Planetside 2

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Now, this is the first time the game has been played at a live event or outside of beta and as a result Gary was only able to play a small portion of it. But his feelings on the game can be summed up pretty well with four words.

“Oh My Freaking God!”

Yup. Gary’s pretty excited. What about you?

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So far we’ve seen SOE talk the talk, but I think I can confidently say that it looks like the team is definitely prepared to walk-the-walk. PlanetSide 2’s polished, tight, shooter gameplay combined with massive three-faction battles are going to take the MMO world by storm

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I cannot remember the last time I was so hesitant to get up from an E3 appointment than I was when my hands-on PlanetSide 2 demo came to an end.

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I was already sold on the idea of joining the enormous persistent war that Planetside 2 promises. Now that I’ve played it and have firsthand confirmation that the gameplay holds its own against the best shooters on the market today, it’s at the top of my competitive shooter list. We should see a closed beta starting soon, with a full release planned before the end of the year.

Planetside 2 iOS Demo With SOE's Josh Hackney

Planetside 2 E3 Stream - Day 1 - Part 1 (feat. Totalbiscuit and Margaret Krohn)

E3 2012 - Exclusive Planet Side 2 Interview With Josh Hackney

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Wow, three awards! PlanetSide 2 made such an impression on us from the first moment we laid hands on it that we've declared it the Best Shooter, Best Free-to-Play Game, and Best PC-Exclusive Game of E3 2012. How did it become our most-decorated game? Simple: where most shooters go to great lengths to create the illusion that we're part of huge war raging around us, PlanetSide 2 actually creates the war. It's the sheer size of the conflict that amazes us -- the promise of literally thousands of players fighting for control over huge, 64-square-kilometer maps with a huge variety of sci-fi weapons, gear (jetpacks!), and vehicles. To put this size into perspective: some of the bases scattered across these maps are roughly the size of a standard Call of Duty multiplayer map.

Plus, this is one case where the free-to-play system is not only a bonus, but essential -- it all but ensures that the war in PlanetSide 2 will never be lacking for soldiers to fight it. It may not have the shiny graphics of Crysis 3, but we're hoping it'll open up a whole new world for first-person shooters.

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PlanetSide 2, on paper, almost seems too good to be true. In action, the “almost” disappears before your eyes and you’re left wondering: How can something this ambitious actually exist? And if it can, why did it take this long for somebody to do it?

We didn’t hand the same game the award for Best Shooter, Best MMO, and Best of Show lightly, but PlanetSide 2 clearly asserted itself as the top candidate in all of those categories. The shooting is fast, frantic, and fun. As an MMOFPS, it takes nearly every gameplay element that’s been attempted in the genre up to 11, without making any compromises in its pursuit of its “Wouldn’t it be cool if…?” premise. From what we’ve seen so far, PS2 has all of the elements PC gamers want in our ideal persistent, massively-multiplayer shooter, and probably a few we didn’t know we wanted.

We love that everything you do, from the time your boots hit the ground to that inevitable moment that you’re forced to log off by the sun coming in your window and the realization that you have to work, directly affects a world that doesn’t go away when a match ends.

E3 hasn’t ever really been about the PC, and this year featured a lot of big console titles, but we can say without any caveat that PlanetSide 2 stole the show for us. It’s shaping up to be a transcendent experience, both as a shooter and an MMO, in a very “only on PC” kind of way.

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and what we’re going to be doing is allow players to fly a drone on their phone. And then if they have a high enough level in the game, they’ll be able to launch a drone strike. So gameplay out of your phone or your iPad, and it works on both iPhone or Android.

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@planetside2 Is there any idea when the beta will go live other than soon? A matter of days, weeks or months? The excitement is killing me.

@jahbailey1 The New Conglomerate and Terran Republic should cherish their remaining days. ^Nova

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@j_smedley Any Information on when other players will be let in?

@AwesumEndeavors not yet. We will have announcements next week