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Sega revealed more crossover content for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis at the March 2025 NGS Headline Wave program. The first episode of the new program format confirmed new content based on That Time I Get Reincarnated as a Slime and Nijisanji Vtubers coming to PSO2: New Genesis.

The Nijisanji crossover content will appear first on April 15, 2025. This will be the third time Anycolor's Vtuber group gets featured in the game after the first two waves came in February 2023 and February 2024. The new wave will feature Ars Almal, Debidebi Debiru, Nui Sociere, and Rindou Mikoto.

Just like the previous waves, the new Nijisanji crossover content will be mostly available via the AC Scratch Ticket titled "Virtual Liver Style '25." The lineup will contain avatar parts and background decorations, as well as Dakimakura weapon camos themed after the aforementioned Livers. All players of PSO2: New Genesis can also get autograph stickers and placable posters via daily bonuses.

Near the end of the program, Sega revealed a new crossover with That Time I Get Reincarnated as a Slime that will launch in May 2025. This title will thus fill the second "anime based on light novel" slot for April-May 2025 after A Certain Magical Index III in the early 2025 roap. More details on the new crossover will appear in the next NGS Headline Wave program on Friday, April 25, 2025.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is readily available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4. The online game is also playable on Nintendo Switch via a cloud version in Japan, as well as Xbox One elsewhere globally.

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Popona, the official Vtuber under Sega who has also been primarily promoting the company's Phantasy Star series, has announced that she will graduate at the end of March 2025. She first broke the news in a stream titled "Important notification [for everyone.]" Shortly afterward, Sega published an official statement on the Vtuber's social media .

Popona made her debut in November 2018 to help promote the mobile game Idola: Phantasy Star Saga ahead of its imminent launch in Japan. She continued appearing on both the game's Twitter and YouTube channel during its lifespan.

In recent years, Popona has been more closely tied to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, ever since she received an appointment as an official Vtuber for the PC and console online game in February 2022. This appointment also helped the character's retention, as Idola was shut down in Japan in January 2022. Sega later released Popona's avatar parts, along with those from Hololive Production Vtubers, when it held the first-ever crossover event dedicated to New Genesis in August 2022.

Popona's career did not just stay with the Phantasy Star series, as Sega promoted her to become the official Vtuber for the whole company in June 2023. This promotion enabled her to promote Sega games outside of the Phantasy Star series. She also appeared in a live concert video at Sega's booth during Tokyo Game Show 2024.

Popona will hold her Vtuber graduation live concert on March 31, 2025. Sega will afterward close the Vtuber's channel hip and BOOTH web store a month later, on April 30, 2025.

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Sega has revealed details on the crossover content from A Certain Magical Index III for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis at the January 2025 NGS Headline program. The company will add content from the third mainline anime season of A Certain Magical Index to the new PSO2 entry with an update patch on February 5, 2025.

After the first February 2025 update has gone live, players will be able to access "A Certain Magical Index Style" scratch ticket with the -exclusive ARKS Cash currency to gather avatar parts, chat stamps, Line Strike mini-game cards, and other decorations featuring six characters from the A Certain franchise.

All players can also get acrylic stands of the characters via daily rewards during the crossover event's duration. The characters in question will be Toma, Index, Mikoto, Kaori, and Accelerator, with Little Misaka appearing exclusively in the scratch ticket lineup.

A Certain Magical Index will not be the last external franchise to provide crossover content for PSO2: New Genesis. When Sega published details about the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End crossover that appeared in January 2025, it also announced plans to collaborate with another anime title based on a light novel between March and April 2025. An in-house Sega title crossover will then appear in June 2025, and a collaboration with a sci-fi fantasy toy line will follow in July 2025.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is readily available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4, with an additional Nintendo Switch cloud version in Japan and an Xbox One release elsewhere globally. The new crossover content from A Certain Magical Index III will be available temporarily for roughly a month starting from February 5, 2025.

