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.


October 12, 2011
PC

Comic Book Legend Lends His Writing Talents To PlanetSide 2

Behind every massively multiplayer online first-person shooter there is a story, and in PlanetSide 2‘s case that story will be written by the man who taught the Teen Titans about the ravages of drug abuse.


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 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.


June 30, 2011
News

Playing Everything Sony Online Entertainment Has To Offer Just Got Cheaper

With the impending demise of Star Wars Galaxies and perhaps the dawning realisation that the best games it has to offer are free-to-play, Sony Online Entertainment ditches the Station Pass in favour of SOE All Access, allowing players to access nine online games starting at $US19.99 a month.


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.