SEGA of Europe have today confirmed the release date for Phantasy Star Universe in Europe (PAL Encoded)!

The magic date you need to note down is 24th November 2006! The date has been posted officially on SEGA Europe's website, and it should be noted that it doesn't specify a date per platform, meaning that all three versions of PSU are to be released at the sametime across PlayStation2, PC & Xbox360? Quite possibly... The game when it was last seen at the Leizpig games conference in Germany for Xbox360 was far through the development process, so the delay for the games release in Europe (A month after America's release comes) could sit well for Xbox360 owners who can't wait to start breaking out some achivement points for their gamercards!

Be sure to Pre-Order the game now so you don't miss out when the time comes! Here's some handy links you might like to click around on:

• GAME
• (Xbox360 (£39.99) | PlayStation2 (£29.99) | PC (£29.99))
• GameStation
• (Xbox360 (£TBA) | PlayStation2 (£TBA) | PC (£TBA) )
• GamePlay
• (Xbox360 (£39.99) | PlayStation2 (£24.99) | PC (£24.99))
• Amazon.co.uk 
• (Xbox360 (£39.99) | PlayStation2 (£24.99) | PC (£24.99))
• Play.com
• (Xbox360 (£39.99) | PlayStation2 (£29.99) | PC (£26.99))

N.B. Prices shown above may change when delivery is added on.

Looking at the prices shown above, it's interesting to see that the PS2 version is selling at an SRP of £24.99 - £29.99 (With new games normally at RRP £34.99 - £39.99) and that the Xbox360 version is also selling at a £10 below normal price selling at an SRP of £39.99 (With new games retailing at RRP £49.99). The PC version isn't at an all bad price either! Does this mean that SEGA Europe have decided on a cheaper pricing strategy to hook people into a longer Guardians (A.k.a. Hunters) License account to make the difference back? Maybe, but the cheaper the better from where i'm sitting!

Websites also state as thought above that the Xbox360 version of the title is being released on the same date as the PS2 & PC version. Good times for everyone, yay! More Soon ^_^

Ragol.co.uk Forumer & Leader of Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst's 'Team Ragol.co.uk' Poo Fly has brought up an issue that see's the release of Phantasy Star Universe mean the end of a great run for PSO: BB!

Team Ragol.co.uk has gotten together with other teams within PSO: Blue Burst such as JeM & the Enforcers to produce amazing competitions for all who still roam the online game lobbies looking for something to do!

"After lots of planning and work, the events we have been organising have been coming into fruition, and are already proving very popular with the blue burst community, with great prizes to be won, fun memorable times and everyone joining in, these series of events should see off BB and bring in PSU just how it should do! With all the enjoyment and brilliance this wonderful game has brought us throughout the years!" - Poo Fly

To read all about it, be sure to head on over to this Ragol.co.uk Forum Thread! Go on, be a part of the action!

Today is a sad day for Ragol.co.uk as we announce that Ragol.co.uk Site Founder Sol is leaving the site's administration due to external pressure.

Ragol.co.uk - Europe's biggest and most popular Phantasy Star Online Resource - has been going for well over three years now since being put together by Sol and today over 60,000 people visit Ragol.co.uk per day, reaching a high of just below 100,000 a day! Today we're recognised by SEGA themselves all across the world, and can now look forward to a healthy future with backing from SEGA in the wait up to the release of Phantasy Star Universe in Europe. We also have an amazing Forum Community boasting over 2,500 members, and almost 200,000 posts!

All of this wouldn't have been possible without the site that Sol built, so from me and no doubt all of the Ragol.co.uk Team, we wish you the best of luck with all of your future endeavours.

Ragol.co.uk Forumer Poo Fly has posted in our forums about a find he's found over for the Japanese version of Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst.

It seems that Sonic Team of Japan are delivering Japanese Blue Bursters even more new weapons and shields following the success of the recent Maximum Attack 4 event! As seen below (Click to Enlarge) the new weapons will be added to the item drop tables put together with other changes so players chances of finding these all new items are... better than nothing?

The new items and shields can be seen below:

Ragol.co.uk's gotten ahold of a new teaser trailer for the European version of Phantasy Star Universe of which i'm assuming was released at the recent Leizpig games conference in Germany, and it's now up for download.

Click Here to Download the Trailer [.wmv file, 8Mb]

Ragol.co.uk Forumer 'the_importer' has again gotten in contact with Ragol.co.uk to let all other importers out there know that your NetCash is now available online to buy! To get it, go over to the NCSX website, and order away to gear up for your online goodness before all of us English players can get our grubby little mits all over the online world of Phantasy Star Universe!

Happy Hunting, Importers!

SEGA of America have now launched phantasystaruniverse.com... IN ENGLISH! You can now check out everything you wanted to know through SEGA's newest official site for the game, exactly as it'll be released in English (I.e. Japanese - English names, in-game system details, etc).

They've also announced the release date for the game in America which stands at 24th October.

What's particularly interesting though is that the 'Guardians License' (PSU's Hunters License) system goes through the same area as that of Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst's through PlaySEGA.com.

"If you are a Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst player, your Game ID can be used to purchase a subscription to Phantasy Star Universe; you do not need to create a second profile." - phantasystaruniverse.com

Does that mean that you can pay to play both PSO: BB and PSU at the sametime? Hopefully!

For all the PSU goodness, be sure to get over to phantasystaruniverse.com right now! Credit goes to Ragol.co.uk Forumer 'the_importer' who is hot on the heels on everything PSU as soon as it happens it seems! lol - And btw incase you're wondering, European release date still Winter TBA.

[UPDATE] The website has changed again! But not by much mind, just a new starter page for those to decide whether they want to see their new site in English, and Japanesey.