In a post to his blog entitled, "What PlanetSide Means to Me," SOE President John Smedley gushes about the awesomeness of PlanetSide, though he also acknowledges some of the game's shortcomings. Smedley, as it turns out, is also quite excited over the upcoming PlanetSide sequel, shedding some light on the project.
Reported on Oct 13, 2009While no official announcement has been made just yet, just about all signs point to the development of a sequel to PlanetSide. The rumors first started as a story broke over at PlanetSide Universe that SOE had been sending out survey e-mails to PlanetSide players seeking their input on the development of a PlanetSide sequel. Soon after, it was confirmed that the domain www.planetside2.com had been registered, and finally, a comment from SOE President John Smedley on the future of PlanetSide.
Reported on Sep 28, 2009MMORPG.com's Chris Higgins takes another look at SOE's Planetside in this week's review, a six year old MMOFPS that still has the power to get the job done.
Reported on Sep 17, 2009In an announcement made on the official PlanetSide forums, the Werner server will merge into the Gemini server, bringing the total number of servers down to one. This merger is scheduled to take place on August 25th, 2009.
Reported on Jul 27, 2009Christopher "Pwyff" Tom, Editor of ZAM.com examines PlanetSide in an excellent article over at ZAM.com. In the article, Christopher asserts that SOE has essentially forgotten about the game, and dissects some of the game's finer points.
Reported on Jul 20, 2009SOE has announced that they will be merging Planetside's two North American servers and are encouraging current and former players to return and preserve their character names.
Reported on May 08, 2008Our At A Glance articles are meant to give readers an overview of the early portion of an MMORPG, new or old. Today, UK based MMORPG.com writer Donna Desborough sends us this quick look at the FPS-style Planetside.
Reported on Feb 12, 2008MMORPG.com Staff Writer Carolyn Koh was recently in las Vegas for this year's SOE Fan Faire. While there, she dropped in on a panel being held by the folks from Planetside for their players.
Reported on Aug 14, 2007PlanetSide gives us a look at the Advanced Engineering update.
Reported on Mar 21, 2007SOE's MMOFPS lets their players know about a series of events surrounding this most evil of days called: Chainblade Massacre.
Reported on Oct 30, 2006