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Sega has published details on more external IP crossover content for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis at the December 2024 NGS Headline program. It included details on the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End crossover in PSO2: New Genesis, which Sega had teased previously.

The Frieren: Beyond Journey's End crossover content will be available to obtain in PSO2: New Genesis for roughly a month starting from January 8, 2025. The "Frieren the Slayer Style" scratch ticket will appear for the duration of the event. It will let players obtain avatar parts, voice sets, and weapon camos modeled after Frieren, Fern, and Stark by spending paid currency. All players can also obtain free character acrylic stands as Build Parts for their Creative Space by logging in daily during the event.

Near the end of the Headline program, Sega revealed that it will add another batch of crossover content from A Certain Magical Index III in February 2025. This title will fill the "Anime based on light novel" crossover slot for February-March 2025 in the newly published roap for the first half of 2025. The company will publish more details on this crossover event on January 28, 2025.

The same roap also teases new crossover content from yet another anime based on a light novel between April and May 2025, an internal Sega title crossover in June 2025, and a sci-fi fantasy toy line in July 2025.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4. The game is also available on Nintendo Switch via a cloud version in Japan, as well as Xbox One for the rest of the world.

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Tsukihime characters are back in PSO2 New Genesis thanks to a new Melty Blood: Type Lumina crossover event. There is a bonus that nets some free rewards, as well as a new AC Scratch Ticket: Melty Blood Style '24 gacha with avatar items and cosmetics. Both start on December 4, 2024.

The Melty Blood: Type Lumina event spans seven days. So say on the first day, you get BP and the Shiki Tohno Acrylic Stand. Each day involves rewards like the Shiki, Akiha Tohno, Arcueid, Arima Miyako, Ciel, Dead Apostle Noel, Neco-Arc, and Powered Ciel acrylic stand parts, SG, GP, and Special Scratch Tickets.

Here’s how those look in-game:

The focus of the AC Scratch Ticket: Melty Blood Style '24 is on Dead Apostle Noel, Miyako, and Powered Ciel. Weapon camos for all three of their weapons will also be available there. The in-game Line Strike card game will also get new cards and cosmetics in it, and Neco-Arc makes an appearance.

Screenshots of these new additions appeared too, and you can see those in the gallery below:

It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen Tsukihime characters found in Melty Blood: Type Lumina show up in PSO2 New Genesis. The original crossover came up back in October 2022. When that happened, it involved an AC Scratch Ticket banner. We could get Melty Blood Style attire that would let us dress up our avatars as Akiha, Arcueid, Ciel, and Shiki if we got the right parts. A Melty Blood: Fight emote, weapon camo, and stamps also appeared as part of that.

Here is how those avatar outfits looked back when they appeared:

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC worldwide, with an additional Nintendo Switch version out in Japan. Melty Blood: Type Lumina is available on the Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC worldwide. Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon is on the Switch and PS4 worldwide now. The PSO2 New Genesis Melty Blood: Type Lumina event with Tsukihime characters is live now.

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Sega has announced that it will add new anime crossover content from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End into Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (PSO2 New Genesis) in January 2025. Players of the online action RPG will be able to obtain avatar parts and weapon camouflages based on characters from the anime adaptation once the relevant scratch tickets have launched in the new year.

Sega regularly adds crossover content from multiple external manga, anime, and game franchises into PSO2: New Genesis. Prior examples include Shangri-La Frontier, Kaiju No. 8, and Melty Blood: Type Lumina. However, neither the late November NGS Headline program nor the following Japanese press release divulged more details on the Frieren crossover content.

Sega has so far only shared a piece of collaborative artwork featuring Frieren and Manon, the latter being one of the two main heroines of PSO2: New Genesis. The company will publish more details about the crossover at the next NGS Headline program on Thursday, December 26, 2024.

Here's the official announcement.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available as a free-to-play title on PC and PlayStation 4 worldwide, with an additional Nintendo Switch release in Japan and Xbox One version elsewhere worldwide. The Frieren: Beyond Journey's End crossover content will appear in PSO2: New Genesis in January 2025.

