Phantasy Star Online 2 is fairly bloody bizarre, proper? A sci-fi romp that has your anime heroes preventing all the pieces from goblins to WW2 battleships by means of Evangelion’s screaming hell-prism. Now, with a Steam launch due subsequent month, you’ll quickly have the ability to traipse by means of PSO2 as some sort of Valve chimaera – piloting a far-future mech in Gordon Freeman’s hazard swimsuit as a tiny Stephen Merchant hovers menacingly by your aspect. Just one other day on the job, eh?
Despite kicking round for the higher a part of a decade, Phantasy Star Online 2 has solely made correct (ahem, “official”) headway within the West this yr with a North American release again in April. While that launch was muted by being a Windows Store unique, it got here with the promise that PSO2 would eventually come to “more PC platforms”.
Now, Sega have introduced that PSO2 is coming to a little bit platform known as Steam – and as is the completed factor as of late, is arriving with a heap of crossover cosmetics with Valve’s catalogue. Swapping out your sci-fi rifles for the Heavy’s minigun or letting Portal 2’s Wheatley observe you about is enjoyable sufficient, positive, however there’s one thing deeply unusual with PSO2’s anime reimaginings of Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance.
PSO2’s Steam launch coincides with Episode four replace for North American gamers, an arc that pitches the concept real-world folks can cross over into the world of the game (sorry, Europe, no phrase on after we’re getting our flip). A spokesperson for Sega additionally instructed USGamer that progress will carry over for current Windows and Xbox gamers, with full cross-play and cross-progression between platforms.
From the appears of issues, it additionally appears like Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis shall be heading to Steam. Announced throughout Xbox’s NotE3 present, New Genesis is definitely a standalone new game that utterly overhauls PSO2’s visuals and mechanics with a lush new open-world map.
Phantasy Star Online 2 shall be free-to-play when it launches on Steam on August fifth.
