There’s chaos and there’s chaos. For the casual fan of running around in a game shooting space tanks and watching stuff blow up, even a simple match of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare can be pretty hectic. It’s nothing compared to the utter madness of Planetside 2, where there are …
Read More »Is free-to-play still pay-to-win?
“The first thing I want to emphasise is that our game isn’t pay-to-win,” says every free-to-play developer we’ve spoken to over the past year. The free-to-play market is huge–in the UK alone it was worth £216 million as of December 2012–but it has something of a tarnished reputation among serious …
Read More »Planetside 2 Alpha Squad program announced, offers instant beta access
Sony Online Entertainment is announcing today that they are introducing what essentially amounts to a Founder’s Pack for their upcoming MMO, PlanetSide 2. Dubbed the “Alpha Squadron” package, it will most notably include instant beta access. It will also feature a six-month 10% experience boost, three weapon unlocks for each …
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