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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Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?
MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...
PlanetSide 2 PC tests some new implants, patches in UI updates and bug fixes
Last week saw PlanetSide 2 open up its PTS so players could kick the tires of seven new implants, all of which are being...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter buffs its companion healing factor by up to 100%
Neverwinter's medically minded companions received a massive infusion of green numbers this past week, as Cryptic buffed those particular pets by a significant amount.
"We...
PlanetSide 2’s Michael ‘Wrel’ Henderson has left Daybreak and the game
There's been a changing of the guard at Daybreak's Rogue Planet: Michael "Wrel" Henderson is leaving his post at the top of PlanetSide 2.
Wrel,...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates the franchise’s 20th birthday with the Fortification update and an album release
Daybreak successfully released PlanetSide 2's Fortification update for PC yesterday, ringing in what will - in two days, anyhow - be the franchise's 20th...
EG7 Q1 2023: EG7 pulled in a record $54M last quarter, and Daybreak is a huge chunk of it
Enad Global 7 aka EG7, the company that owns Daybreak, Standing Stone Games, and Piranha Games and is effectively still being run by Daybreak...
PlanetSide 2 brings improvements to base construction and a series’ 20th anniversary event on May 17
Whether you're the kind of player who wants to build bases or an old salt that's ready to mark 20 years of frantic FPS...
PlanetSide 2 lowers price of Pride decals and applies fixes to the NSO repair drone for PC players
We haven't entered Pride month yet - that's in June - but PlanetSide 2 players who wish to share pride in or support of...
PlanetSide 2 adds new abilities and MAX unit tweaks, previews developing construction updates
Did you miss out on PlanetSide 2's testing of tweaks to abilities and MAX units? Well don't worry too much about it because that...
PlanetSide 2 is testing out server improvements, faction-specific abilities, and gameplay tweaks on PTS
There's a new PTS build available for PlanetSide 2 and regular players of the large-scale FPS are probably going to want to take notice...
Ex-Blizzard execs Jen Oneal, J Allen Brack, and John Donham form Magic Soup Games
Now here's an interesting collab. Yes, it's yet another "ex-Blizzard people form a new studio and investors give them stacks of money" studio, but...
PlanetSide 2 posts St Patrick’s Day patch, continues server performance investigation
With just over a week to go until St Patrick's Day, those rare MMORPGs that celebrate the occasion are about to start rolling out...
PlanetSide 2’s Love Letter update kicks off Valentine’s Day content for the weekend
As promised, Daybreak rolled out the "love letter" update to PlanetSide 2 last night. The patch buffs anti-cheat measures, adds Nvidia DLSS and AMD...
PlanetSide 2 tests cheap gender change tokens, anti-cheat, and more character slots
PlanetSide 2 players better furbish up their PTS patcher as Daybreak has rolled out its February update on the test server.
"A major focus for...
PlanetSide 2’s construction system is under construction as Lunar New Year begins
Remember the good old days of early websites and their omnipresent "Under Construction" logos? You might want to slap one of these on PlanetSide...
John Smedley is leaving his position as head of Amazon Games’ San Diego studio
John Smedley is moving on from his role heading the San Diego branch of Amazon Game Studios, according to a memo sent to staff...
PlanetSide 2 applies fixes for missions and Capture the Conduit, promises additional stabilization in the future
PlanetSide 2 on PC has gotten another one of those fixer-upper patches that isn't exactly sexy but is no less vital to the game's...
PlanetSide 2 PC celebrates the Auraximas season on live, tests repository hacking changes
The Christmas season has once again arrived to the PC version of the large-scale FPS PlanetSide 2 with the return of Auraximas, the regular...
The Daily Grind: What was the best event in the MMO genre in 2022?
If ever there were a year that I wish we hadn't demoted "best event" from an award to a Daily Grind, it was 2022,...
The MOP Up: Another look back at Final Fantasy XI’s history
Final Fantasy XI continued its series of retrospective interviews, this time sitting down with former GM Toshio Murouchi to talk about the history and...