More From The PSO2 Rumor Mill

How's this for out-of-control speculation: a thread was posted on PSO-World (and later on the official forums) quoting a series of Twitter posts in which it was claimed that the US/European release of Phantasy Star Online 2 might have been cancelled due to widespread use of the English translation patch.

The speculation was that everyone who wanted to play PSO2 has already played the Japanese version with the English patch, so Sega of America figured that releasing an official translated version of the game may not be worth it.

Of course, this is nothing more than just another rumor. As many posters on the forums have noted, there is no official news from Sega that can even lend credibility to this story. Sega take note: this is what happens when you announce a game and then fail to provide any substantive news about it for months. Rumors like this will continue to crop up every now and again until Sega says something definitive about this game (and reiterating that the game is delayed is not definitive).

Sega announces E3 games; PSO2 isn't one of them

It's true! Sega said so on their blog. So you know what that means right? Panic like it's the most terrible thing you ever heard! We already got a good start in the comments of that blog post. Then we got this topic about PSO2 at E3 is shaping up nicely too. There is also this topic over at PSO world too! Although from the posts I read over there I always got the feeling that they hated the English version from the very beginning. But yeah I've got to say it's really nice to see the community come together and give up on the English release of the the game. Best game community ever! Or not.

Sure it's disappointing and I really would like to hear news about the game, but I don't mind waiting for the game. I still think it needs some fixing. You know focus more on this thing called "gameplay" than that whole "dress up" thing that the game currently focuses on.

Well whatever, I'll just sit back and wait while everyone goes crazy over this. I've got other things to keep me busy.

English PSO2 Coming to Southeast Asia "This Year"

It's been pretty quiet on the PSO2 news front lately, but recently folks on the official forums noticed a GameSpot article regarding the release of an English version of PSO2 in southeast Asia.

According to the article, publisher Asiasoft has announced that it is bringing the English version of PSO2 to the region sometime later this year. Although no announcement specifically naming PSO2 could be found on Asiasoft's investor relations Web site, a May 14 press release mentions that the company will be releasing two "AAA" online titles in the second half of 2013. This seems to align with GameSpot's article, which names DC Universe Online as the other title.

If this story turns out to be true, then I think that players waiting for an English version of PSO2 in the US and Europe should be optimistic. Here's why: the version being released in Asia is probably the same one we're getting. It's likely that we'll get PSO2 before Asia does, and if a third quarter or fourth quarter release is expected there, I would expect a US/EU release date sometime around August or September.

Sega has been quiet about a new release date for PSO2 ever since it was announced that the game was delayed. With E3 coming up, hopefully we'll start to get some more information about what's going on.