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Read More »41 staff gone at Sony Online Entertainment
SCEA subsidiary cites cost-efficiency as 5% of staff are handed their notice
Read More »Sony Online boss reaches out to retail
SOE boss John Smedley has outlined his company’s plan to target children and families – and retailers – with its new MMO Free Realms at the GamesBeat conference today. Smedley told attendees at the the event, organised by VentureBeat, that Sony Online Entertainment – which is now a division of …
Read More »Sony Online plans to challenge Jagex with new MMO
GDC 09: Free Realms developed with kids in mind
Read More »SOE acquires Octopi
Arizona studio to become online publisher's new Tucson studio
Read More »LEIPZIG 08: SCEE moves into PC publishing
SCEE is to move into PC games publishing via the distribution of its Sony Online Entertainment division’s new titles, the firm has just announced at Leipzig’s Game Convention event. New MMOs The Agency, DC Universe Online, and Free Realms, all of which are being designed for PC and PS3 – …
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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