What happened to PlanetSide?
PlanetSide shut down in 2016 after launching in 2003. SOE's three-faction MMOFPS crammed hundreds of players onto continent-sized battlefields for 13 years before Daybreak pulled the plug in 2016.
- Years
- 2003–2016
- Business model
- Free-to-Play
- Region
- NA
In context
It ran for 13 years (2003–2016).
Of the 21 MMOs on MMOlist that launched in 2003, 14 are still playable today.
Also from Sony Online Entertainment: Star Wars Galaxies (2003), EverQuest Online Adventures (2003), The Matrix Online (2005), Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (2007), Free Realms (2009), Clone Wars Adventures (2010), Dragon's Prophet (2013), Wizardry Online (2013).
Scratch the same itch — alive today
PlanetSide has an archive entry, not a full profile — these picks match its era, model, and style from the curated database.
EVE Online
2003 · Free-to-Play + Sub Option · Tab Target
Lineage 2
2003 · Free-to-Play · Tab Target
MapleStory
2003 · Free-to-Play · Action
More from the archive
Other MMOs that shut down or never shipped from around 2003.
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