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Rumours

SOE Prez Calls It ‘Planetside Next’ In Blog

12:00PM Owen Good | Two weeks ago, word spread among Planetside fans that Sony Online Entertainment would be working on another iteration of the popular MMO FPS. Now John Smedley, the SOE president, has called it “Planetside Next” in a LiveJournal entry. More »
Rumours

Survey, Web Site Indicate Planetside 2 Is In The Works

5:00AM Owen Good | Huge buzz going around the Planetside community today as a survey email said to come from Sony Online Entertainment reveals plans “to expand the Planet Side universe with another game”. Also, someone found SOE registered Planetside2.com on September 21. More »
News

More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms

2:40AM Mike Fahey | Sony Online Entertainment’s new family-friendly online game Free Realms has exploded out of the gate, with more than one million registered users within 17 days of launch. More »

SOE Boss Says, No, PC Gaming Is Not Dead

2:40PM Luke Plunkett | PC gaming’s dead! PC gaming’s dead! The town crier runs down the street screaming that, ringing his fucking bell, on an almost daily basis these days, and while most townsfolk just nod their heads sombrely in agreement, one man’s having none of it. That man? Sonly Online Entertainment boss John Smedley: More »

John Smedley Talks Legends Of Norrath

7:00AM Kotaku US Edition | MMOG Nation has posted a great interview with Sony Online Entertainment’s John Smedley about the recently announced Everquest online trading card game, Legends of Norrath: Oathbound which our own Crecente actually got to play last month. In case you haven’t gotten a chance to read Crecente’s hands on and you’re too lazy to click over to it or the MMOG Nation interview, here’s a quick explanation of the game in Mr. Smedley’s own words. More »