PlanetSide

The action takes place on the planet Auraxis, where human colonists discovered the remains and technology of an alien race - The Vanu. This nanotechnology allowed the humans to deconstruct and reconstruct their own bodies and generate machinery apparently from thin air. This technology led to the tragic fate that has fallen Auraxis. In time, the planet was cut off from the rest of the empire of man when the nearby wormhole collapsed. Soon afterwards the humans on the planet split into three factions:

• The Terran Republic, loyal to the original empire,
• The New Conglomerate, a group determined to remain free of the empire's influence and,
• The Vanu Sovereignty, those who believe that humanities future lies in the further development of the alien technology found on Auraxis.

At any one time, each of the three PlanetSide servers host thousands of players fighting a persistent war on foot, in ground vehicles or in the air across desert wastes, icy mountains, lush forests or dank swamps. The gameplay is simple: each faction must attempt to capture as many facilities as possible on the surface of the planet whilst denying them to their enemies. There are many strategies and opportunities for tacticians to divert the flow of battle and learning the intricacies and depth of the game can take many months. The player controls his chosen character from a first-person perspective and can travel about the vast environments on foot or in one of the many available vehicles. Combat is fast-paced and does not suffer from the 'hands-off' feel of many other Massively Multiplayer Online Games.