13th. Edit: Apparently rewards have been bumped to the 13th now as well.

Some more information about the Gamecube lobbies as i'm sure now you've noticed that they're sending out the wedding music. The event will be going on on the Gamecube until June 28th. At least it isn't a whole month.

The end of the open beta draws near, and has been extended!

In a recent announcement, ST has decided to extend the beta by 4 days to June 13th the reasoning for this is because that is also when the AOL cup will be ending.


ST has also revealed a few facts about the full release. First, New difficulty modes and episode 2 will be added, along with episode 4 showing up soon.
Second, Battle mode and Challenge mode should be up soon.
Lastly, there will be new quests along with GM events coming up real soon.

while there are no specific dates set for any of these updates, it is assumed that some will appear immediately after some server downtime when the beta ends. And as a reminder, your characters WILL NOT be deleted at the end of the beta.

The status of wedding lobbies is currently unknown at this point.

Yes, not only is the gamecube getting it, but also Blue Burst! (at least the JP version) Wedding bell in lobby 10.

Oh and ep 2 challenge mode stage 4 is going up

Got a love of your life?

wanna get married?

Well soon you'll be able to. On june 7th, the marriage lobby in lobby 10 will be put online.

That is all, sorry, no new quest.

I had a chance to speak with Clumsyorchid today about a few issues, here's what was revealed.

The next patch will contain the word wrap feature.

Corrupted files that are being downloaded are apparently coming from download accelerators and are requested not to be used.

There was apparently a glitch with the team point system, and points should be available soon.

Last night the JP BB servers were updated. Here's what happened.

First, players are now able to buy a sword for their team leader. When in the same team with the leader, players get an additional 20 atp. 8000 team point cost.



Towards the Future has been released.

a new quest that you must buy called 『災禍の中枢へ』 or To the Center of the Disaster which costs 3000 team points has been released. This features a new boss for episode IV.



Also Singing at the beach has been extended by one week because of reaching 100 million kills. The final cup total for the Login Cup was 126,004,727 kills. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

When check is inserted on drawing option in options menu, when turning back the text in Japanese, the word which depends on the future is sent to the following line.

You don't have to listen to PSOBB in window mode if its not the active window anymore

Better support for hyperthreading or dual processor systems has been implemented.

With the mouse wheel zoom up/down of camera point of view can be changed for use in camera shots.

Mailbox size has been increased to 50 mails and these can be recieved while offline as well since the game is server side. To see more mails, use the pageup and page down keys.

Also, it appears that rare monsters will no longer be appearing in challenge mode.

Also the timings of some of the challenge mode doors have been changed.

Happy hunting everyone. Edit: Thanks to Tancient for a few corrections.