After many requests from fans,ÂPhantasy Star Online 2is finally releasing on Steam next week.Sega made the announcement official today when it unveiled thatÂPSO2is set to land on Valve’s PC platform next week on August 5. Originally, the gamereleased on PC earlier this year in May, a month after it came out on Xbox One. “We have heard the requests for a Steam launch, and we are excited to announce that soon Steam users in 36 countries on six continents will be able to experiencePSO2on their platform of choice, including popular features like Steam Achievements and Remote Play,” Sega’s Fred White said alongside the announcement.The launch ofÂPhantasy Star Online 2will also coincide with the next major update for the MMO, which is called Episode 4. This next phase of the game, which will also release simultaneously on all other platforms, will see the continuation of the story where “players wake from a long sleep to find that there has been an internal invasion of fake ARKS members, mysterious enemies called Phantasms appear, and a new planet has been discovered in another dimension – Earth.”

Perhaps most surprisingly of all, those who end up grabbingÂPhantasy Star Online 2via Steam will be able to earn a variety of rewards related to Valve’s most famous game franchises. Some of these items include outfits resemblingÂHalf-LifeÂcharacters Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance, weapon camos that look like the minigun fromTeam Fortress 2and the Frying Pan fromLeft 4 Dead, in addition to an evolution device that looks like Wheatley fromPortal 2. Valve has actually done quite a few crossovers like this lately, with collaborations forDeath StrandingandFall Guysalso having occurred. Further information on how to obtain all of these in-game items forÂPhantasy Starcan befound over on Steamor via the video down below.

As for the future ofÂPSO2, theÂNew Genesisexpansion for the game was unveiled last week and is set to launch in 2021.