Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley has been hinting at a PlanetSide sequel since he made a cryptic post on his Twitter page in September 2009. While it's not official, Smedley seems to have let it slip to The Escapist's Greg Tito that the tentatively titled PlanetSide Next may be coming out in March 2011:

"We have a very big launch coming in the month of March," Smedley said. "It's a big first person shooter franchise that we're really happy with."

I took a leap of logic and asked whether it was Planetside.

"Could be," Smedley said sheepishly. "We haven't technically announced it." He then told me that I could say that he "hinted" that the new Planetside was imminent, which translates to 99% of a confirmation. "This is the farthest I've gone [discussing it with the press] and the PR people are going to shoot me."

Considering we haven't heard much about the PlanetSide sequel, it seems a bit surprising that the game could be released in three months, especially when you consider the fact that The Agency has been delayed until late 2011. What do you think?