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sony online entertainment
Free Realms Gets Guilds
Free Realms might have had a lot to offer players in terms of game play, but it lacked one major massively multiplayer feature, until today that is. More » -
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Free Realms Player Watch: We Have 3 Million
Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms just surpassed 3 million players, leading us to suspect that perhaps the original million is just creating new accounts to get more free celebration gear. More » -
clips
EverCracked! The Phenomenon of EverQuest
Continuing the 10th anniversary celebration for EverQuest, Sony Online Entertainment is debuting a full-length documentary on the game at this year's SOE Fan Faire, with Jace Hall adding flavor. More » -
e3 2009
What's Next For Free Realms?
With insane amounts of people flocking to Free Realms, what does Sony Online Entertainment have planned to keep them all occupied? I probed Senior Producer Andrew Sites and PR specialist Ryan Peters for answers. More » -
e3 2009
Free Realms Still Growing Insanely Quickly
First they hit one million players within weeks of release. Then they hit 2 million a week and a half later. Where does the Free Realms population stand right now? More » -
Dead MMO Walking
SOE Pulls The Plug On The Matrix Online
After nearly four years in operation, the machines now greatly outnumber the players and The Matrix Online is no longer necessary. More » -
clips
The Agency Returns With A CG Trailer
Been a while since we heard anything about Sony's upcoming PS3 & PC MMO "The Agency". But with E3 rapping at our chamber door, Sony have released a new CG trailer. More » -
sony online entertainment
And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
A week and a half after reaching the million player mark, Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms has gone and doubled it. More » -
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sony online entertainment
More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms
Sony Online Entertainment's new family-friendly online game Free Realms has exploded out of the gate, with more than one million registered users within 17 days of launch. More » -
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Kung Fu Hustle Preview: Do The Hustle
Based on Stephen Chow's over-the-top martial arts movie Kung Fu Hustle, this free massively multiplayer game hopes to make its money through micro-transactions and its name through casual side-scrolling fights. More » -
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DC Universe Online Preview: Doomsday Smack Down
DC Universe Online gives gamers a chance to become a super hero or villain in a world familiar to any comic book fan.
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screens
SOE Delivers More DC Universe Doomsday
Announcing the appearance of Superman killer Doomsday once apparently wasn't enough for Sony Online Entertainment, who today deliver new screenshots and renders of everyone's favorite Kryptonian mutant in DC Universe Online. More » -
clips
Free Realms Launches With Flying Squirrel
What better way to herald the launch of Sony Online Entertainment's new family friendly online game Free Realms than a launch trailer narrated by a flying squirrel with a mohawk? More » -
sony online entertainment
Free Realms Goes Free Tomorrow
After only a few weeks of closed beta testing, Sony Online Entertainment has taken down the servers for Free Realms in preparation for tomorrow's official launch. More » -
sony online entertainment
SOE Assures Parents It's Okay To Play Free Realms
In advance of the release of their family-friendly online multiplayer game Free Realms, Sony Online Entertainment has release a booklet explaining the benefits that games like Free Realms offer children. More » -
clips
Cabbage Patching Through Ten Years Of Everquest
Sony Online Entertainment's pioneering massively multiplayer online game Everquest turned 10 yesterday, and while celebrating with an unattractive woman popping out of a cake is nice, nothing beats a worldwide dance party. More » -
everquest
So I Guess EverQuest Turns 10 Today
One of the first MMORPGs to pioneer sucking the souls out of gamers and Player versus Player interactions has just turned 10. Here's an elf popping out of a cake to prove it. More » -
sony
March 16 Shall Now Officially Be Known As "Sony Online Entertainment Day"
There are plenty of commemorative days across the globe. Some honour great men/women, some honour great events, some even get you the day off work. But granting a day to a games developer? More » -
beta watch
Free Realms Enters Closed Beta
Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play, family-friendly massively multiplayer online game Free Realms enters closed beta testing today, with early registrations for April's open beta now being accepted. More » -
