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Phantasy Star Online programmers on breaking new ground and their Diablo-style isometric prototype

We continue our retrospective interview series for Phantasy Star Online’s 20th anniversary

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Phantasy Star Online devs on the story, the graphics, and the angry fans that used to call the office

We continue our retrospective interview series for the game’s 20th anniversary

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Phantasy Star Online’s music has defined the series for 20 years

In part three of our retrospective interview series, we talk to composer Hideaki Kobayashi

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Phantasy Star Online’s director talks Diablo influences, cut features, and Christmas Nights

We look back with the second entry in our six-part interview series

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Yuji Naka looks back at Phantasy Star Online, 20 years later

How Sega’s Dreamcast and Phantasy Star Online connected the world by ushering in the true first generation of online console gaming

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It’s time for Phantasy Star to make a proper comeback

Three decades after its debut, the revolutionary role-playing series seems ripe for a return to its classic roots

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Remembering the Dreamcast, the console that wanted to murder you

Regardless of which console you favor in the current, raging war for hardware supremacy, there's one thing the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U have in common: None of them are trying to kill...

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Sega finds success in the digital gaming market as fiscal results show decline in traditional retail sales

In the wake of unimpressive software sales in retail stores, Sega is reporting success in the digital market for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2013. During this period, the company launched...

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Phantasy Star Online 2 hits PS Vita next week to become the first PC and portable cross-platform MMO

The PS Vita version of Phantasy Star Online 2, Sega's free-to-play take on their epic RPG series due out sometime this year Stateside, is set to launch in Japan Feb. 28, about seven months after...

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Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to Japan Feb. 28 for PS Vita

Phantasy Star Online 2 will release to PS Vita devices on Feb. 28 in Japan, Sony announced during today's Vita Heaven event. The upcoming title will allow users to play online while using data...