capture of base facilities, and exploring and interacting with the game world. Support Experience is earned through "Assist" kills: after aiding another player, the first player gains a percentage of experience the other player gains through kills. Command Experience was gained from leading a squad or platoon in a successful base capture. Functionally, Battle Experience and Support Experience are identical, both contributing towards Battle Rank, which lead to benefits such as the ability to use different equipment, implants, or appearance upgrades. Accumulated Command Experience let the player use several team-oriented abilities. Server shutdown On July 1, 2016, at 4:00pm PT, Planetside servers went offline permanently. A fan-made recreation of the original servers called PlanetSide Forever began development shortly before the shutdown. PlanetSide 2 was officially released on November 20, 2012. Reception PlanetSide was a runner-up for Computer Games Magazines list of the 10 best games of 2003. However, it won the magazine's "Best Technology" award. Although the initial game was well received, Core Combat, the game's only expansion, was released six months after release with a mediocre response. It added six new caverns, three new vehicles, and three new weapons. References External links (currently leads to PlanetSide 2's website) 2003 video games First-person shooters Science fiction shooter video games Inactive massively multiplayer online games Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter games Products and services discontinued in 2016 Sony Interactive Entertainment games Ubisoft games Video games developed in the United States Video games set on fictional planets Windows games Windows-only games