Phantasy Star Universe Open Beta Out

The Phantasy Star Universe Xbox 360 Open Beta is now available from Xbox Live Marketplace and will be playable through to Oct. 18th.

Sega has announced the long awaited/postponed beta this morning and 2old2play has confirmed the almost 940.50 MB download is already in Market Place. Players can now test the multiplayer aspects of the game with others on Xbox Live. To download, gamers must have an Xbox Live Gold account. Silver accounts will not work for this beta. Enjoy.

From The Press Release

LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 13th, 2006) – SEGA® Europe, Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the Phantasy Star Universe™ multiplayer open beta for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be available for free download on Xbox Live© Marketplace starting on today.

Gamers worldwide will be able to play the newest addition to the epic sci-fi Phantasy Star™ series during a free-trial beta download period that will run for until October 18th, 2006. The beta will be available for download until Sunday 15th Oct. Phantasy Star Universe™ offers the best of both worlds through an exciting action-packed RPG single-player story mode and a rich online multiplayer experience. The Xbox 360™ open beta program gives players a chance to preview online multiplayer mode and is open to all Xbox Live© Gold level account members.

Phantasy Star Universe™ will be released on November 24th, 2006. For more information please visit www.phantasystaruniverse.com/

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