The Japanese 360 PSU site has been updated with what we can expect to see in this Friday's update.

New co-op mission
A new mission entitled "True Darkness" will be added. Residual A-photon energy at the HIVE has given birth to a new Dulk Fakis. Guardians are asked to report to the HIVE to take down the creature once and for all!

New photon arts
A new batch of PA Fragment-traded photon arts will be released. These arts include Dus Majarra, Twin Penetration, Regrant and Megistar, among many others.

Thanks to pikachief at the forums for pointing this out!

Update! The official English PSU site has been updated with this information.

A surprise message scrolled at the top of everyone's screens on the PC/PS2 servers a short while ago resulting in many Guardian's reporting to the Guardian's HQ on Universe 10. This however was in error. In the aftermath, some new information was given out.

• Tails statues will be delivered some time in October.

At one point it appeared that 11/20 had been confirmed for Ambition of the Illuminus but chillaura eventually went on after the event to say that it was a store date from Wal-Mart.

As for the message itself, it apparently was supposed to only go to one player and not the whole PC/PS2 community. You can see chillaura's apology here. You can also discuss this happening on our PSU General board here.

On September 25th, Sega of America will be sponsoring a "Beast Bonfire" GM event on the regional PC/Playstation 2 and XBox 360 servers. The event is intended to be a celebration of the Beast Race and will be held in the Northern Continent Ice Plain lobby on Moatoob. Based on the available information, this event is intended to be completely social in nature. Here is a list of times when the event will be held (all PDT):

XBox 360	PC/Playstation 2
10:00 am - 10:45 am	11:00 am - 11:45 am
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm	2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Credit goes to zandra117 for bringing us this news.

On September 18th, the Japanese version of Phantasy Star Universe will be updated to incorporate several functionality improvements which were announced for Ambition of Illuminus. These improvements include a fee system for lobby jumping, increased synth success rates, grinding system revision, gameplay updates, and an increase in the number of universes. You can view the full list of changes in this forum topic. Credit goes to EspioKaos for translating this news.

On September 13th, the Japanese Phantasy Star Universe servers were updated with the second Thanks Festa event mission. Thanks Festa is a one year celebration event featuring special lobby decorations and missions. The missions feature increased exp, increased appearance rates for enemy items/boss box rares, branching mission paths, and back-to-back boss fights. In the new mission, your team has the option of taking the Zoal Goug/Magas Maggahna or Omnagoug/Dimmagolus route. Depending on the route your team chooses, you will either fight in Lab/Train or through various Neudaiz locales. This mission is expected to remain available until Ambition of Illuminus is released. Also, Sonic Team is sponsoring an art contest as part of the event. Selected pieces of artwork will be featured in-game. Click the "Read More" link to see some screenshots of the in-game fanart.

Guardian Colony	Parum
Neudaiz	Moatoob

According to the Japanese XBox 360 website, the regional PC/Playstation 2 and XBox 360 servers will be receiving a large content update on September 14th. Here is an overview of the update:

• Level Cap will be raised to level 100.
• Vigor Coat, AMF Army Jacket (Male and Female), AMF ArmyBottomSet (Male and Female), and One-Piece Swimwear clothing will be released.
• New SUV slots units.
• xx3 and xx4 series PM Evolution Devices
• Story Mission Episode 2: Chapter 10 will be released. It is the final story mission for the current version of Phantasy Star Universe and is a lead-in to Ambition of the Illuminus's storyline.

Credit goes to NavAtsuvy for bringing us this news. You can discuss this update in our Phantasy Star Universe forum.

SonicTeam recently announced a slight delay on the merging of the Japanese World 1 and World 2 servers. The reasoning behind the delay is fear that the merge could potentially have caused issues with the 1st Anniversary Thanks Festa that begins on August 31. A specific date has not been rescheduled for the merger, but plans are still in place to have the process done before the release of Ambition of the Illuminus on September 27.

The official Japanese Xbox 360 site has been updated with what we new missions can expect to see this Friday.

• New co-op mission
  • Duel in the Ruins C-S2
• New S2 missions
  • Satellite of Darkness S2
  • SEED Awakened S2

And of course with these new missions come new high-ranking board drops. Special thanks to NavAtsuvy for pointing this out at the forums.

On September 1st and 2nd, Sega will be sponsoring seperate events on the PC/PS2 and XBox 360 servers. On the PS2/PC side, players will have the opportunity to acquire a Tails room decoration by participating in an event called Sidekick Saturday. The main goal of this event is to seek out new players and teach them about the game. Anyone that logs on during September 1st will receive a Tails statue later in the month. Players on the XBox 360 servers can receive the Real Spear weapon by logging on the XBox 360 Phantasy Star Universe Demo anytime on September 1st or 2nd. Like other weekend demo events, people can only receive one Real Spear per Gamertag and Guardians License.