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Riders soundtrack announced
OST to feature 3 bonus tracks

Sega have announced that the official soundtrack for Sonic Riders will be released in Japan on March 16.

The line up of 21 songs includes 3 tracks that are exclusive to the disc. As with previous OST Sonic releases, the CD will only be available from Sega’s online store, Sega Direct.

PSU delayed again
Japanese release is pushed back

The Japanese release of Phantasy Star Universe has been delayed for a second time. The game was supposed to be released on March 30th after being pushed back from its original release date of February 16th.

Speaking to Watch Impress, a Sega representative stated that the delay is “unavoidableâ€￾ and is necessary for “further improvement in the quality and stability of the on-line functionâ€￾.

Sega of Japan is currently unable to provide a new release date. However, the game will still be released before the end of the year.

It is unclear if this delay will effect the Western release, which was also has an imprecise release date of ‘autumn 2006’.

Is PSU still planned of PS2 and PC only?

Light Speed wrote:Is PSU still planned of PS2 and PC only?

Yes, but rumors have been circulating as of late that the game might show up on the Xbox 360 down the road.

I wonder which game will be released first--FFXII or PSU?

I'll put my money on Duke Nukem Forever.

EspioKaos wrote:Yes, but rumors have been circulating as of late that the game might show up on the Xbox 360 down the road.

This is from the same source that stated Virtua Fighter 5 play-testers were enjoying the game's new Dodge button.

Hmmm, I don't think so. I'd bet that Duke Nukem Forever will be out after Axl Rose's "Chinese Democracy".

Heh, they should change the name to Duke Nukem Never.

Phantasy Star is strong in Asia, and is the other mayor Sega franquise besides Sonic, so I guess it better that the game is delayed before having a crap game release. like Sega is used to do nowadays.

Dont worry, we will have the game before 2012...

it's been officially announced for 360. Check magic-box or pso-world. I'm not sure what to think about this. This is good. . right?

I think the only addition would be better graphics, kind of like FFXI for 360. I doubt they would add anything new just for that version, except maybe some achievements or something.

I'm torn about this too. On the one side I am happy seeing as I own a 360, but on the other side I swore off that type of game forever. I logged like 1000 hours on the Xbox version of PSO, then like 65 days on WoW, so I'm not sure if I really want to play another game like that.

I think it was a smart decision by Sega to release it on the 360 though, a subscription based game for the PS2 this late in its life almost seems like a waste of a game.

Wow, those screenshots look a lot better than the ugly as sin ones I saw for the PS2 version. Too bad I have 0 interest in buying a X-BOX 360.

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I honestly don't know what to say.

I don't think those are in-game screenshots. They're caps from an old CG trailer if I remember correctly.

Yeah, that crossed my mind. Only I would've said it much harsher.

I didn't really think about your post after looking at it, but I suppose that was what you were inferring to. Many apologies. That would have been an opportune time for a soul-crushing insult.


In other news, I <3 the PSU theme song. Damn it all. Sonic Team gets me with cheesy rock every fucking time.

Well, make your own theme, there is a Linux distribution for music making and editing somewhere....I may install after I find my "LInux for idiots" manual.

... there are people dancing. The music is pretty good, but the lyrics... GOD, the lyrics...

But I say we can start again.
We're on the same ship.
It's called 'Starship Earth'!

I really can't stand the PSU theme song, even in comparison to PSO EpI&II's (which were cheesy, but at least they sounded pretty decent). The lyrics just sound like somebody threw some words together and then just stuffed them on top of the music. It doesn't flow at all and feels abrasive to my ears.

Lets fighting love!