Did you always feel underdressed on your Flash quadbike?

When laying siege to the miscreants on Auraxis -- TR for the win -- did you want to be able to move quickly over the terrain but with a bit more firepower and a lot more bling?

With the advent of Update 08, the new strike vehicle, the Harasser, looks to be the answer to your problems.

Not only is there a shiny addition to PlanetSide 2's vehicle stable, but Update 08 brings new AV weapons for MAXs for each faction and much more. Check out the video below for the Harasser in action and read Matt Higby's recent outline of what else to expect -- including the delicious new TR stormtrooper-esque helm.

Need more Planetside 2 in your life? Well Sony Online Entertainment has just the thing, with the introduction of the new Planetside 2 Mobile Uplink Application for Auraxians everywhere.

It's a shooter box, I'd argued dismissively. A scaled up version of Team Fortress 2, without the hats and grim humor. It won't have any lasting appeal, I’d persuaded myself, when there are so many other established multiplayer shooters. There's nothing new here at all.

I was wrong. Planetside 2 is possibly the natural evolution of the modern shooter. By swapping small maps that support 8 players a side and replacing them with giant landscapes that contain thousands, it reflects the ebb and flow of war in swirling, chaotic glory. It is by no means perfect, but it is incredible to experience.

The Sony Online Entertainment "Spring Celebration" is here, so I hope you gathered all of your buddies, because all weekend long Planetside 2 is dishing out double the rewards.

Among the rolling hills of San Francisco, GDC returns with its roundtables, speeches, parties and general game related mayhem. As the area around the Moscone center became ever more frenetic today, I sat down with Sony Online Entertainment’s Tramell Ray Isaac, Senior Art Director and Ryan Elam, Technical Director to talk PlanetSide 2 and the engine they designed to make it roar, ForgeLight.

PlanetSide 2 is showcasing its best and brightest, and Sony Online manage to snag Robert Stoneman, machinima, film and video game cinematographer.

Yesterday, John Smedley of Sony Online Entertainment took to Reddit to explain Planetside 2's banning and suspension policies. After the major response to that thread, Smedley came back today to list some of the specific changes they are making in the near future in regards to banning.

Recently, Planetside 2's creative director, Matt Higby, jumped on the forums to address the community and inform them about some upcoming community focused changes, that would be coming to Planetside 2.

It's very easy to forget someitmes (particularly when you're trying to flip The Crown) how much work goes into every single detail of the games we play. From every lens flare, blade of grass or sweeping orchestral score, each atom of a game has been labored over repeatedly.

To give an insight of just what goes into making an MMO, SOE has released the first of its Behind the Lines series for PlanetSide 2. Watch the video below to learn just how the sound of war is brought to your speakers.

The battle raging across Auraxis has taken another turn after Update 02 arrived for PlanetSide 2.

SOE has already been busy making additions on a regular basis to sharpen up the game's balance and gameplay but the new patch holds a host of improvements.