Dualshockers pointed out a rather interesting job opportunity from Relic Entertainment, the studio Sega acquired earlier this year:
http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/12/…ne-2-incoming/
The job opportunity mentions they’re looking for someone to “ramp up and perform due diligence on an existing live MMO project in development in Japan, embedded with the live team”. The logical conclusion would be that the existing live MMO project is in fact PSO2. So far, Sega have always maintained that the game will be localized, and Relic obviously has plenty of experience developing for PC. It might also explain the delay given how Relic wasn’t part of Sega until earlier this year and they first had to finish work on Company of Heroes 2. So while it isn’t much, let’s hope this means the game may yet see a western release.
Meanwhile, Siliconera reports that Phantasy Star Online 2 will get an English release in South East Asia in 2014 through a partnership between Sega and Asiasoft.