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H1Z1 Launches Season 7 On PS4; Brings Back Z2 Map
DC Universe On Switch Gets Much Smaller
Planetside 2 Launches Escalation Update
Planetside 2 Announces Escalation For March 11
NA East server migration for March 18.
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H1Z1 Delays Season End To March 4
I’m mostly just shocked Daybreak said something.
Video: See Planetside 2’s New Expansion
Daybreak Game Company has revealed the next big expansion coming to Planetside 2. Escalation is now live on the public test server and introduces a bunch of new gameplay systems including the massive Bastion war machine that can be called in to rip the battlefield a new hole.
“Each Outfit now has access to their own Bastion! This massive interplanetary craft can be called into battle once refueled and rearmed. The Bastion is the ultimate force multiplier on the battlefield, capable of engaging enemies at long distances with mannable turrets, and serving as an air vehicle spawn point for your Outfit. They require a coordinated effort to bring down (multiple weak points must be destroyed), and when an Outfit calls one planetside, their enemies must respond or risk being overwhelmed!”
The livestream showing off upcoming content changes can be seen above with more details available on the official website.
Daybreak Game Company Announces Franchise First, Studio Spinoffs
Remember last year when we talked about how Daybreak would likely be splitting off its properties into separate studios? They’ve done that. Daybreak today announced its “Franchise First” initiative, establishing three new studios; Dimensional Ink Games, Darkpaw Games and Rogue Planet Games. Dimensional Ink will be captained by Jack Emmert and continue work on DC Universe Online, Darkpaw Games of course will handle the Everquest titles and be helmed by MMO Fallout patron saint Holly Longdale, and finally Rogue Planet Games will have control over Planetside 2 under Andy Sites.
“By allowing the identities of each of these studios to thrive under their individual studios, each team will have the flexibility to continue their work developing current and upcoming games, recruiting new talent and building upon the legacy of their respective franchises.”
The news gives a little tease into what Daybreak has been working on, as Dimensional Ink Games is working on a high profile action MMO starting this year, Darkpaw has something in the works, and Rogue Planet is working on a “genre-defining” game for fans of shooters. Marvel MMO, Everquest 3, and Planetside 3 when? Only time will tell.
Notably absent from this announcement is H1Z1 or Z1 Battle Royale.
In A Christmas Miracle: Z1 Battle Royale Population Spikes
In a post-Christmas miracle, Z1 Battle Royale has received the breath of life from…someone somewhere. At least it’s a lot more lively than it has been.
Z1BR’s death has been slow cooking in the crockpot of Steam’s lavatory for the last seven months or so, so it’s all the more surprising that the last few days have seen the population spike. Insanely spike. I’m talking hitting peaks of nearly six thousand concurrent players if you bothered to read the header image in this article. All this from a game that wasn’t . What gives?
A tournament. With Twitch streamers.
This Friday (1/17), a tournament is going to take part in H1Z1 with a lot of the big streamers from back in H1Z1’s heyday…except Ninja. The attention of streamers has brought people back into the game to take part in the scrimmages that have been going on this week, and it has breathed a bit of life back into the mostly dead title.
Will Z1 hold its traffic up after the tournament is over? Only time will tell.
Source: Steam Charts,
Surprise! Planetside Arena Has Been Cancelled
In a business decision that even Michael Pachter could have correctly predicted, Daybreak Game Company has announced that Planetside Arena will go to the big recycling bin in the sky. It’s the same recycling bin that Everquest Next resides in.
Planetside Arena is a battle royale spinoff of the similarly titled Planetside 2, and launched this year to what can be described as more-than-unanimously negative reception. In addition to rather low review scores, Planetside Arena almost immediately suffered from a radical drop in player count; down into the single digits just a few months after coming out. For a game that relies on 12-man squads, it was literally unplayable.
The Planetside Arena servers will be playable until January 10, 2020 for the three people who still log in to check their cosmetics. Those who invested any real money in the game will see their purchases refunded by Steam after the game shuts down.
The full announcement has been posted below for your pleasure. Post and FAQ available on the official website.
Hello Everyone,
After careful consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision to shut down PlanetSide Arena servers.
While our team set out with an ambitious vision for a game that combined the massive-scale combat and camaraderie of PlanetSide through a diverse collection of new game modes, it has become clear after several months in Early Access that our population levels make it impossible to sustain the gameplay experience we envisioned.
As a result, PlanetSide Arena will formally shut down servers on January 10th, 2020 at 5:00 PM (PST). We are actively working with Steam to ensure that all players who made purchases during Early Access will automatically receive a full refund to their Steam Wallet after servers shut down in January.
Thank you again for your loyalty and support during Beta and Early Access. Your feedback was invaluable, and your enduring passion for PlanetSide remains the bedrock our community is built upon. As painful as it is to close this chapter so quickly, we remain deeply committed to this franchise, and look forward to continuing this journey through the PlanetSide Universe with all of you.
Andy Sites
Executive Producer, PlanetSide Franchise
