PC

This Planetside 2 Air Assault Video Will Get You Excited About The Future Of MMO Shooters

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The original Planetside was perhaps a little ahead of its time. A massively multiplayer FPS in a time when broadband was still finding its feet. Even so, it was magnificent by way of its ambition alone and as lag-stricken as it was (at least, for Australian players), I still remember it fondly — nothing quite beats carrying a pair of rocklet rifles and blowing the crap out of heavily-armed MAX.


February 26, 2012
PC

Watch Planetside 2′s Sky Lance Sketched, Modelled And Textured From Scratch

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Well, almost scratch. The designer starts off with the basic shapes but, from there, you’ll see it go from shaded blobs to coherent blocks, then to polygons before finally being finished off with all the small details. I can say, from experience, it’s pretty much exactly how artists go about creating in-game 3D assets.


August 16, 2011
PC

Planetside 2 Keeping Friendly Fire, Adding Offline Skill Training

Planetside 2, the massively multiplayer first-person shooter with persistent warfare between three competing factions, is shaping up to be a pleasantly hardcore experience, if a presentation by the team is anything to go by.


July 9, 2011
PC

How Planetside 2 Will Blow The Roof Off The MMO First-Person Shooter Genre

When it comes to blowing the roof off a video game genre, one couldn’t aim for a more low-hanging, flimsily constructed covering than that of the massively multiplayer online first-person shooter market.


July 8, 2011
PC

Take A Good Hard Look At Planetside 2

The countdown has ended and Sony Online Entertainment has pulled back the curtain on Planetside 2, the sequel to the ambitious 2003 massively multiplayer online first-person shooter.


July 6, 2011
PC

Hope You’re Ready For Some New PlanetSide

We already know Sony Online Entertainment is working on a new Planetside game. That’s…about all we know. We should know more come July 7, though, as that’s when a countdown clock on the series’ website expires.


October 12, 2009

SOE Prez Calls It ‘Planetside Next’ In Blog

Two weeks ago, word spread among Planetside fans that Sony Online Entertainment would be working on another iteration of the popular MMO FPS. Now John Smedley, the SOE president, has called it “Planetside Next” in a LiveJournal entry.


September 27, 2009

Survey, Web Site Indicate Planetside 2 Is In The Works

Huge buzz going around the Planetside community today as a survey email said to come from Sony Online Entertainment reveals plans “to expand the Planet Side universe with another game”. Also, someone found SOE registered Planetside2.com on September 21.