We’re looking to have 2,000 people on a server. In a single map.” Those are some of the first words from Executive Producer Josh Hackney the minute I sit down at a Planetside 2 console for a preview during PAX Prime. A bold and daunting claim, especially for an MMOFPS that is still in a very tightly closed beta, but one that should be opening up within the next few months. Then again, based on scale alone, having 2,000 players in one persistent game doesn’t seem that far-fetched.
If you have been following Red 5 Studios's open world shooter Firefall in the last couple of years, you should know that the game has undergone several changes, and it just goes on. With the most recent update being the biggest one, the developers called it almost a new Firefall. The Free MMO shooter is still in Beta and it still doesn't have an exact release date. We have been playing it since the early days of the beta and we had the chance to take another look at it at Gamescom 2012. While we were there, we also sat down with lead class designer David Williams and talked about Firefall's past and the future. 
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