Sega today announced that its highly anticipated RPG title Phantasy Star Universe will at last be released in Japan on August 31st. After suffering two major delays, the company had listed the game for an unspecific TBD 2006 release date for several months. Today's announcement only applies to the PlayStation 2 and PC versions of the game, not the Xbox 360 release. The Japanese retail price is 6,800 yen ($60.33 USD).

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