PlanetSide 2 - News

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First-Person Shooter
MMO
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 78 /100 Critics Rec: 50%
Released
November 20, 2012
ESRB
T For Teen Due To Violence
Engine
ForgeLight
Multiplayer
Local Multiplayer

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS).

Empires and their soldiers battle in an all-out planetary war on a scale never before seen, in stunning, breathtaking detail. PlanetSide 2 battles persist and the war never ends, offering constant challenges of individual skill, team grit, and empire-wide coordination. Take up arms and drop into intense infantry, vehicle, and air combat.

Players come together in enormous battles across four massive continents to win control of critical territories, gaining key resources for their empire. With an extensive skill tree and class-based system, players can customize their soldier, weapons, and vehicles to match their play style and meet the needs of their squads, outfits, and empires. In the world of PlanetSide 2, every soldier makes a difference.

Players will choose to align with one of three empires: the militaristic, authoritarian Terran Republic; the rebellious, freedom-fighting New Conglomerate; or the technocratic, alien-influenced Vanu Sovereignty. Each empire has access to empire-specific weapons, attachments, vehicles, abilities, and more.

Genre(s)
First-Person Shooter, MMO

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