
2019 · Daybreak Game Company · First-person shooter · Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter
PlanetSide Arena
PlayStation console exclusive
"PlanetSide Arena is a massive-scale, match-based, sci-fi arena shooter that reintroduces players to the revolutionary PlanetSide Franchise - the record-breaking MMOFPS series that redefined all-out planetary warfare. Played solo, in teams of three, or as part of large combat groups, PlanetSide Arena features unique character classes, seasonal progression mechanics, combined arms combat, and a variety of match-based game modes."
- Released
- 19 September 2019
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4Windows
- Genres
- First-person shooterMassively multiplayer online first-person shooterShooter
- Developers
- Daybreak Game Company
- Publishers
- Daybreak Game Company
- Series
- PlanetSide
- Modes
- Multiplayer
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Engine
- Forgelight Engine
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- ESRB T
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Spain)
About
PlanetSide Arena is a discontinued massively multiplayer online first-person shooter developed by Daybreak Game Company. A spin-off of PlanetSide 2, the game supported over 1,000 players per match and featured match-based capture the flag, team deathmatch, and battle royale game modes.
PlanetSide Arena was released for early access on Steam for Microsoft Windows on September 19, 2019. It was cancelled on January 10, 2020, due to low player counts.
Keywords
- free-to-play
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
PlanetSide Arena features many of the same weapons, environments, game mechanics and vehicles present in PlanetSide 2, taking place on the continent Amerish years after the original conflict on the planet Auraxis has ended. Game modes, including conquest, capture the flag, team deathmatch, and battle royale are played on a single a 8km by 8km map. Like PlanetSide 2, players can pick between classes, although this has been reduced to just three from the original game's six; all classes have unique abilities and access to a jetpack. Players could also play in third-person perspective in some game modes. Players can pick up and use weapons that are scattered around the map after deploying onto the battlefield, or have access to them at the start of the round via a loot box system.
Development
PlanetSide Arena was initially announced by Daybreak Game Company on December 13, 2018. The game was initially planned to launch on Steam on January 29, 2019, and would not be free-to-play. It would also feature a battle pass system along with other microtransactions.
PlanetSide Arena's release was repeatedly delayed, missing its initial release date. It was released on September 19, 2019, in Early Access on Steam. The game relied on a microtransaction business model where players could purchase loot boxes to obtain cosmetics and in-game items.
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