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Topic: Rumor: PlanetSide Next launching in March 2011
Posted By: Fidelio
Subject: Rumor: PlanetSide Next launching in March 2011
Date Posted: 10/December/2010 at 12:19am

SOE President John Smedley said that the sequel to the MMO shooter Planetside will land in March 2011.

While getting the tour of the Sony Online Denver studio, I was able to snag John Smedley to chat for a few minutes on the state of the gaming industry. We talked about SOE's biggest competitor, Blizzard, and how other MMO companies react to what the WoW-maker does, as well as what can be learned from the demise of APB's Realtime Worlds. But when I asked him to confirm whether the titles that I'd been asked out to Denver to see, Magic The Gathering Tactics and DC Universe Online, were the only games in the pipeline for SOE, Smedley dropped a bomb. Not only is he heavily invested in social and casual games, but Smedley is super excited for Sony's return to the MMOFPS genre with the tentatively titled Planetside Next. Sony has hinted at a sequel with that working title before, but this is the first time that we've gotten wind of a release window.

"We have a very big launch coming in the month of March," Smedley said. "It's a big first person shooter franchise that we're really happy with."

I took a leap of logic and asked whether it was Planetside.

"Could be," Smedley said sheepishly. "We haven't technically announced it." He then told me that I could say that he "hinted" that the new Planetside was imminent, which translates to 99% of a confirmation. "This is the farthest I've gone [discussing it with the press] and the PR people are going to shoot me."

As for why it's called Planetside Next, it appears that Smedley might have learned something from his signature franchise. "We don't have the official name for it. Planetside Next is kind of the working title," Smedley said. "We've learned some lessons with Everquest II , not one of the better moves that we've ever made. We should have called it EverQuest Something. Having Everquest I and II sit on the shelves at the same time, in hindsight, was probably not the the brightest of moves."

That's because the two fantasy MMOs are separate products which both have their own servers and audience. That will be less of a problem with Planetside, due to the small number of people still playing the 7 year old game on its one remaining server. Does Smedley think that the update will bring in more players than the first one did? Well, it's safe to say that he is excited about it.

"[Planetside Next] is the coolest god-damned game," Smedley said. "I'm so in love with that game."


source:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105953-Sony-Online-Strongly-Hints-Planetside-Sequel-Coming-This-Spring - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105953-Sony-Online-Strongly-Hints-Planetside-Sequel-Coming-This-Spring



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Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 10/December/2010 at 11:39am
 
"[Planetside Next] is the coolest god-damned game," Smedley said. "I'm so in love with that game."   
 
did anybody get a chuckle?  
 
wonder what engine they'll be using.


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Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 10/December/2010 at 10:44pm
I'm going to be honest... I would play PS Next and give SOE my money if it gets some of the Midgets back together.


Posted By: AquaNox
Date Posted: 13/December/2010 at 1:39am
If they build it, I will come.

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Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 14/December/2010 at 11:06am
Originally posted by AquaNox

If they build it, I will come.


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Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 14/December/2010 at 4:29pm
they only coming you'll be doing is in your pants..  Speaking of which,  where the hell did PoL go?   And since we're on the pol subject where the hell is Sol?  
 
 3 months away and no alpha/beta testing?   anybody have doubts?   I pray for the day we get back together but I just don't trust it.
 
 


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Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 16/December/2010 at 10:06am
Well we know its been in development for 2 years, was being worked on before the survey they sent out.
We also know some of the "testing" has been done in Planetside meaning that they took new development parts and patch Planetside with it and see how it would work, such as security and so forth.
 
3 months away and no vidoe of any of the game play, news of the features in the game, website for the game, no beta testing or sign ups?
 
Sounds to good to be true but I will keep a positive outlook on it for now.


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Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 17/December/2010 at 2:52pm
http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-john-smedley-blogs-about-ps-next-2426.htm - http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-john-smedley-blogs-about-ps-next-2426.htm
 
John Smedley Blogs about PS Next  Dec 17, 2010 11:27am CST 
 

John Smedley has just updated his blog with some new PlanetSide details:

In other news - early next year we will have announcements about Planetside Next followed by a beta. I can say this - it's coming along awesome. I can also say that the first beta testers are going to be current Planetside subscribers. I've gotten a lot of email from current players offering to help test the game and we're going to take them up on it.
Awesome news for all the existing PlanetSide players! It also sounds like they have made some good progress on the game internally. Thanks Tigersmith for the news tip - follow the comments link to continue discussing!


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Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 17/December/2010 at 3:52pm
Cool, all the scrubs and hackers that have stuck around get to beta test.


Posted By: akribitz
Date Posted: 17/December/2010 at 6:21pm

this could all be a clever ploy to get everyone to subscribe again.



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Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 18/December/2010 at 8:45am
Originally posted by akribitz

this could all be a clever ploy to get everyone to subscribe again.



Agreed

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Posted By: Verdant Force
Date Posted: 18/December/2010 at 8:04pm
Ive wasted my money on worse.
So im in if you guys are.


Posted By: NaeBlis
Date Posted: 19/December/2010 at 8:14pm
Yep, I'm in. 

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Posted By: Interpol
Date Posted: 20/December/2010 at 10:45pm
Goff, if I could have sex with two things in the world, one of them would be you.

The other would be a really hot chick while thinking about you.

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Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 22/December/2010 at 9:40am
Wait a sec...are you guys talking about resubbing to get into Planetside Next beta?

