The official site yesterday released news that Vets whom cancelled their accounts before December 15 2005 can login to their accounts for 30 days - free! The post also goes into all the changes the past year.

We invite you to come back to blast your way into the New Year by seeing the changes you missed last year:

• Tactical Overlay added to the continent map.
• Head Gear Enhancements.
• Combat Engineer Window added for displaying deployables.
• Looking for Squad System Enhancements.
• Support Experience System enabled.
• Support Merits Commendations added.
• Vulture Bomber aircraft added.
• Squad Experience System Improvements.
• Heavy Scout Rifle added.
• Battle Rank maximum increased to BR 25.
• Training Missions were added for new players.
• Achievement based Merit Commendations were added
• And Much More!
  
• We've reactivated former PlanetSide accounts that were closed on or before December 15, 2005 for a special trial period. 30 consecutive days of FREE service!
• The 30-day Free service period begins whenever you log in, but you must take advantage of this special offer on or before 11:59 P.M. (PST) February 28, 2006. When your 30-day Free service period ends, your account will not remain active without entering payment information to re-activate billing.
• Qualifying accounts have automatically been activated for this trial period. All you have to do to take advantage of this offer is log in! Launch Planetside on your PC, log in to your Station account and click on !
• If you no longer remember your username or password to access your old account, click on the Forgot Password link below the login box to have your password sent to the e-mail address on your account.
• Don't have your PlanetSide discs anymore? We can help! Click Here to install PlanetSide.
• When your trial period ends and you need to get a PlanetSide Game Click Here
• Please feel free to contact us if there are any questions about the status of your account.

~ The PlanetSide Team~

For more details be sure to check out the Official Site.