Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is on its way to PS4 in the West

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Phantasy ⛄Star Online 2: New Genesis is finally coming to PS4 𝄹for players outside of Asia next month.

Originally released in Japan in 2012, Phantasy Star Online 2 came to the West on Xbox One and PC in 2020, but a PlayStation release was nowhere to be seen. The closest Sony players could get was a PS Vita version which released back i﷽n 2013. 

Now, however, Sega has confirmed that ten years after it first released on PC in Japan a decade ago, Western fans will be able to play the game on PS4 - albe🐭it the New Genesis version - for 😼the first time from August 31, 2022 (thanks, ).

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - which is a new ﷽game rather than an expansi꧃on, albeit one that ties directly to the original - tells a story taking place a thousand years after the events of Phantasy Star Online 2. 

The free-to-play, sci-fi, a𒀰ction-MMO has always had a cult following in the West, but had been incredibly hard to get hold of. With last year's long-awaited localization, however, it's become more accessible and more active thanks to g𒅌raphical improvements. 

It also brings revised combat and exploration set in a wide-open world, and you can still take the same characters back and forth between either version of the game. Your gear from the original game will carry over in an altered form into the new, too, although your character's e🍸xperience, skills, and most of their currency won't make the jump.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will, however, be cross-platform, which means you can move between platforms with your characters, and it features English voice work and be fully localized for Western audiences, too. It's also up to date with the Japanese version in terms of updates, balancing, and quality of life, so 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:after waiting all these years for a proper release, the North American audience won't have to dജo any more catching up to Japan - even on PS4. 

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