Surprise Failed
Wizard Outs Marv Wolfman As New DC Universe Online Talent
Wizard Magazine completely spoils Sony Online Entertainment's fun, outing comic book legend Marv Wolfman as the new DC Universe Online creative talent a week before the big reveal at the New York Comic Con. More » -
it's casual
SOE Brings PopCap Titles To The PlayStation Network
The PlayStation 3 just got a bit more casual, as Sony Online Entertainment announces a deal to bring five PopCap titles to the PlayStation Network, beginning with Bejeweled 2, available now. More » -
Collectible Dev Studio
SOE Collects PoxNora From Octopi, Opens Tucson Studio
Having had tremendous success with their online collectible card games, Sony Online Entertainment has caught collectible fever, snagging the ultra rare PoxNora collectible strategy game from developer Octopi. More » -
valve
SOE, Valve Group To Bring MMOs To Steam
Sony Online Entertainment is bringing its massively multiplayer online catalogue to Steam as of today. Now you can MMO without ever having to leave the house to pick up one of those antiquated "boxes." More » -
sony online entertainment
SOE Sells EQ Loot For Child's Play
Sony Online Entertainment has announced a month-long Child's Play fund raising campaign, which will allow players of EverQuest and EverQuest II to buy in-game goodies that generate donations. More » -
sony online entertainment
EQ 10th Aniversary Book Art Revealed By Uncomfortable-Looking Firiona Vie
A woman dressed up as elven princess Firiona Vie stood off to the side looking uncomfortable at Sony Online Entertainment's private CES unveiling of the EverQuest: The 10th Anniversary Collectorās Edition book cover. More » -
Smedley Speaks
Smedley: Half Of SOE's Business Will Be PS3
Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley is in love with the idea of massively multiplayer games on the PlayStation 3, suggesting that one day the console will account for nearly half of the company's business. More » -
the agency
GameFly Prematurely Closes The Agency
Several of you emailed us this morning, frightened after receiving email notifications from the game rental service GameFly that Sony Online Entertainment's MMO The Agency for the PlayStation 3 had been canceled by the manufacturer. Instead of panicking, we decided to contact the manufacturer to see what they had to say. More » -
DC Universe Online
Geoff Johns Scribes The DC Universe Online
The man responsible for bringing the original Green Lantern Hal Jordan back from the dead has been tasked with bringing the entire DC Universe to life in an all new medium. DC Comics writer Geoff Johns has been tapped to pen the story behind Sony Online Entertainment's DC Universe Online, collaborating with comic artist Jim Lee on the project. More » -
the agency
Agency Devs Exploring Cross-Platform Play
The developers of upcoming MMO The Agency, Sony Online Entertainment, are releasing the game on two platforms. PC and PS3. So it's natural to hope that they're looking at cross-platform play between users of either system, yes? Correct. Natural and fortunate, because that's exactly what they're doing. Replying to a question asking about play between PS3 and PC users, SOE's Matt Wilson replied "we're actually doing that at the office. Technology-wise, it's really not that complicated". Good news! Temper that good news, however, with a pinch of pragmatism; just because they can do it, doesn't mean they will. There's all sorts of things to consider, from the ease of hacking/cheating on PC to differences in control schemes to the inevitable "that's not fair" whining that comes when one group of players is using a control system they think isn't as good as another. More » -
sony online entertainment
SOE Announces Two New EverQuest Expansions, Fan Fairies Get Them Free
Sony Online Entertainment announced today at its Fan Faire gathering that both the original EverQuest and its sequel, EverQuest II, would see a new expansion each. EverQuest Seeds of Destruction, the 15th (!!) expansion for the MMO, will be released on October 21, with EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey available on November 18. That would be EQ II's fifth expansion, if you're keeping count. More » -
station voice
Voice Chat Hits EverQuest II, Galaxies
Free VOIP hit EverQuest II and Star Wars Galaxies today. More » -
comic-con 08
Jim Lee Dishes On DC Universe Online
Sony Online Entertainment treated members of the press to a luncheon earlier today, part of the Comic-Con 08 push for DC Universe Online. The massively-multiplayer online action RPG, coming to both the PlayStation 3 and PC platforms, will be playable by the public for the first time tonight. We'll be going hands-on with the title this evening, taking part in an in-game Brainiac themed live event with other DC heroes. More » -
g.i.r.l.
