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Microtransactions drive income up 700%, Sony Online Entertainment exec says
Read More »Free Realms reaches ‘more than 20 million users’
SOE to celebrate milestone with promotional items and events for users
Read More »Planetside 2 goes free-to-play
Upcoming PC shooter Planetside 2 will adopt a free-to-play model following the long line of MMOs that did so earlier this year. The FPS MMO sequel from Sony Online Entertainment will include free-to-play in some form, but concrete details have yet to be determined, reports VG247. The developer’s studio head …
Read More »John Smedley to keynote GDC Austin
Sony Online Entertainment president to discuss how Free Realms has widened the market
Read More »Sony Online plans to challenge Jagex with new MMO
GDC 09: Free Realms developed with kids in mind
Read More »PS3 is perfect platform for MMOs
SOE President John Smedley has told MCV that PS3 is the ‘perfect platform’ for developing MMOs on a console. Speaking in an exclusive interview, Smedley said: Probably the biggest thing we can bring to the table is just the experience of having operated an online gaming service for many years. …
Read More »Sony Online banking on the ‘3D-like’ transformative power of the MMO
Format-holder's online games studio says massively multiplayer games can transform the industry the way 3D graphics did
Read More »Sony: MMOs will become selling point for PS3
President of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley believes that PS3′ upcoming slate of MMOs will help distance the console’s offering from that of Xbox 360. Speaking to The Seattle Times, Smedley said that titles such as The Agency would see MMOs become ‘a strong selling point’ for the PS3. Smedley …
Read More »PS3 MMO could rival Warcraft, says Sony
President of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley has suggested that the PS3 can one day host an MMO game to rival the popularity of World Of Warcraft. The news comes after Sony announced that it was restructuring, with PlayStation president Kaz Hirai taking control of SOE. MCV interpreted the move …
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