Posts with tag sonic team
Posted May 10th 2007 11:05AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Deals and Bargains
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 were scared off by monthly charges, then we may have a deal for you. Amazon is currently selling the game for the rock-bottom price of $9.99. Heck, at that price, you could buy the game and play it for 5 months before you exceeded the average price of a 360 game. Not a bad deal if you're looking for some Rappy-slaying action.
Of course, the game
does have a single player mode as well, so it's quite a bit of gaming for not a lot of scratch.
Any takers?
[Via Xbox 360 Rally]
Posted Mar 21st 2007 11:00AM by David Dreger
Filed under: Downloads, Xbox Live Marketplace
Sonic the Hedgehog has a a few pieces of new content available on Xbox Live Marketplace. If you enjoyed the boss battles found in the game with, you might be interested in this. You can download, for 150 MS points each, "Boss Attack"s for each of the game's lead hedgehogs. Apparently, if you've completed Sonic, Shadow, or Silver's respective episode, you can use this content for what seems to be a game mode akin to
Heavy Weapon's Boss Blitz, but for individual characters. Do you play the game, and would you pick this up if you do?
Posted Feb 28th 2007 3:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News
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, including photon whips. The expansion will also include new weapons from familiar categories (many will be familiar to
PSO fans) as well as new Photon Arts and SUV attacks. The game is set to feature new levels, enemies, clothing, and even a casino. Whether or not
Ambition of Illuminus will have a single player story mode has yet to be determined. No other new details have been discovered at this time.
Anyone out there play
Phantasy Star Universe? Is it time for an expansion?
[Via TeamXbox]
Posted Oct 18th 2006 3:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live
Good news for those of you already addicted to
Phantasy Star Universe (me), the beta has been extended until Saturday, October 21st. Now you have three more days to die and watch your unhelpful teammates hump your corpse. Assuming you can actually connect anyway. Just to be sure, we connected earlier and the beta is definitely still working.
Some of you may remember that the beta was cut short thanks to a delay and yesterday's Live outage. It's nice to see that SEGA is willing to extend the beta in light of these issues. Anybody enjoying the game so far?
[Thanks, Mike]
Posted Oct 12th 2006 1:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Marketplace
Phantasy Star fans rejoice! The open beta of the upcoming
Phantasy Star Universe is coming to Live Marketplace this weekend. There is no exact date listed for the beginning of the beta so, start looking for it on Marketplace tomorrow -- or you can feverishly check every five minutes, like me. The download will only be available for two days, so get it while the gettin's good. There is one caveat and a concern, though. The caveat: you must have Xbox Live Gold to participate -- though you'll only need Silver when the retail game ships.
The concern: we have no idea whether or not you can retain your gained experience should you decide to purchase the retail version. Oh, one more thing, we can only assume that this is for North America only. European friends, let us know if you've got it in you're area. For more info on the beta, visit the official site.
PSU ships on October 24th. Until then, happy hunting.
[Thanks, Simon]
Update: Contributor vid33nyc1 pointed us to a handy Q&A thread in the PSU forums that cleared up some questions.
- The beta will be available in the US, Europe, and Japan.
- Whatever happens in the beta, stays in the beta. No levels, items, etc. will carry over into the retail version.
Posted Sep 19th 2006 9:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Marketplace
A few
Ken weeks ago we brought you the rumor that Phantasy Star Universe just might be free to play on the Xbox 360. At the time we were hoping that SEGA would subsidize the game with
horse armor microtransactions. Unfortunately, it looks like that's not the case. Rob from Orange Lounge Radio sent us the bad word this morning:
" ... Sega sent an e-mail this week that corrected what they had earlier communicated to us about PSU
being free online... it's now set to be $9.99 a month."
$9.99 isn't
that bad -- certainly better than some MMOs -- but it sure as hell isn't as nice as free. Oh, well. You can still count on seeing at least one of us 360 fanboys on there (i.e. me). Just think of it this way, we have the only version with voice chat. That's worth 10 simoleons, right?
Posted Sep 13th 2006 11:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live
The opening of the official English
Phantasy Star Universe website managed to get lost in the shuffle last week, and for that we apologize. As punishment for our tardiness, upper management has released the weasels. Believe me, the weasels ... they are merciless. Putting our freshly lacerated fingers back on the keyboard, we found that the site has
lots of info for fans of the series. It's unfortunate that all of the available media on the site (apart from the above shot) more or less completely fail to display the game's lush environments -- a Sonic Team trademark. There is however, a plethora of information about all aspects of the game (except monthly fees or a
lack thereof), much more than can be listed here. Some things to look for:
- Weapon customization and crafting
- Each player gets a personal room that also serves as a shop for others
- Each race and their abilities
- Mission system explanation
- Info on new lobbies
- Info on both multiplayer and single player games
- Vehicles
- The battle system
- A spiffy, though tiny, video (in English, no less)
- Lots, lots more
Any
Phantasy Star Online fan worth his or her salt owes it to him or herself to check it out. The game is scheduled to hit American shores on October 24th (Europe on November 24th) so, you'll have plenty of time to soak it all in. Is anybody else
crazy excited for this?
Posted Jul 9th 2006 3:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Downloads
Now that we know when Sonic is coming, why not take a gander at some movies shown at the Japan Expo -- which was held in Paris, oddly enough. The videos have no sound it seems, but they do give us a glimpse at the telekinetic powers of Silver (the white one) and show off one of Sonic's levels, too.
Also in the video: a rather lengthy load screen and a cameo by some guy's face. Enjoy.
Posted Jul 9th 2006 1:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News
IGN has the scoop that
Sonic the Hedgehog -- of the next gen variety -- will launch for the 360 on November 17th. This rendition of the classic franchise is supposed to take Sonic back to his roots. One can only hope, I suppose. The mere fact that the number of playable characters has been reduced to three is a
huge improvement in my book.
Anybody out there think this one will recapture the Blue Blur's glory days?
[Via QJ]
Posted Jun 20th 2006 3:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News
In celebration of
Sonic the Hedgehog's fifteenth anniversary, SEGA has released a veritable bounty of next gen
Sonic the Hedgehog screens. The shots effectively showcase the game's detailed and otherwise "real perty" graphics. It also looks like one of the new characters will sport psycho-kinetic powers á la
Psi-Ops. I'm still not sure of a hedgehog's odds against a giant lava monster, though.
On a side note, if Big the cat is in this game, I may never play Sonic again.
[Via QJ]
