Hardware: Online Arena

Hardware: Online Arena

Developer(s) London Studio
Publisher(s) Sony
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release date(s) November 7, 2002
Genre(s) online multiplayer
Mode(s) Single player offline, online multiplayer
Distribution DVD-ROM PlayStation disc

Hardware: Online Arena is an online multiplayer game that focuses on vehicular destruction using varying means such as missiles, lasers and machine guns. The game was released for PlayStation 2 with the launch of online play for the console and was possibly the first online game for PS2. The game was not a huge commercial success, selling very little. Later the game was added onto the network access disk that comes when you buy the network adaptor and during 2005 was one of the three most popular games played online having over 200 users on at any one time. GamesMaster Magazine said the game was, "A great indicator of the shape of things to come for PS2 online."