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Sega will add more crossover content from Melty Blood: Type Lumina to PSO2: New Genesis. The company announced in the October 2024 NGS Headline program that it will launch the second crossover event based on the fighting game in early December 2024.

The program revealed that Sega will add new avatar parts and weapon camos that let players turn their avatars into Powered Ciel, Dead Apostle Noel, and Miyako Arima when they have the complete sets. The new scratch ticket lineup will also include Portable Holograms and Build Parts for Creative Spaces, which did not exist yet when the first wave appeared in 2022.

For the record, the first Melty Blood: Type Lumina crossover content wave launched in October 2022. It primarily featured avatar items based on Shiki, Akiha, Arcueid, and the regular version of Ciel. The first wave also included several music tracks from the fighting game. Players who missed the first wave in 2022 will be able to get another chance to obtain these items, as Sega will also include them in the scratch ticket lineup.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4, with an additional Nintendo Switch cloud version in Japan and an Xbox One release elsewhere globally. The second wave of crossover content from Melty Blood: Type Lumina will appear in PSO2: New Genesis in early December 2024.

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Now that October is here, games are kicking off events tied to the season, and Sega announced the PSO2 New Genesis Halloween event with decorations, activities, and costumes are now live. Those started on October 9, 2024, and it seems many of them are live until November 5, 2024. 

To start, there will be Central City decorations, characters in costumes, and events. If you go to that hub, you’ll see spooky decorations set up throughout the month. Mags will also be pumpkin-orange. If you visit Xiemi to get things from the Seasonal Points Exchange Shop, you’ll see her in a gothic gown for the occasion. The Haunted Domain II Urgent Quest is live, and all Urgent Quests can now be completed twice as a “treat.”

There are also new items to pick up tied to the Halloween season in PSO2 New Genesis. The AC Shop is selling C/Grand Dread Keeper II materials. The Reward Box lets you trade medals for seasonal items. Beating 50 enemies in Enemy Supression gets you a Halloween Reward Box. Two elements of the seasonal event are tied to character appearances. Using the Salon is free at the moment. There is also a Halloween '24 Special Scratch gacha available now, and Monster Masquerade '24 with gothic costumes and the Jack-o’-Lantern pumpkin seat starts on October 16, 2024. 

The first trailer going over the Halloween activities and first gacha shows off what we can expect after the 3:32 minute mark below.

You can see the Monster Masquerade ’24 PSO2 New Genesis Halloween costumes gacha in this trailer at the 1:20 mark.

Prior to this, a number of anime crossovers appeared in-game. These were tied to Kaiju No 8and Shangri-La Frontier.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available as a free-to-play online game worldwide on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC, with an additional Nintendo Switch cloud version appearing in Japan.

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Sega released a new update for PSO2 New Genesis, and it features a crossover with the anime Kaiju No 8. The update, which appeared on September 18, 2024, introduces new AC scratch tickets and a special bonus for players.

The crossover brings fashion items inspired by Kaiju No 8 to PSO2, allowing players to obtain avatar items and weapons based on key characters such as Reno Ichikawa, Kikoru Shinomiya, Mina Ashiro, and Soshiro Hoshina. Players can also acquire their weapons and a full-body suit that transforms them into the notable Kafka Kaiju as well. A new pose, voice tickets, and various cosmetic items like hairstyles and stickers are also available as part of the collaboration.

Here's how some of those items look in-game.

Alongside these items, a special bonus will be distributed, offering players acrylic stand-type build parts and SG currency during the collaboration period, which runs until October 9, 2024.

In related news, Atelier Ryza and Atelier Marie also ed PSO2 New Genesis. That crossover event happened earlier in May 2024.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is immediately available on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. A Nintendo Switch version is available in Japan only via cloud streaming.

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Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis players will be able to turn their avatars into Shangri-La Frontier characters. Sega has revealed details on the Shangri-La Frontier Style scratch ticket that will appear temporarily in the new PSO2 entry at the July 2024 NGS Headline program. The crossover will primarily feature Sunraku, Psyger-0, Arthur Pencilgon, OiKatzo, and Emul.

