Planetside 2 China joins the growing list of Daybreak Game Company products that have shut down or will be shutting down shortly. As reported by MMO Culture, Planetside 2’s Chinese publisher The9 announced that it would not be renewing its contract with Daybreak to publish the massively multiplayer shooter and will be taking the servers down … Continue reading “Planetside 2 Shutting Down In China”
Playstation 4 users have reason to rejoice, as Planetside 2 is now out of beta and officially launched in North America and Europe. The game is available for free in the Playstation Store, and players can access the full game without an active subscription to Playstation Plus. “The original PlanetSide was the first MMOFPS, PlanetSide 2 set … Continue reading “Planetside 2: Here Today, Gone In Korea”
Planetside 2 is dropping support for 32-bit clients in next week’s game update, as announced by RadarX on the official forums. While some players will be locked out of the game, Daybreak’s metrics show the number to be minimal. We wanted to let you know that with the next Game Update (tentatively scheduled for next … Continue reading “Planetside 2 No Longer Supports 32 Bit Clients”
While consumer confidence is still pretty shaky for Daybreak Game Studio, John Smedley has once again taken to Reddit to assure fans that, no, this is not the end. For Planetside 2, the team intends on working on the meta-game, the “why are we fighting” question that so far hasn’t had much of an answer … Continue reading “John Smedley Discusses The Future Of Planetside 2”
John Smedley went on Twitter today to defend SOE’s decision to reduce the drop rate and effectiveness on implants to push players toward newly introduced, more powerful variants. In response to complaints that the update was a cash grab, Smedley responded via Twitter: Sorry but we are actually trying to make money. I don’t consider … Continue reading “Planetside 2: “We Are Actually Trying To Make Money.””
Sony Online Entertainment is currently planning on implementing automated turrets into Planetside 2, and is soliciting feedback via the forums and through an update set to hit the public test server in the next few weeks. Turrets will be stationary objects, likely only available to the engineer class, and the hope is to release them … Continue reading “Planetside 2 Automated Turrets Being Balanced”
Sony Online Entertainment took some time to speak about Planetside 2 at this year’s SOE Live. While they can’t promise anything, the goal is to have a beta version of Planetside 2’s Playstation 4 version available to players by the end of the year. The PC version is still on track for its regular updates, … Continue reading “Planetside 2 Playstation 4 Beta In 2014”
Matt Higby from Sony Online Entertainment posted a thread on the Planetside 2 forums detailing that the company plans on expediting updates to better service the MMO shooter. Starting January 15th, Planetside 2 will enjoy weekly updates to address bugs, balancing, and more. There will still be large updates to the game, that will be … Continue reading “Planetside 2 Will Feature Weekly Updates”
As fun as it was, Planetside 2 launched without a whole lot of direction. The lack of a lattice system similar to the original Planetside meant that planetary combat was chaotic, with many players simply base jumping by seeking out areas most likely to be empty and therefore captured without resistance. With update 9, Sony … Continue reading “Lessons From 2013 #8: Giving Purpose To Planetside”
Sony Online Entertainment has announced that a portion of all proceeds made this weekend in Planetside 2 will be donated to the Travis Manion Foundation to support veterans and their families. The Travis Manion Foundation honors the fallen by challenging the living and empowering veterans and survivors. You can read more about the Travis … Continue reading “Planetside 2 Pledges 10% Of Sales To Veterans”
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