SOE Awards First G.I.R.L. Scholarship
Sony Online Entertainment has announced the first ever Gamers In Real Life (G.I.R.L.) design contest scholarship winner. Nearly 100 applicants submitted their video game concept art and essays for the contest, which kicked off in early April, and from those entries Julia Brasil of San Francisco was chosen to win a $10,000 scholarship at The Art Institute of California and a paid internship at Sony Online Entertainment. More » -
DC Universe Online
New Details On DC Universe Online
With Marvel Universe Online canned by Microsoft, the only hope comic book geeks like myself have to see their favorite men-in-tights in an MMO setting is Sony Online Entertainment's DC Universe Online for the PC and PS3. The latest issue of Edge magazine has the scoop on the heroes versus villains title, and while you can't be Superman you might just get a chance to punch him right in his stupid Kryptonian face. More » -
soe fan faire 2008
SOE Fan Faire Registration Is Go
SOE is now accepting registration monies for their 2008 SOE Fan Faire, being held August 14th through the 17th at the Las Vegas Hilton in beautiful downtown...you know. $89 gets you an All-Access pass, which secures you a sneak-peek at "three monumental new games in development". Interesting. More » -
playstation 3
Smedley - MMOs To Sell PS3s
John Smedley loves his massively-multiplayer online games, and well he should, being a co-founder of Verant Interactive and now President of Sony Online Entertainment. Is he taking this love a bit too far in suggesting that one day MMOs will be a reason to buy a PlayStation 3?I think MMOs are going to be a real strong selling point for the PS3 long term — there's going to be some great ones on the PS3. You're not going to find "The Agency" on the [Xbox] 360.
Seeing as Microsoft seems to be terrified of MMO games, I'd have to say he has a point. Well, that and the fact that it's a Sony game. A selling point though? I don't know. Considering the track record of most MMO console games (Everquest Online Adventures, which refuses to die), I'm leaning towards no here...though perhaps that's because I have a PC that currently runs anything on the market. Or maybe the concept is just too foreign for me to grasp. A console-selling MMO? I'll believe it when I see it. More » -
sony online entertainment
SOE Dates 2008 Fan Faire
Sony Online Entertainment has given a date to their annual parade of pale-skinned shut-ins, blinking as they emerge into the bright sunlight, the SOE Fan Faire. This year's convention will be help August 14th through the 17th at the Las Vegas Hilton. This means we are definitely skipping a repeat of last year's Quakecon / Blizzcon / Fan Faire debacle, as QC is running two weeks earlier. Plenty of time left for Blizzard to muck things up though."Fan Faire is by far the best vacation destination for SOE gamers, their families and friends," said Alan Crosby, Senior Director, Global Community Relations, Sony Online Entertainment. "This is the ultimate party for gamers and a great chance to meet up with their online friends in the real world."
This year's 4-day event will feature demos of The Agency and Free Realms, a talk from SOE President John Smedley, chances to meet and chat with developers, and plenty of geeky hobnobbing and drunk singalongs. I wanna go! More » -
g.i.r.l.
G.I.R.L. Game Design Contest Now Live
Flynn wasn't super impressed by the GDC unveiling of Sony Online Entertainment's G.I.R.L. (Gamers In Real Life) program, but that didn't stop SOE from kicking off their first game design competition for the program. More » -
playstation 3
Kaz Hirai Makes Sony Online Entertainment His Bitch
Sony is beefing up its PlayStation business, announcing that Sony Online Entertainment, developer and publisher of EverQuest, The Agency, Star Wars Galaxies and much, much more will now report to big boss Kaz Hirai. He's the president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment International, Ken Kutaragi's replacement. You know that. More » -
industry
Yes, Females Play Video Games (More Should Make 'Em!)
More data! CNN points out that according to the Entertainment Software Association, 38 percent of gamers are females and spend an average of 7.4 hours a week playing video games. What's more, they spend the rest of their time, doing other things. Not surprised! Sony Computer Entertainment's Torrie Dorrell points out: More »








































