PLANETSIDE(TM) GOES UNDERGROUND THIS OCTOBER WITH PLANETSIDE: CORE COMBAT(TM),
ITS FIRST EXPANSION
-Alien
Technology, New Vehicles and Weapons, and A Subterranean Battleground Are Coming
For Sony Online Entertainment s Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Action
Game –
SAN DIEGO, CA –
August 18, 2003 – Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a worldwide leader in
massively multiplayer online gaming, today announced PlanetSide: Core Combat,
the first expansion for its popular massively multiplayer online first-person
action game, PlanetSide(TM). PlanetSide launched on May 19, 2003 and has already
attracted more than 60,000 subscribers. The expansion will focus on alien
technology discovered deep in underground caverns, adding more vehicles, weapons
and battlegrounds under the planet Auraxis. PlanetSide: Core Combat will be
available this October at retail and as a secure digital download from SOE.
"PlanetSide is
growing everyday and fans are constantly asking for more," said Michael
Lustenberger, director of product marketing, Sony Online Entertainment. "With
this first expansion, the dynamic of the game will evolve as all three
PlanetSide empires battle to secure powerful new technology in order to dominate
the planet Auraxis both on the surface and underground."
PlanetSide: Core
Combat adds a new style of gameplay to PlanetSide with head-to-head urban
warfare, testing players’ skills as they react quickly to enemy troops in
high-adrenaline fire-fights in subterranean alien complexes. With six new
underground war zones, additional weapons, vehicles, and enhanced empire
bonuses, Core Combat creates a new dimension for players to master in
PlanetSide’s all-hours-of-the-day online conflict.
About PlanetSide:
Core Combat
PlanetSide: Core Combat
brings the action of PlanetSide, the world’s first massively multiplayer online
first-person action game, underground. With more gameplay options for players
in PlanetSide’s vast game world where thousands of players can battle all hours
of the day, PlanetSide: Core Combat takes squad-based combat to the next level.
Players choose their allegiance and enlist with one of three unique empires in
the fight for total domination on a global scale. Characters gain experience
with every conflict, and can become one of the best in more than 30 combat
specialties, including infantry, sniper, stealth commando, engineer, hacker,
medic, pilot, driver and more. PlanetSide: Core Combat also features:
—Expanded game
world with six new war zones
—New ancient alien technology,
vehicles and weapons available to all Empires and players
—Head-to-head urban warfare in
subterranean cities
—Unique alien complexes to explore
and conquer
—New underground environments from
volcanic lava flows to ice caverns
—Ancient technology can be used by
all Empires to upgrade existing surface level facilities
PlanetSide: Core
Combat requires a copy of PlanetSide to play. The new expansion will be
downloadable via the PlanetSide launch pad. Additionally, retailers will be
offering a boxed version. For more information on PlanetSide: Core Combat,
please visit: http://www.planetside.com.
About Sony Online
Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment
Inc. (SOE), a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Digital Inc., is a recognized
worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with a subscriber base
of over 500,000 active players around the globe. SOE creates, develops and
provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game
console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises, EverQuest(R)
and PlanetSide"!, as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies(TM): An Empire
Divided(TM), SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the
creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various
entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional
development studios in Austin, TX and St. Louis, MO, SOE has an array of
cutting-edge online games in development.
EverQuest is a
registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. SOE and the SOE
logo are registered trademarks and PlanetSide is a trademark of Sony Online
Entertainment Inc.