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Posted By: Verdant Force
Date Posted: 22/December/2010 at 11:26pm
neg


Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 25/January/2011 at 4:28pm

Here is the new galaxy

http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-next-galaxy-model-2431.htm - http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-next-galaxy-model-2431.htm


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Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 25/January/2011 at 8:39pm
God I hope this game is not vaporware. I'm getting a boner.

Also... lol @ the small landing gear wheel at the front.


Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 26/January/2011 at 10:12am
The new Mag mower.   You know evo will put it to the test!
 
 
 
Vaporware?  shiiiiiit..   Look below.
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ATfAWBHt-0&feature=player_embedded - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ATfAWBHt-0&feature=player_embedded


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Posted By: Fidelio
Date Posted: 04/April/2011 at 7:13pm

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/04/planetside-next-delayed-receiving-resources-from-the-agency-can/ - by http://www.joystiq.com/editor/alexander-sliwinski - Alexander Sliwinski on Apr 4th 2011 5:00PM

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/04/planetside-next-delayed-receiving-resources-from-the-agency-can/">

Speaking to http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-next-team-expanding-2462.htm - PlanetSide Universe , Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley confirmed that the upcoming PlanetSide MMO, codenamed "PlanetSide Next," would not be making its http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/17/free-realms-ps3-due-sometime-early-feb-planetside-next-in-q1/ - intended first-half of the year launch . SOE is "pulling out all the stops to make it great" when it's released "later in the year." PlanetSide Next will be the beneficiary of "additional resources" from the cancellation of http://www.joystiq.com/game/the-agency - The Agency .

The update on PlanetSide Next is directly tied to last week's http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/31/soe-confirms-studio-closures-cancels-the-agency/ - mass layoffs within SOE. The company eliminated 205 jobs, shut down The Agency and closed three studios.


Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 04/April/2011 at 8:27pm
Vaporware.


Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 04/April/2011 at 9:08pm
lol  the agency..  a 2007 dream. 

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Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 05/April/2011 at 1:19pm
Don't know if its vaporware but I think they might of ment 2012...lol
 
Hey look at the bright side it brough back some population to Planetside...


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Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 05/April/2011 at 3:47pm

S.O.E has already stated that the +200 layoffs is a tatic to focus soley on PS next and ever quest.      Geez guys have a little faith in this terrbile ass company..



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Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 07/April/2011 at 7:54am
As we say in the bizz..."Stop Drinking the Kool-aid!"

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Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 13/April/2011 at 4:12pm
Here is some more Kool-Aid for us to drink!
 
http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-next-producer-letter-sneak-peek-2467.htm - http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-next-producer-letter-sneak-peek-2467.htm
 
Looking back through the archives, it’s been a while since we’ve done a proper Planetside Producer letter, so let’s get rolling!

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Andrew Sites and about a month ago I joined the Planetside Next development team as the Executive Producer. While I may be new to Planetside, I’ve been around the block a few times here at Sony Online. I’ve worked in production on several SOE projects, including EverQuest, EverQuest II, Free Realms and most recently was the EP on Clone Wars Adventures. But enough about me, let’s talk about Planetside.

While combing through the Planetside forums, I can see that you’re not just amped about the promise of a sequel being developed, but even more so, you want some details. With Planetside now approaching its 8 year anniversary, it’s still easy to look back and see just how it set the bar for Massively Multiplayer FPS games. It was fun, fast-paced and most importantly, it offered truly MASSIVE FPS combat that hasn’t been recreated since. When we started designing Planetside Next, our goal was to build upon the original foundational elements that made it unique, while focusing heavily on the large-scale combat that set it apart from the competition. We’ve got some big shoes to fill, but as we begin unveiling the details, I think you’re going to be VERY excited to see what we have planned.

As you know, Planetside Next was announced by Smed via Twitter about a year and a half ago. Since then, the development team has been pining away on a new graphics engine, building art assets and designing new content. To support our ongoing development efforts, the team has increased in size significantly over the past several weeks. We’ve also brought back several team members from the original Planetside art, design and code team, as well as a ton of other talented, experienced MMO and FPS developers – many of whom I will begin introducing to you in my next update.

To say that the team and I are excited would be an understatement. Over the coming weeks and months, you can expect to receive a lot more detail about what we have in-store for PSNext. Much of this information will be presented to the PS community exclusively, because frankly, if your passion for the original didn’t exist, I wouldn’t be typing this.

Planetside set the bar for the Massively Multiplayer FPS market 8 year ago and we look forward to setting it again.
 
You can tell he is new at SOE...lol


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Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 13/April/2011 at 8:29pm
"Over the coming weeks and months, you can expect to receive a lot more detail about what we have in-store for PSNext"
 
 
Translation:    No beta scheduled anytime soon.   More kool-aid indeed.


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Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 14/April/2011 at 8:08am
VAPORWARE!!!!!!!


Posted By: Fidelio
Date Posted: 14/April/2011 at 2:37pm
they replaced the EP at this point in the process? ... that can't be good.


Posted By: AquaNox
Date Posted: 14/April/2011 at 10:06pm
"I can see that you’re not just amped about the promise of a sequel being developed, but even more so, you want some details"
 
 
..therefore, I shall give you no details.


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Posted By: Midnyght
Date Posted: 26/April/2011 at 8:10am
So subs and pop is dropping again in PS from what I understand and there is another rumor out about beta being in June/July....lol.

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Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 26/April/2011 at 3:08pm
Originally posted by Midnyght

So subs and pop is dropping again in PS from what I understand and there is another rumor out about beta being in June/July....lol.
 
 
append george bush quote on "Fool me once......"


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