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Despite a prolonged period of silence, we could be hearing a lot more about Sony Online Entertainment’s The Agency in the very near future. You are going to see The Agency,” SOE president John Smedley told GameTrailers. You’re going to get something about The Agency very soon. And I mean …
Read More »Sony opens Usability Lab to external studios
SOE Usability Lab offers a range of user-centric services to developers
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Sony Online Entertainment president to discuss how Free Realms has widened the market
Read More »SOE vets leave to form new studio
Studio director, art director and producer co-found Detonator Games
Read More »Sony dates PS3 MMO duo for 2010
The long-awaited maturing of the MMO genre in the console space will seemingly have to wait a little longer to reach fruition with the news that upcoming SOE pair DC Universe Online and The Agency will not arrive on PS3 until 2010. It had been hoped that at least one …
Read More »Sony Online plans to challenge Jagex with new MMO
GDC 09: Free Realms developed with kids in mind
Read More »PopCap titles heading to PSN
Leading casual games vendor PopCap has struck a deal with Sony Online Entertainment that will see five of its leading titles released on the firm’s PlayStation Network for use on PS3. MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has all the details – click here and you’ll be there.
Read More »The Agency pay model undecided
The developer behind intriguing PS3 and PC first person shooter and MMO The Agency has said that the firm is unlikely to adopt the monthly subscription model for its title. To read the complete story, click here to visit the website for MCV’s sister print mag and leading global resource …
Read More »The Agency unlikely to be pay-per-month
Upcoming PS3 and PC MMO from SOE will most likely rely on microtransactions for funding
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. …
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