SEGA has announced that Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to the PC in late May. However, the game will be exclusive to the Microsoft store. Moreover, the publisher has also revealed that cross-play between Xbox One and PC will begin at that time.
Fred White, PSO2 TEAM North America’s Head of Marketing, said:
“Phantasy Star Online 2 changed the history of Online Action RPG’s; the sci-fi story, characters, and gameplay has resonated with gamers worldwide and now we’re excited to bring North American players this special game – for free. Our player community is the heart and soul of the game. We couldn’t have done it without their ongoing support and passion. We now look forward to kicking off a fun-filled future of events, collaborations and expansions in the years to come!”
The North American launch includes fully localized text and character voices in English, spanning three years of content. In addition to the immersive original PSO2 story, the NA version also features the most-up-to-date balancing and quality-of-life improvements from the Japanese service.
Players will be able to choose from four races and nine classes. They will also tackle various missions and collect Xbox One Achievements. They can also take a break from questing by playing one of the many Casino mini-games, chilling in the Alliance Quarters, or attending all-new live stage events. All progress from the betas will be carried over.
Phantasy Star Online 2 will be available for free!
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seven years too late…game aged badly
i was checking out some gameplay of the first game because it was put in a abandonware site since the game was abandoned and someone made it play offline, looked very underwhelming and uninteresting. Is this any better?
>MS store
big nope
Yeah since it’s on the this little store app that comes with every copy of windows and the game is free I am not going to click the store app and play the game because it is the MS store… /Sarcasm
That is one amazing story right there. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fc32ac50864a440e3930c6631ad8dadbd1f102da41ffb8f6ac23d511dada6d40.png
“Fred White, PSO2 TEAM North America’s Head of Marketing, said: “Phantasy Star Online 2 changed the history of Online Action RPG’s….”
That’s cool, Fred. Problem is, OARPG’s have moved on without PSO2, and it’s now an ugly, dated, washed up game.
I realize these people have to use whatever leverage they can to prop up their forthcoming game, but my god, who cares what it accomplished 8 years ago. What does it accomplish today?
Lastly, there’s no such thing as “free” in this industry. Free to get roped in to persistent spending in cash-shop bulls**t maybe, but nothing more than that.
2 late 4 the party,Sega…
so, this is the old MMORPG from xbox coming to PC ??