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 ::Just because a game is promoted at being the first to do something doesn't make it true.  GameAxis (bottom right of the page) lists Necron as ""the first major MMOFPS title to capture mainstream attention"" and the MMOG article states that there is debate between it and Planetside as the first.  The two articles should at least be consistent with one another. Also, the IGN review states only that it's Sony's first MMOFPS, not that it's the first MMOFPS and this story reads, ""The first real MMOFPS is shipping to stores says Sony Online Entertainment."" Note that they are repeating SOE's claim, not verifying it. The IGN news story quoted in the article and the GameZone article do claim that it's the first MMORPG. I strongly suspect that neither games were the first MMOFPS and that it's really a debate between which one was the first significant one, which, from what I can see, would be Planetside.   "