[Press Release] Phantasy Star Online 2 SEA Launches On May 29, 2014

Hey guys, here is the latest Press Release from Asiasoft. It's about the official launch of the first English Service of Phantasy Star Online 2.

Asiasoft Sets To Open English Service of Phantasy Star Online 2 in 6 Southeast Asian Countries on 29 May 2014, with Early Access on 27 May 2014

Thai Language Service to Open on 22 May 2014 with Early Access on 20 May 2014 

Singapore and Bangkok, 15 May 2014 - Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited ("Asiasoft") today announced that the world's first English service of Phantasy Star Online 2 will go live on 29 May 2014 for players residing in Singapore,

Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Players who have activated their Beta keys will be able to access the server two days earlier on 27 May 2014.

Phantasy Star Online 2 Thai service, which features fully localized Thai in-game text, will commence its service on 22 May 2014 and its early access will start on 20 May 2014.

In early April 2014, Asiasoft kicked off Phantasy Star Online 2 Beta for both English and Thai services for players residing in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Beta was held as part of the launch preparation to monitor and to improve the game's service and in-game performances. Prior to the beta, Asiasoft received over 100 thousand beta activation for both English and Thai services*, which was a record milestone for a regionally launched title by Asiasoft.

During and after Beta, Asiasoft and SEGA have gathered significant data and information and now the two companies are working to improve the performance prior to the launch of the game in Southeast Asian countries. Asiasoft expects to receive additional 300 thousand new Phantasy Star Online 2 registrants during launch period of the game*.

Developed by SEGA Corporation, Phantasy Star Online 2 is the sequel to the pioneer online Action RPG, the award winning Phantasy Star Online, which was released in 2000. Phantasy Star Online 2 is a Massively Multiplayer Action Online Role Playing Game (MMOARPG) where players get to experience revolutionary combat in an action-driven gameplay, to take a journey into an immersive sci-fi fantasy narrative and to explore mysterious worlds to unravel their secrets. As of early 2014, Phantasy Star Online 2 service in Japan has reached over 3 million registered IDs and 107 thousand concurrent users, both of which are key milestones for online game in Japan.

For more information on Asiasoft's English service of Phantasy Star Online and its upcoming launch activities, please visit the official website at http://pso2.playpark.com and its Facebook community page at www.facebook.com/playpso2.ph. To register please visit
https://secure2.playpark.com/register/Register.aspx?source=phpso2_lu, and you may download the client at http://download.playpark.com/en/detail/108.

*Based on internal records and projection.

About SEGA® Corporation

SEGA® Corporation is a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home, encompassing consumer business, amusement machine sales and amusement center operations. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA® Corporation's Web site is located at http://sega.jp.

About Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited

Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited ("Asiasoft") is a leading regional online entertainment service provider in Southeast Asia with dominant market share in the region covering Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Philippines.

The company was established in Thailand in 2001 and is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 2008. The Asiasoft Group invests in online games publishing, online game development, game portal services (www.playpark.com and www.playfps.com) and other IT related businesses. The Group has more than 86 million registered user accounts and 49 active online games from various international content partners.

About Level Up! Inc.

Level Up Inc. is a subsidiary of Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited, the leading online entertainment service provider in Southeast Asia. Level Up! is a trademark of Level Up Inc. under license to Playweb Games Inc. Playweb Games Inc. is the publisher and operator of all game titles and services under Level Up! brand in the Philippines.

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Neverwinter Open Beta Announced

Did you miss the chance to play in the Close Beta Test of Neverwinter? If you did then don't feel too sad because the Open Beta of Neverwinter is coming very, very soon. In fact, the exact date of Neverwinter Open Beta launch has already been announced and it falls on 30th of this month (April 30, 2013).

For those who want to gain early access, all they have to do is buy a Neverwinter Founder's Pack. So, if you are interested in playing the game ahead of everyone else then bring out your wallet and buy a Neverwinter Founder's Pack.

Neverwinter Open Beta Founder's Pack

You can choose from two sets of Neverwinter Founder's Pack.

• The first Neverwinter Founder's Pack is the Hero of the North Founder's Pack. Click here to learn more about this Founder's Pack.
• The second Neverwinter Founder's Pack is the Guardian of Neverwinter Pack. Click here to learn more about this Founder's Pack.

Both Neverwinter Founder's Packs will give you Early Access to Neverwinter Open Beta. Hero of the North will give you 5 days of early access while the Guardian of Neverwinter will give you only 3 days. Of course, both Neverwinter Founder's Packs contain amazing items that will help you in your adventures in Neverwinter.

See You In Open Beta

Neverwinter Open Beta is just a few weeks away. If you are looking for reasons to not play Neverwinter then you won't find any because the game is Free-To-Play. You'll just have to download, install and play the game. Of course, you'll also need a free PWE account but getting is extremely easy.

To learn more about Neverwinter and to sign-up for a free account, click here.

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Trouble With RaiderZ Founder's Pack And Early Access

The Open Beta of RaiderZ starts on October 24, 2012 but those who bought a Founder's Pack have Early Access to the game which is kinda like an extra perk for buying a Founder's Pack. Early Access starts earlier than the actual Open Beta launch. In fact, it already started but some players who bought a Founder's Pack are having difficulties logging in.

(RaiderZ Founder's Pack)

This is not really a problem because they could just wait for the actual Open Beta launch of the game. Unfortunately, there are players who bought a Founders Pack, not because of the items but, because of the Early Access and if they can't login to play after paying for the privilege then they just wasted their money.

Is this some kind of scam? In a way, it is because the publisher advertised something like getting an Early Access to the game if players buy this and that and, when players bought it, they didn't get to enjoy it because they couldn't login to the game. Basically, the publisher took the players' money but didn't deliver the goods and that sounds like a scam.

Unfortunately, those players who bought a Founder's Pack because of the Early Access can't do anything except wait for the publisher to resolve the problem on their end. The problem with waiting is, these players are slowly losing what they paid for and that's Early Access to the game. If it takes the publisher a day to fix or resolve this problem then everyone who bought a Founder's Pack because of the Early Access won't get nor enjoy what they paid for.

(RaiderZ Founder's Pack Early Access Problem)

Seriously, some of these players have no interest in the Founder's Pack but they still spent $9.99 USD for it because of the advertised guaranteed Early Access. Early Access is now LIVE but many of these players are not enjoying or getting what they paid for. This will reflect badly on the publisher and it will discourage these players from purchasing anything from them again.

Hopefully, this problem with the Early Access gets resolved soon because, if not then the number of raging Early Access buyers will only increase. Obviously, the hours lost are gone for good since no one can turn back time but, as a sign of good faith, the publisher should, at least, offer some kind of compensation specially when these players paid good money for it.

For now, those who are thinking of buying a Founder's Pack to get Early Access should probably think it over carefully. As you can see, paying good money for Early Access to RaiderZ will not guarantee you access at all. You will only lose your hard earn cash in the process.

To learn more about RaiderZ and to play it for FREE, click here!

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