PlanetSide

Article summary

PlanetSide is a series of massively multiplayer online first-person shooter video games published by Daybreak Game Company. The first game in the series was published by Sony Online Entertainment in 2003 for Microsoft Windows and featured thousands of players fighting over territory in a persistent world. PlanetSide 2, a sequel, was released in 2012, featuring faster-paced gameplay, modern first-person shooter mechanics and high graphical fidelity. The main series games in the franchise chronicle the efforts of three factions (the New Conglomerate, Vanu Sovereignty and Terran Republic) as they fight for control of the planet Auraxis. Players have access to a vast arsenal of weapons and vehicles unique to their faction and engage in combined arms warfare to conquer territory in a persistent world. Rather than featuring small, instanced matches like many other first-person shooters, the PlanetSide series features massive, seamless continents that allow battles potentially thousands of users can participate in. Both PlanetSide and PlanetSide 2 have set the Guinness World Record for "Most players in an online FPS battle," with the latter still holding the record to this day; this record has since been unofficially surpassed by PlanetSide 2 players in both 2020 and 2022.

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1. publication date: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2003-05-20 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2012-11-20 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2015-06-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2019-09-19 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the publication date is "2003". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2003-05-20". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2012-11-20". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2015-06-23". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the release date is "2019-09-19". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
9. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1271422234