After the scratch ticket has gone live on August 21, 2024, players will be able to purchase tickets to unlock random items that include exclusive crossover content. Among the highlighted content will be avatar parts and weapon camos based on characters from the anime that originated as a web novel featuring the eponymous fictional online VR game. The title's mascot character Emul will also make an appearance as an unlockable form for the player's companion Mag.

Just like recent prior crossovers with Code Geass and The Eminence in Shadow, Sega will add voice sets newly recorded by the Japanese voice actors of the featured characters. Players will thus be able to hear Yuma Uchida as Sunraku, Azumi Waki as Psyger-0, Yoko Hikasa as Arthur, and Makoto Koichi as OiKatzo.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4, with an additional Nintendo Switch cloud version in Japan and Xbox One version elsewhere globally. The Shangri-La Frontier Style scratch ticket will appear for a limited time starting from August 21, 2024.

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Sega kicked off the Super Phantasy Festival event in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis to celebrate the PSO2 12th anniversary. The first part of the event is now live as of July 3, 2024, and the second part starts on July 17, 2024. Everything runs until July 30, 2024.

Some events are available for only part of the anniversary event, while others are available until the end on July 30, 2024. The first part of the event includes two limited quests. We can immediately take on the Quest “The Twin-Horned Raven from Beyond” and Urgent Quest “Halphia Lake Interception Part II” until July 17, 2024. Then between July 17-30, 2024, the Quest “Practice Drill: Unidentified Region A64” is there. Both quests have exclusive character cosmetic and furnishing rewards.

As for the longer running events, there are five that will be available during the entire anniversary celebration. Here’s the list of what you can do until July 30, 2024:

• Get 100 Million EXP: The rapid-fire training campaign is back.
• Super Casino Campaign: 20 Casino Coin es given out each week, and get more Star Gems in exchange for Casino Coins each week.
• Super Free SG Scratch: Draw 10 free tickets per day, for up to 150 pulls on the gacha.
• Super Phantasy Festival Gifts: This is a weekly event to get free items like a C.A.R.D. or a Super Phantasy Festival Tote Bag.
• Super Use the Salon to Your Heart’s Content: Free Salon usage that doesn’t involve Salon Free or Salon S.

There will also be a Super Treasure Scratch between July 10-30, 2024, and the Super Item Enhancement Boost event that guarantees Great Success results runs July 17-30, 2024.

The Super Phantasy Festival PSO2 New Genesis 12th anniversary event isn’t the only one going on right now. A Code Geass scratch ticket event appeared starting in June 2024. The Eminence in Shadow and Shangri-La Frontier crossovers are also coming.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available as a free-to-play online game worldwide on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC, with an additional Nintendo Switch cloud version appearing in Japan.

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Sega formally announced new crossover content from two anime shows coming to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis at the June 2024 NGS Headline program. The titles that will be featured in the new PSO2 entry are The Eminence In Shadow and Shangri-La Frontier.

The crossover content from The Eminence In Shadow will appear first in PSO2: New Genesis on July 17, 2024. The main highlight of "The Eminence In Shadow Style" scratch ticket will be avatar parts that let players replicate the appearances of four characters from the title.

Just like the Code Geass crossover in June 2024, this scratch ticket will also include Japanese voice sets for the featured characters. That means players will be able to hear Seiichiro Yamashita as Shadow, Asami Seto as Alpha, Inori Minase as Beta, and Kana Hanazawa as Alexia Midgar.

Sega also published a new roap while revealing that it will add another batch of crossover content from Shangri-La Frontier. This title will fill the "Anime based on light novel" slot in August 2024.

