This weekend stood theAnime Expo 2022 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, with its share of announcements obviously concerning animation, but also video games. It was on this occasion that SEGA finally ended the wait for PS4 owners in the West by announcing that Phantasy Star Online 2 and Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will be released on the console of Sony outside Japan on August 31 !
These two Action-RPG multiplayer and free-to-play of the license Phantasy Star have been the heyday of Japanese gamers since 2012 on PC, with PSVita, PS4 and Switch versions (in the cloud) that followed. Its arrival in the West with an English translation was made on Xbox One in 2020 then on computers, even allowing it to be played in France. At the same time, the publisher launched Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesiswhich is a full-fledged game launched from the same application and coexisting with PSO2which is currently available on PS4, Switch (cloud gaming) and PC in the Archipelago, and on Xbox One and PC in the rest of the world. If you were expecting a console release from Sonyso the long wait will finally come to an end.
By the way, an illustration for the 10th anniversary of the game was shared. Yes, it will have been a long way before everyone can enjoy it outside of Japan.