Official Site: PlanetSide
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: May 20, 2003
Genre: Sci-Fi MMOFPS Sandbox
Business Model: F2P
Platform: PC
See Also: PlanetSide 2
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PlanetSide 2 players offer Daybreak $10,000 to revert last week’s server merge
Earlier this month, when Daybreak and Toadman finally merged the PlanetSide 2 North American servers into one, players had quite a shock when they...
PlanetSide 2 fans are upset over a botched NA server merge that apparently increased player ping
PlanetSide 2 fans in North America who have been waiting months for the merge of the North American servers were supposed to finally get...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 513: The MMORPG PvP theme show
Justin and Bree sit for a special themeshow all about MMORPG PvP in its many (many) forms, in addition to adventures in the LOTRO housing chaos.
PlanetSide 2 has officially launched its fishing minigame today (and no, not April Fools)
So listen, when an MMO developer chooses April 1st to introduce cozy content to a PvP title, it's usually an April Fools' Day prank....
‘We like to make really big games’: John Smedley teases Distinct Possibility by namedropping PlanetSide 2 devs
Our regular readers and followers of the MMO genre already know the name of John Smedley. He was the former head of Sony Online...
PlanetSide2 is finally merging its NA servers in April – here’s how to help pick the new names
Remember how PlanetSide 2 successfully merged its EU servers last year, prompting calls - begging, really - for a similar NA server merge? And...
PlanetSide 2 patches in a new base and a new related assault game mode
If you've been itching for server merges in PlanetSide 2, well, we still don't know what's happening on that front since Daybreak/Toadman's aka ToadBreak's...
PlanetSide 2 admits to delays for its US merges and Infiltrator rework
The Daybreak contractors still working on PlanetSide 2 are back with another monthly dev letter for fans that should add another layer of reassurance...
PlanetSide 2 takes a break from the war for a Valentine Directive
One might think that the soft affectionate fuzzies of Valentine's Day might not exactly fit in a futuristic battlefield setting, but don't tell PlanetSide...
EG7 Q3 2024: Palia hits console this spring as EverQuest, LOTRO drive Daybreak revenue
EG7 - that's the Swedish games conglom that bought up Daybreak and then kinda got taken over by Daybreak, amusingly - released its year-end...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2025?
You know, you're not reading this piece until January, but I sat down to write it ahead of the turn of the year, when...
PlanetSide 2 says its development team ‘remains unchanged’ following Toadman’s shuttering
MMO fans have been worried about the fate of PlanetSide 2 over the last few weeks following the revelation that EG7 would be shuttering...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2025
I am the sort of person who derives no small amount of ongoing satisfaction from the idea that I have had an influence upon...
Its long-term future still in limbo, PlanetSide 2 is actually getting a small Lunar New Year promo update today
The PlanetSide 2 community was naturally in a panic last weekend following the Friday evening revelation that EG7 is planning to close down Toadman...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 501: Moving, money, and modding
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's new server plan, Stars Reach's Kickstarter plan, PlanetSide 2's limbo, Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, and roadmaps for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, SWG Legends, and a ton of smaller games, plus a mailbag topics on modding and MMOs.
Enad Global 7 shuts down Toadman and lays off staff at Piranha Games, potentially affecting PlanetSide 2
We have the unfortunate duty to report that the layoffs within the games industry will apparently continue until funny line improves. Enad Global 7,...
PlanetSide 2 previews its upcoming Assault gameplay mode, arriving in 2025
The new Assault mode for Planetside 2 is going to require different playstyles for both attackers and defenders, according to the developers' final missive...
PlanetSide 2’s holiday event, Auraximas, has returned with a new Ice Dragon weapon
On the first day of Auraximas, my true love gave to me... a legitimate reason to use the goofy snowman in a pilot cap...
PlanetSide 2 confirms NA server merges, plans new assault facilities and faction-agnostic mecha for 2025
This year marks 12 years since the launch of PlanetSide 2, which means that the game is now older than PlanetSide was when the...
Perfect Ten: Why I still love Final Fantasy XI today
You know what's really funny to me when I think about it for more than five minutes? Final Fantasy XI is, at this point,...