Other than that, Sega is planning to add content from a 2024 anime based on a shonen manga in September 2024 and an external video game around the 2025 New Year's Day. The company also has two unknown crossovers in November 2024 and between February and March 2025.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available as a free-to-play online game worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4, with an additional Nintendo Switch cloud version in Japan and an Xbox One release elsewhere globally. The Eminence in Shadow Style Scratch Ticket will appear for a limited time in PSO2: New Genesis starting from July 17, 2024. The Shangri-La Frontier crossover content will follow suit in August 2024.

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Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will offer new crossover avatar parts based on characters from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2. Players can now check out how the characters will look like after Sega revealed the in-game content at the May 2024 NGS Headline program. Existing players of PSO2: New Genesis will be able to get the parts from the Code Geass Style scratch ticket that launches on June 19, 2024.

As announced previously in late April 2024, the crossover scratch ticket will primarily feature avatar parts based on Lelouch, C.C., Kallen, and Suzaku. Other than outfits and facial parts, the lineup will include voice sets for each character, with their original Japanese voice actors returning to provide the lines. Players who pull an adequate amount of tries in this scratch can also get the Code Geass track "Previous Notice" as an in-game music disc.

Sega stops short of producing the Knightmare Frames as CAST parts for mechanical avatars, but it will still release some parts based on the units. The list will include weapons like Super VARIS, movement motions inspired by Suzaku's Lancelot, and miniaturized Mag Forms based on Shinkiro, Guren SEITEN, and Lancelot Albion.

In addition to the above, Sega will also give away acrylic stands of Lelouch, C.C., Kallen, and Suzaku to all players who to the game regularly daily during the collaboration period.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4. The online game also appears on Nintendo Switch in Japan and Xbox One elsewhere globally. The Code Geass Style scratch ticket will be available for a limited time starting from June 19, 2024.

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New crossover content from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 will appear in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. Sega revealed the science fiction anime collaboration at the April 2024 NGS Headline program. PSO2: New Genesis players can expect content based on the Code Geass characters Lelouch, C.C., Kallen, and Suzaku to arrive in June 2024.

Once the new scratch ticket is available, players will be able to get avatar parts ranging from accessories to outfits. Sega has also confirmed that it will add a new voice set featuring Lelouch, and his Japanese voice actor Jun Fukuyama will reprise the role.

Sega has been adding a vast amount of crossover content to PSO2: New Genesis on an almost monthly basis. It started 2024 by adding content from The Seven Deadly Sins in January and Nijisanji in February.

While there was a break in March 2024, the company continued the wave with Rurouni Kenshin in April and the Atelier game series in May. Sega still has one unrevealed crossover from an anime show based on a light novel, which is slated to come in July 2024.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available on PC and PlayStation 4. People in Japan can also play the online game on Nintendo Switch via a cloud version, while an Xbox One release is available elsewhere worldwide. The Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 crossover content will appear in PSO2: New Genesis in June 2024. Sega will reveal more details on May 28, 2024.

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Sega has revealed the in-game appearances for new crossover content from Koei Tecmo and Gust's Atelier series in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. Players will be able to obtain the content from the "Atelier Style" scratch ticket that will appear in PSO2: New Genesis on May 15, 2024.

Koei Tecmo had teased the crossover earlier in March 2024, but Sega has since revealed more details on the content. This collaboration will primarily feature Reisalin "Ryza" Stout, Klaudia Valentz, and Bos Brunnen from Atelier Ryza 3, as well as Marlone (a.k.a. Marie) from the 2023 remake of Atelier Marie.

The "Atelier Style" scratch ticket in PSO2: New Genesis will contain multiple parts ranging from hairstyle and accessories to outfits and weapon camos. Players will be able to complete the sets by purchasing multiple scratch tickets or finding the items in other players' Personal Shops.

Sega will also add a new set of bonuses after the maintenance on May 15, 2024. All players will be able to get cut-outs of Ryza, Klaudia, and Bos by logging in daily, even if they do not purchase any scratch tickets.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4. The online game is also playable on Nintendo Switch in Japan and Xbox One elsewhere globally. The "Atelier Style" scratch ticket will be available for a limited time starting from May 15, 2024.

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