.hack//Link

I have been a big fan of ".hack//" series,  from .hack// to .hack//G.U.

Shameful it is, but I was never been able to finish any one game in the series. You would understand when I list out all that games that have ever been released though out these years:

.hack// Vol.1 Infection
.hack// Vol.2 Mutation
.hack// Vol.3 Outbreak
.hack// Vol.4 Quarantine

.hack//G.U. Vol.1 Rebirth
.hack//G.U. Vol.2 Reminisce
.hack//G.U. Vol.3 Redemption

Fortunately, ./hack// is a cross-platform project means that Namco Bandai had published this story in various Media, so that you could still enjoy the story even you don't have a console or no time to play the games.

Comic, Novel of .hack// and .hack//G.U and its side-stories

There are also a Movie version of .hack//G.U. called "Trilogy" which summarizes the three-discs story of .hack//G.U. into 45 minutes. (which this guy had further condensated it into 4 minutes!!)

./hack//G.U. Trilogy

At the end of 2009, Scamco Bandai (ops, did I misspell the words?) had announced the new game on the .hack// franchise on Sony's handheld gaming System PSP. With the mix of every stories in the franchises and that you can use 33 characters from different generation in the story, Bandai claims that this will be the last game in the series, and this is the release details:

The normal package includes a historical DVD which briefly explained the story after the whole bunch of .hack games, manga and novels. The special package includes everything the normal package has and two additional art books.  Surely Bandai wants to rob us for one last time...

-hayashi