The New Genesis team has announced their plans regarding scheduled maintenance around launch day for the PSO2 PS4 game, the release date, time and schedule
The free-to-play online adventure role-playing game has taken years to come to the PlayStation platform, but Phantasy Star Online 2’s release later this week will finally change things.
Here is everything we currently know about PSO2’s PlayStation Store release date & maintenance plan.
Pso2 PS4 Release Date And New Genesis Maintanance Schedule, Time, End
The PSO2 PS4 release date has been set for Wednesday, August 31, 2022, according to Sega.
The game will be taken offline for maintenance on that day, according to the Phantasy Star Team, whose servers will be down until 1 am PDT, 3 am EDT, and 9 am BST.
According to a statement from the development team, PSO2 maintenance was originally scheduled to begin on August 30, however, it has been moved to launch day.
Story-driven quests and real-time combat await in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. Take a tour of the F2P action-RPG ahead of next week’s launch: https://t.co/0kIOXmB0i3 pic.twitter.com/QTYfmQSwR0
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) August 26, 2022
You won’t be able to connect to the game servers when the servers are down, the team explains, adding:
“The date and time for the scheduled maintenance on 8/30 (Tue) (CDT) will be changed as follows: Maintenance schedule post-change 8/30 (Tue) 6:00 PM (CDT) to 8/31 (Wed) 3:00 AM (CDT).”
Fans won’t require a current PlayStation Plus subscription to play online when the game is made available for PS4 and PS5 systems.
Story-driven tasks will be dispersed around planet Halpha’s open environment in the PSO2, much like they are on other gaming platforms.
Players can create groups of up to four and play in the Exploration Sectors, where a maximum of 32 players can be present at once, in New Genesis.
Additionally, there are Urgent Quests that allow a maximum of 2 groups or 8 players to participate and contain stronger opponents and Bosses.
The PSO2 team further adds a message:
“When it comes to party dynamics, this isn’t your typical healer, tank, and two damage classes. No, none of that is necessary here. While some classes have abilities to support the play of others (such as damage or defence buffs, or area-wide healing), there are no strict roles in NGS.”
We know you're excited about #PSO2NGS coming to PS4 this Wednesday 8/31, but please! Someone has to clean this up!! 🧹🐤✨ pic.twitter.com/OYmfAz0BrM
— Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis – Global (@play_pso2) August 27, 2022
The game is now also available for PlayStation gamers in the West when it has previously only been available on Xbox and PC.
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