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Production of ambitious MMO The Agency discontinued as Denver, Seattle and Tucson teams shutdown
Read More »Rumours of big job cuts at SOE
Sony Online Entertainment has closed down three of its studios and made sweeping redundancies across the company, according to unsubstantiated rumours. News site Kotaku claims the firm has closed studios in Seattle, Arizona and Denver. The website claimed that nearly one-third” of Sony Online Entertainment had been axed across the …
Read More »GDC11: Unity PSN title unveiled
First Sony platform game developed with Unity receives GDC reveal
Read More »GDC11: SOE undergrad scholarship launched
G.I.R.L. fund to aid one lucky student on their way into games development
Read More »Plants vs Zombies shuffling to PS3
One of PopCap’s biggest hits, colourful tower defence title Plants vs Zombies, is coming to PS3. The conversion is being handled by Sony Online Entertainment, the studio which also bought fellow PopCap title Bejeweled and Peggle to PS3. PvZ is one of six new titles SOE is bringing to PS3, …
Read More »DC Universe Online breaks SOE records
The recently released PS3 and PC MMO DC Universe Online has become Sony Online Entertainment’s fastest selling game ever, studio president John Smedley has revealed. "Working on out-of-stock problems for DCUO," he explained on Twitter. "It’s our fastest selling game ever. Should have more inventory in Monday." The game was …
Read More »Further Sony Online Entertainment layoffs
Another 35 workers leave the SCEA-subsidiary
Read More »SOE signs WiiWare student stars
Ronimo Games' Swords & Soldiers heading to PSN
Read More »New Star Wars MMO announced
Despite the struggles experienced by Star Wars galaxies since its debut in 2003, Sony Online Entertainment is to release a brand new MMO based on George Lucas’ hypnotic universe. Called Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, this new take on the MMO formula very much reflects the modern face of mass-market …
Read More »DC Universe Online dated
Sony Online Entertainment’s licensed superhero MMO DC Universe Online is set for release on PS3 and PC this November. That’s according to IGN, which claims that the details will be revealed at E3 later this month. At the dawn of the current generation of machines, many felt that we were …
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