The long-awaited supplemental update announced for the Japanese PC/PS2 version of Phantasy Star Universe will be hitting the Japanese servers this week! Full details of March 26's JP server update were announced early this morning. Here's a bit of what to expect from this update.
There is much, much more to this update than what's listed above. For full details, check out this translation of the Japanese announcement. Then feel free to jump into the ongoing discussion of what's to come!
Update: Only a few short hours after the supplemental update went live on the Japanese servers, it had to be removed due to a few major issues arising. As it stands, this update has been postponed until further notice. We'll update this news story as new information comes in.
Update #2: A follow-up report was posted on the Japanese site stating that work to correct the problems with this update is progressing and that the update may be ready to go live as early as Monday, March 30. Keep in mind, however, that this date is not set in stone, and the update could occur at any point after then. Furthermore, as an apology to all players, a two week reward period will be implemented at a future date. Please see this post for full details.
Update #3: Maintenance occurred this morning on the Japanese PC/PS2 servers to implement the update, and so far everything seems to be going very well!
The latest Mission Spotlight has been announced! Running from March 24 through March 30, Awoken Serpent, located in Moatoob's Granigs Mine, will be the focus of this GM event. Be sure to stop by at some point this week, as you may have a chance at winning prizes such as Vol Coins, various rare items and more! Check out the official announcement linked above for more details.
The official Japanese Xbox 360 PSU site was updated this morning with details on what to expect for our next update, scheduled for March 27!
We'll have more details as they're released. In the meantime, come join in the ongoing discussion of this update at the forum!
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Update: The official English announcement of this content update has been made. You can view the mission information here.
GM Edward just posted a notice that the PSU servers will be undergoing a period of maintenance tonight starting at approximately 11:00p.m. PDT. Though no further details are given on the English site, the official Japanese 360 site was updated with a similar notice, citing a bug fix as the reason for the downtime. You can join in our discussion of this news at the forum.
Update: As of 2:00a.m. PDT, all servers are back online. With this maintenance, the Winter Mission Carnival missions were completely removed from the game.
The official Japanese Xbox 360 PSU site was updated with details on what to expect with this week's maintenance.
Feel free to join in the discussion of this update over at the forum.
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Update:*The official English PSU site has now also posted the update details.
The official Japanese Xbox 360 PSU site has been updated with details on what we can expect to see on Friday, March 6, following maintenance. The Winter Mission Carnival will have come to a close with this update, but it won't be entirely gone, as two readjusted event missions will be released for players to enjoy.
The official English site has been updated with information on these missions. Feel free to join in the discussion of this update over at the forum!
The North American release of Phantasy Star Portable is less than a week away. In celebration, a special launch event will be held in Phantasy Star Universe on March 6! Vivienne, a new lead story character of PSP, will be making appearances in Clyez City throughout the day. She needs your help to track down Helga Neumann, a suspected terrorist! Team up with your friends, locate Vivienne, and track down Helga using the clues given to you by your new partner. This event will run multiple times throughout the day, and after the event has been completed successfully, all participants will be given a unique phrase to say which will reward them with a special weapon! Below is a list of the times the event will be occurring on each server. Remember! The times listed are all PST, Friday, March 6! (If you need assistance converting from PST to your time zone, please reference this site.)
For complete details, please see the official announcement. Thanks to RubyEclipse for the heads up!
Update: A few modifications have been made to this event. First, one more time slot has been added to each server to help accommodate more players. Second, anyone who says the phrase "Phantasy Star Portable Day" (just as it is typed here, but without the quotes) at any point on March 6 (12:00a.m. - 11:59p.m. PST) will receive a Moatoob Collectible room decoration at a later date. And finally, anyone who participates in at least one successful run of the event (i.e. Vivienne is successful in catching up to Helga), all participants of that run will be given a unique phrase to say which will reward them with a Real Hand Gun+ at a later date.
With the end of the Winter Mission Carnival fast approaching, talk of the next major event has been increasing steadily. To help get the ball rolling on this, SonicTeam are giving the Phantasy Star Universe community the opportunity to name this upcoming event! These are the four options:
You can cast your vote over at the official forum. The winner will be announced on Monday, February 23!
Update: It's official. The name of the next major event will be Shred the Darkness!
SonicTeam updated their website for Japan's upcoming AOTI supplemental update with further details on some previously announced features. Here's a brief synopsis of the recent additions.
For further details on these recent additions as well as to voice your thoughts and opinions on this upcoming update for the Japanese PC/PS2 servers, check out this thread at the forum!
A small bug which prevented the missions "Unsafe Passage" and "Fight for Food" from appearing correctly on certain universes was discovered on the PC/PS2 servers after coming back up from maintenance on January 23. In order to correct this problem, the two affected servers, Universe 1: Guide and Universe 2: Caelum, will be taken down for approximately one hour today, January 26, at 3:00p.m. PST. For the duration of this maintenance, those two servers will be inaccessible, but all others will remain online. The official announcement of this maintenance can be read here. Also, please remember that this maintenance has no effect on the Xbox 360 servers.
Update: Unfortunately, all PC/PS2 servers had to be taken down to fix the problem. However, all servers have since been restored and the affected missions work properly again.
Problem here is that we're not game designers, and the community is barely big enough to have discussions anymore so things get circular fast, but, yes,
Cyclon Apr 13, 2024, 05:56 AM