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To Infinity & Beyond with Ripper X!
Ripper ventures into the science-fiction world of Sony Online Entertainment's Planetside, a massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter. Planetside features FPS and RPG game elements and boasts an impressive open world. Check out our latest game overview, Planetside: To Infinity & Beyond with Ripper X. Let us know what you think!
Reported on Sep 07, 2011 -
Story of the Week: Planetside 2 Debuts in Vegas
This week's crowning story has to no doubt go to the official unveiling of SOE's Planetside 2. Fans of the original have been waiting a long time for their first look at this sequel, and Vegas' Fan Faire did not disappoint.
Reported on Jul 09, 2011 -
PlanetSide 2 Unveiled
The countdown is over! Sony Online Entertainment has unveiled PlanetSide 2 on the official PlanetSide 2 website.
Reported on Jul 07, 2011 -
Producer's Letter Released
PlanetSide Next Producer Andrew Sites has released an early copy of his inaugural letter to PlanetSide Universe. Sites introduces himself as coming to the team just over a month ago. He then reveals that the PSN team has been expanding and that several members from the original PlanetSide team have been brought back on board to create the next-gen PlanetSide Next.
Reported on Apr 14, 2011 -
Next Expanding in Face of Closures
Sony Online Entertainment's John Smedley has confirmed that the Planetside: Next team is expanding even in the face of over 200 layoffs and the closure of three of SOE's studios in Tucson, Denver and Seattle. This astonishing revelation was given to Planetside-Universe.com editors in a call to Mr. Smedley.
Reported on Mar 31, 2011 -
Terran Soldier Revealed
Planetside Universe scored another screenshot from the Planetside Next dev team during a chat on Saturday afternoon. This time, the Terran Republic soldier is revealed.
Reported on Feb 15, 2011 -
Mosquito Screen
Sony's John Smedley has released a new PlanetSide Next image to PlanetSide Universe. The image features the Mosquito ship. In addition, the AGN will be sharing another exclusive on a broadcast scheduled for tomorrow evening.
Reported on Feb 11, 2011 -
Galaxy Aircraft Screen
Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley has been busy on his Twitter account this week. He's posted a second screenshot from Planetside Next, this time of a Galaxy aircraft of some type. Check it out!
Reported on Jan 26, 2011 -
First Render Displayed
Sony Online's John Smedley has 'tweeted' the URL of the first render from the recently revealed Planetside Next (working title). The image shows what's being called an NC Tank. Check it out below and then let us know your thoughts.
Reported on Jan 24, 2011 -
Smedley on Release
Sony Online Entertainment's John Smedley has given a general release date for PlanetSide Next, the sequel to PlanetSide. According to an interview at Eurogamer, Smedley is figuring on a late Q1 - early Q2 release for PlanetSide Next, the working title for the sequel.
Reported on Jan 17, 2011 -
Mysterious Countdown Teasing PlanetSide Next?
The folks at Massively have discovered an interesting new countdown clock that has appeared alongside a new comic on the official PlanetSide website. With 18 days and change to go, could we be hearing about PlanetSide next in the near future?
Reported on Apr 30, 2010 -
Smedley Enthuses over PlanetSide Sequel
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, 2009 -
PlanetSide Sequel in Development
While 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, 2009 -
Planetside Re-Review
MMORPG.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, 2009 -
Remaining Servers to Merge
In 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, 2009 -
SOE's Forgotten MMO?
Christopher "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, 2009 -
Server Merge
SOE 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, 2008 -
At A Glance: Introduction to Planetside
Our 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, 2008 -
Fan Faire Update
MMORPG.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, 2007 -
Advanced Engineering Update
PlanetSide gives us a look at the Advanced Engineering update.
Reported on Mar 21, 2007
