Phantasy Star Online's December 2000 release capped a decade of Sega experimenting with online gaming on consoles.

Janine is an academic and freelance writer who did her Masters and Doctorate degrees in Visual Studies. Her research focused on the representation of women in video games and sci-fi movies and TV ...

Peter Grimm has been playing video games for as long as he can remember. Since 2011, he has channeled that passion into writing about games, culminating in his current role as a writer and editor for ...

Even 30 years later, this game stands tall as arguably the greatest Sega Genesis game and one of the best RPGs of all time.

Starting today, July 8th, players can change servers in Phantasy Star Online 2 using the new ship transfer feature during a scheduled maintenance period. Unlike most MMOs, PSO2 doesn’t call its chunks ...

Sega's free-to-play Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is celebrating the release of Sonic Colors: Ultimate with a limited-time crossover event where players can earn a variety of Sonic-themed items.

Players start out on a ship, which acts as the main hub. Each ship has dozens of instances that you can swap to if you’re looking for a larger community feel. The early instances, 1 – 10 are generally ...

We announced in July that the Phantasy Cleveland (which includes The Chamber nightclub) had been purchased by an unidentified buyer with the intent on ending the property’s run as a performing arts ...

Phantasy co-owner Michele DeFrasia had hoped the complex could continue to host music back when it was put up on sale three years, with a $2.5 million price tag. Not so now: The unnamed buyer will ...

If there are two things GameCube is sorely lacking, it is good RPGs and online games; both of which Nintendo itself has not been working hard to remedy via internal development. Instead, Sega, a ...

It only took them 15 months. Dedicated old-school RPG fans have been waiting at least that long for this day to come, as it's taken all that time (since the Wii launch 15 months ago) for a Phantasy ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...