Posts tagged PhantasyStarUniverse 
Phantasy Star Portable coming stateside in March
Sega announced that it will bring Phantasy Star Portable, the on-the-go flavor of its popular Phantasy Star Universe, to North America in March 2009, finally giving us a reason to cash in those meseta savings bonds grandma left behind before taking off for Palma to retire. Serving as a kind of pr...
New Phantasy Star Universe pack coming Nov. 20 for $20
Way, way back in April we brought you news of Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus, as we marveled at its beautiful, cumbersome title. Sega has finally announced that the DLC will be coming on Nov. 20 for 1600 points ($20). If you've been playing on PS2, you'll have to buy a stand-alo...
Sega releases Phantasy Star-branded texting gadget for PS2, Xbox 360
Sega has just announced a Phantasy Star-branded Blue Orb Texter for sale through its online store. The gadget is plugged in between the controller and console -- available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 -- and the player can use an analog stick to kind of jab in the text. (Note: Xbox 360 owners must...
New texting device for Phantasy Star. Why?
Chatpad be damned! You may have seen shots of the Blue Orb Texter device on Joystiq last year. Essentially, you plug your wired control into the Texter, plug the Texter into your Xbox 360, and your controller becomes a text input device ... of sorts. Applying colored labels to your controller, you ...
Want Phantasy Star? Have $10? Let's make a deal
Phantasy Star Universe isn't for everybody, but those looking for an addictive, Diablo-style dungeon crawler won't find much better on the Xbox 360. Of course, that fact is offset by the addition of monthly fees, which send many gamers running for the hills. If you've been wanting to try PSU but wer...
PSU: AotI expansion to be download only
The Phantasy Star expansion ever so conveniently named Phantasy Star Universe: Ambitions of The Illuminus, will be coming to the Xbox 360 this Fall and offered exclusively via download from the XBLM. The expansion will continue the "epic" PSU storyline and build upon the traditional gameplay with en...
Phantasy Star sequel gets its own web space
The official Japanese website for the next chapter in the Phantasy Star world called Phantasy Star Universe: Ambitions of Illuminus has just launched with screenshots in hand. Thanks to PSO-World and the power of translation, we learn that they will be planning a public network trial for the game, ...
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of Illuminus details
The hopelessly addicted cast of PSO-World got their hands on the latest issue of Famitsu and with it the first solid details on Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of Illuminus. As the sequel to last years online RPG, Sega appears to be tweaking it to address the number one complaint amongst those w...
New PSU: Ambition of Illuminus details
PSO World reports that a recent issue of Famitsu confirms new details regarding the expansion to Phantasy Star Universe. Entitled Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of Illuminus, the game is set to expand upon the original in many ways. First and foremost, several new weapon types have been revealed,...
Releasing this week: it's back edition
It's been a while since we've done a weekly release list, but it's high time we brought it back. So here are the US Xbox 360 releases for this week. - Cars - Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Phantasy Star Universe It's no secret that I'm into Phantasy Star, as the number of stories about it have gone up ...
