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The top-down, sprite-based online combat game where large teams fought across sprawling battlefields with infantry, vehicles, and aircraft. Born from the makers of SubSpace, it became a Sony Online Entertainment fixture on Station.com and outlived its era through a fan-run revival.
The first Mario Kart you could play against strangers: Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, friend codes and all, in November 2005. Sixteen new tracks, sixteen retro ones, eight-player races off a single cartridge, and a drifting trick called snaking that split every online lobby.
Sony Online Entertainment's wildly ambitious 2003 MMOFPS — a persistent online war where three factions fought over huge, seamless continents with hundreds of players in a single battle. Too big and demanding to be a mainstream hit, but unforgettable for the players who lived in it.