Phantasy Star Universe hops over to Xbox Live too afterall!

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<strong>Phantasy Star Universe hops over to Xbox Live too afterall!</strong> <img src="/images/PSU.jpg" alt="PSU" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - April 19 2006 - 4:36 PM ]</font>

<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 500px; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="Phantasy Star Universe" hspace=0 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/ragol_psulogo.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">After months of debating, SEGA of Europe &amp; SEGA America&nbsp;have officially announced earlier today that <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM>, although already being released for PlayStation2 &amp; PC, will be heading towards Microsoft's Xbox360 console as well when the game is released!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If that wasn't enough for you, the game has also been re-evaluated for released on all 3 formats during <STRONG>Autumn 2006</STRONG>.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 77px; HEIGHT: 109px" alt="Phantasy Star Universe on PS2... and PC... AND Xbox360! Anymore?" hspace=3 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/19_04_06_05.jpg" align=left vspace=2 border=1>Supporting the worlds most popular online gaming service - Xbox Live - players can compete with upto 5 other hunters online instead of <EM>Phantasy Star Online</EM>'s 4-Player maximum player limit per game (2 more, yay!) on all 3 planets throughout the Gurhal system (Yes, it's translated name is officially Gurhal, not Graal).</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">There are also over 200 weapon variations and over 20 weapon categories to use in combat throughout the game, through melee, technique, and ranged-combat! If that's not enough, there are also various Photon Arts that can be used throughout the game for offense.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What will you be using these for? Well there's over 220 variations of enemies to take down, coming from over 70 unique monster species! Bloomin' 'eck!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The soundtrack also uses world class orchestra's from locations like Poland, Hollywood, and New York New York! (Yes i'm aware i said that twice)</FONT></P><P align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">From </FONT><A href="http://www.sega-europe.com"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SEGA of Europe</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">:</FONT></STRONG></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">"<EM>The reinvigoration of this beloved franchise on the Xbox 360 signifies another step for SEGA towards next-gen leadership</EM>," said Scott A Steinberg, Vice President of Entertainment Marketing, SEGA of America. "<EM>Phantasy Star has a rich history, and now with Phantasy Star Universe in support of the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, gamers can enjoy a fantasy role-playing experience of unprecedented depth both online with their friends and offline in the robust single-player game.</EM>"</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face=Arial>Everyone is going mental about the news in our community forums! Why don't you do the same by using <A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=192330">this Ragol.co.uk forum thread setup by Starman</A>.</FONT></P>