September 26th 11: 00 - 11: 30 JST is going to be the time when the new episode for Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst is going to be revealed.

The announcement will be made at the Tokyo Game Show in the the Japanese convention center Makuhari. The episode will be introduced by PSO Director Masauzi. Tickets are 1,200 Yen for junior high school level or above levels, and 1,000 Yen for elementary and below. Also, you'll be able to play the episode early by going to the show.

It appears that Sega had forgotten to upload the data to the server to allow Edy CUP - Maximum Attack to be playable in Ultimate mode. That error has now been corrected.

While it has been known for a while that Blue Burst was going to have a new episode, it was never clear where it was going to lie in the PSO time line. Some speculated that It was going to be named Episode III, while Episode III on the Gamecube was going to be renamed Gaiden. However a new image that has been released by SEGA has now led to speculation that the new Episode will be named as Episode IV.



The original source on this can be found here. The filename that is that picture is "ep4.jpg" and this only leads to speculation to where the new Blue Burst episode could be in the PSO timeline, given that Episode III happens 21 years after the events of Episode I & II.

Today, the 100 millionth monster was killed, and with it Ultimate mode has been opened. But don't let up yet. SEGA wants us to kill another 50 million to get 2 more rewards. Who knows what they could be! Remember tho, Ultimate mode in Blue Burst requires at least a level 100 character. Join the discussion here.

Blue Burst has been released for a while, but I noticed that the link to download it has not been mentioned here on the front page. The direct link to download Blue Burst is here. As for instructions on signing up for a hunter's license, you can go here for instructions.

A new cup to reach a number of kills is underway. What's the goal this time? 100 Million Monsters! This is the Edy CUP. 2 Quests have been opened which will make this a reality. First is quest much like the Famitsu Maximum Attack quests in the past. In addition a second quest will be available when certain conditions are met however what those are is currently unknown. However if the goal is reached, a great gift will be found.

The offical Edy CUP homepage is located here.

There you can see the current kill counter, along with all secrets that have been unlocked. Just a quick note, if you use babelfish, you won't be able to see the unlocks as babelfish. Just look at them in japanese. (besides they're gifs, Babelfish can't translate gif files.)

The new areas are looking very exciting, the release is set for sometime this fall.

Here is a retro list of Blue Burst patches that we havn't reported one, this is just to catch us up on news postings, many of you surely already have long since known of these.