Supplemental Update Announced

Maybe Sega of America has realized that recent content updates aren't doing much to hold the attention of the US/EU PSU audience.

Today, GM Edward took the highly unusual step of announcing a major content update months before it is due on the servers, both on the website and official forums. The PSU "supplemental update", which was announced in Japan last January and released there last March, is finally making its way to the regional game.

In order to prepare for the supplemental update, Sega also announced that players without the Ambition of the Illuminus expansion pack will no longer be able to play the game online after Monday, June 21. Although no official release date was provided for the update, odds are that it will be available 2-3 weeks after the "vanilla" PSU players are cut off.

Honestly, I'm surprised that the supplemental update is making it to the US/EU game. It will be interesting to see how certain aspects of the update are implemented here, especially the special "Guardians Cash" content for which players must shell out real money.

I'm also a little angry that this announcement comes so closely on the heels of the PC/PS2 shutdown. It would have been nice to actually play and enjoy this content, but as we all know, Sega had other ideas.

Anyway, that's it for now. We'll definitely be posting more on this as the content release date approaches.