| PlanetSide | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter |
| Developer(s) | Rogue Planet Games |
| Publisher(s) | Daybreak Game Company |
| First release | PlanetSide May 20, 2003 |
| Latest release | PlanetSide Arena September 19, 2019 |
PlanetSide is a series of massively multiplayer online first-person shooter video games published by Daybreak Game Company. The first game in the series was published by Sony Online Entertainment in 2003 for Microsoft Windows and featured thousands of players fighting over territory in a persistent world. PlanetSide 2, a sequel, was released in 2012, featuring faster-paced gameplay, modern first-person shooter mechanics and high graphical fidelity.
The main series games in the franchise chronicle the efforts of three factions (the New Conglomerate, Vanu Sovereignty and Terran Republic) as they fight for control of the planet Auraxis. Players have access to a vast arsenal of weapons and vehicles unique to their faction and engage in combined arms warfare to conquer territory in a persistent world.
Rather than featuring small, instanced matches like many other first-person shooters, the PlanetSide series features massive, seamless continents that allow battles potentially thousands of users can participate in.[1] Both PlanetSide and PlanetSide 2 have set the Guinness World Record for "Most players in an online FPS battle," with the latter still holding the record to this day;[2][3] this record has since been unofficially surpassed by PlanetSide 2 players in both 2020 and 2022.[4][5]
- ^ "E3 2013: PlanetSide 2 Will Look the Part on PlayStation 4". Push Square. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Man vs. Machine vs. First-Person Shooter World Record". Game Rant. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Savage, Phil (26 January 2015). "Planetside 2 breaks world record for most players in an FPS battle". PC Gamer. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Neal, Chris (30 March 2020). "PlanetSide 2 enjoys a surge in activity and breaks its own Guinness World Record". Massively Overpowered. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Brown, Joey (6 November 2022). "PlanetSide 2 Smashes World Record for Most Players in An FPS Battle". Game Rant. Retrieved 1 January 2023.