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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land In March, Sega announced that its upcoming MMORPG, Phantasy Star Online 2, will be smartphone compatible and free to play. In a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu, Phantasy Star series producer, Satoshi Sakai, talked about Sega’s somewhat ballsy decision.
Sega producer Satoshi Sakai announced today that PC title Phantasy Star Online 2 is headed to the PS Vita.
Ready your eulogies for yet another Phantasy Star Online going strictly offline, as Sega of Japan has readied the hammer and the nail for the Xbox version of the multiplayer action-RPG. Sega Direct—the online retail arm of Sega who is also due to get the ax—made the announcement this week that original Xbox game Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II servers would shut down at the end of January. Get your cybering in now, before it’s too late.
Oh, sure, we’ve suffered through multiple GameCube and Dreamcast games being put down by Sega, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Actually, when PSO Episode III: CARD Revolution went down, I was pretty okay with that.
Phantasy Star Offline, Xbox version goes dark in Japan [Siliconera]
