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Sony Online Entertainment culls shrinking titles, upgrades members to All Access Pass
Read More »DC Universe Online getting visual upgrade for PS4
Sony Online Entertainment is planning a significant upgrade to DC Universe Online in preparation for the launch of PS4 next month. ‘Game Update 31′ will offer a sweeping, game-wide graphical upgrade, a massive design effort to polish and re-master the core levelling game, and a host of technical work that …
Read More »SOE will ban players for vile behaviour on any social network
Abusive behaviour on Twitter could see the perpetrator banned from playing Sony Online Entertainment’s online titles. That’s the message from SOE’s director of global community relations Linda Carlson, who told Games Industry that ensuring their games offer a friendly and welcoming environment is one of the company’s top priorities. "Not …
Read More »Layoffs hit SOE Austin, San Diego studios
Company says it's streamlining to focus on EverQuest Next and EverQuest Landmark
Read More »Sony Online Entertainment suffers layoffs in Austin, San Diego offices
Sony Online Entertainment has suffered layoffs at its Austin and San Diego offices, with up to 200 employees reportedly affected. A post on the company’s forums by community relations director Linda Carlson first revealed the redundancies, describing them as a reduction in our workforce” at Sony Online. As a company, …
Read More »VIDEO: SOE wants EverQuest Next to usher in new era for MMOs
Fourteen years after the series’ debut, developer Sony Online Entertainment has unveiled a new chapter in the EverQuest saga – EverQuest Next. The game has been in development since 2009 although SOE scrapped everything in 2011 and started over, saying that it was intent on abandoning many of the genre’s …
Read More »Voxel-based Everquest Next ‘an entirely new genre’
Sony trusts users with content creation for next-gen MMO
Read More »Veteran MMO devs form new studio
NCsoft-funded Molten Games launches with team of Blizzard and SOE vets
Read More »Sony reveals G.I.R.L. scholarship winner
Esther Wu picks up $10,000 prize and ten week paid internship at SOE
Read More »Planetside 2 Mobile Uplink app released
Sony Online Entertainment has released the Planetside 2 Mobile Uplink app for iOS and Android devices. Carrying the usual companion app standards, such as info on various statistics and server updates, the mobile program has the added ability to voice chat with friends currently playing – essentially letting you prepare …
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