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PlanetSide 2 Launching on PlayStation 4 on June 23

Daybreak Game Company LLC today announced that the critically-acclaimed massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS), PlanetSide 2 will be available on the PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe on June 23, 2015.

The MMOFPS, which began Closed Beta testing in January 2015, will be available on the PS4 as a free-to-play downloadable title with no PlayStation Plus membership requirement. Already available on the PC, PlanetSide 2 will be the only PlayStation 4 game that allows massive communities of players to come together to simultaneously experience enormous battles, giving players a truly massive-world combat experience.

PlanetSide 2 is currently in Closed Beta and will be available on the PS4 in June with optional in-game purchases via digital download. For players who are interested in an enhanced PlanetSide 2 experience, a Membership option will be available for USD $14.99/month and will include a monthly Battle Cash grant, increased experience, cert, and resource gains, discounts in the marketplace, exclusive promotions, and access to a monthly double experience weekend event. Additionally, Members will receive priority log-in queue access.

PlanetSide 2 ESRB rating: teen with violence. Visit www.esrb.org for rating information.

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John Breeden II

John has spent his journalism career covering just about everything, from small-town meetings and crime scenes to Capitol Hill and the U.S. Congress. He got his start writing about games and technology with a computer column called On the Chip Side, which grew to more than 1 million in circulation and ran in newspapers across several states. Today, John is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Newsweek and many other publications, and he writes a regular technology and government column for Nextgov/FCW and hosts security and educational webinars for FedInsider. He is also the founder of the Tech Writers Bureau and the chief editor of GameIndustry.com. He still loves disappearing into games, whether that means crawling through Baldur’s Gate dungeons deep into the night or planning one more big offensive in the latest wargame.