Official Site:Â PlanetSide 2
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â November 20, 2012
Genre:Â Sci-Fi MMOFPS Sandbox
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS4
See Also: PlanetSide
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The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?
Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...
The MMOs we lost in 2016
If you thought we lost a lot of MMOs in 2014 and 2015, wait until you see 2016's list.
It's easy to shrug off some...
Massively OP’s guide to the 2016 MMORPG winter holidays
It's time to get all snuggly in front of a crackling fire, roast up some chestnuts, down a gallon of hot chocolate, and log...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016
As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...
EverQuest Online Adventures revival project solicits aid
It's been well over four years since EverQuest Online Adventures was unplugged and its servers shut down, as SOE deemed the old hardware (PlayStation...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016
"Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the...
The Game Archaeologist: Classic PlanetSide
Unlike fantasy, the sci-fi genre has had a rocky relationship with MMORPGs. While studios have tried just as hard to make and promote them,...
Daybreak seeks talent for an unannounced game
What might be brewing in the secret laboratories of Daybreak Game Company? That's the question of the week, as the studio is recruiting talent...
Daybreak is cutting out game cards
If you're a big fan of buying game cards for Daybreak's various online offerings, you should go snap them up now before they're gone....
Daybreak bans, unbans thousands of third-party key purchasers
If you bought and activated a key for EverQuest, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2, EverQuest II, or a Krono subscription from a third-party reseller, you...
Daybreak to sunset PlanetSide 1 and Legends of Norrath
It's Friday night, and you know what that means: another big announcement from Daybreak. The studio announced this evening that it will be sunsetting...
Former PlanetSide 2 Creative Director Matt Higby snapped up by Ubisoft Massive
Looks like former PlanetSide 2 Creative Director has landed on his feet and then some: He posted on Twitter today that he's now working...
PlanetSide 2 guides players through the new construction mechanics
The good news for PlanetSide 2 fans is that the game now allows players to construct things as they wish, thus freeing you from...
PlanetSide 2’s massive construction patch has deployed
PlanetSide 2's big patch today introduces a brand-new construction system for those patient enough to wait out the extra-long maintenance downtime. Entering the MMO...
PlanetSide 2 hitbox hack gets called out, hotfixed by Daybreak
When it comes to multiplayer shooters, issues like hitbox detection and size are always hot button topics for the community. But what if you...
After canning EverQuest Next, Daybreak is hiring for new title
Daybreak: LF15M.
Is Daybreak dying? Maybe not, at least in light of a recent jobs posting that would see the studio grow from its current...
PlanetSide 2 is shutting down in China
PlanetSide 2's global reach has shortened yet again, as the title will be ceasing operations in China as of May 31st.
The MMOFPS launched in...
The MOP Up: PlanetSide 2 gets a promotion (February 21, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2015
It's become tradition to fare well the MMOs that sunsetted in the preceding year, but that wasn't always the case. At the beginning of 2015,...
PlanetSide 2’s next major patch lets you gather and build
The next major patch for PlanetSide 2 managed to sneak onto the game's test servers just before Christmas, but no one noticed. Thus, the...
