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• SOE "Community Address": Smedley Unveils Brand-New Game

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:14 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Sony, Games, Community Address, Smedley, Soe

  the unveiling of an all-new, SOE online game, which is set to formally launch in late August. Fan Faire guests will be the first to demo the game over the weekend. WHEN: Friday, August 3rd at 5:30pm PST. WHERE: The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Amazon Ballroom, Suite G via Press Release ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:SOE's

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• SOE Deals its hand

  Published: August 3, 2007, 10:02 pm

  Tags: Soe

  finished listening to the SOE announcement, and the new game is going to be Legends of Norrath. Yes…the website pretty much appeared as the announcement was made. Here’s the deal…it’s a card game. From the website: Legends of Norrath is an online-only trading card game, based on the richly-detailed sword-and-sorcery

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• Legends of Norrath Online Card Game for EverQuest Realm

  Published: August 8, 2007, 3:58 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Sony, Computer, Games, Card Game, Digital Cards, Everquest, Everquest Ii, Legends, Mmo Games, Mmos, Rewards, Soe, Sony Online Entertainment, Starter Deck

  menu, or using a free SOE Station ID, players can challenge opponents on their game server, or across other EQ and EQII servers in both casual games and high-level tournaments. Playable from within the MMOs and separately, Oathbound, the first set for Legends of Norrath features over 350 digital cards and is available in both a 55-card

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• Gods and Heroes Exclusive Video Dev Diary: Favorite Experience

  Published: August 14, 2007, 3:40 pm

  Tags: Videos, Sony, Computer, Games, Gods Heroes Rome Rising, Perpetual Entertainment, Soe, Steig Hedlund, Video Dev Diary

  Gods and Heroes closed beta. SOE’s Platform Publishing in anticipating a summer 2007 launch. via WarCry ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising - Awesome New ScreensGods and Heroes: Rome Rising - Fortuna and The GladiatorClass Videos For Gods and Heroes: Rome RisingGods and Heroes Developer Forum Video SeriesGods

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• Star Wars Galaxies: Chapter 7 Sneak Peek

  Published: August 14, 2007, 2:44 pm

  Tags: Star Wars, Sony, Computer, Fan Faire, Soe, Star Wars Galaxies Chapter 7 Update

  team previewed Chapter 7 at SOE’s Fan Faire this year. For those of us that didn’t attend here’s a glimpse of some of the features of Chapter 7, including heroic encounters, a collection system, species origins, and more. Heroic encounters are high-level group encounters that offer huge rewards for epic challenges. The

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• The Making of Heavenly Sword and Storyline Anime Trailers Pt. 2

  Published: August 18, 2007, 7:00 am

  Tags: Videos, Sony, Games, Game Companies, Heavenly Sword, Kung Fu, Nariko, Ninja Theory, Ps3, Ps3 Exclusive, Soe, Sony Online Entertainment

  We are all aware of the storyline behind Heavenly Sword, and the general consensus is that we all want to play it. Some of us, more so than others, have been waiting ever so patiently for Ninja Theory to finish working on this project, and with every new trailer or screen release - we die a little more inside. The first trailer I am posting is

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• Folklore - New Trailer for PS3 Exclusive

  Published: August 18, 2007, 6:59 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, Sony, Games, Action, Adventure, Dark Fantasy, Folklore, Game Republic, Ps3, Ps3 Exclusive, Soe

  Coming in October, the single player PS3 exclusive Folklore tells the tale of Ellen, a sweet Irish lass who lost her mum when she was very young. Growing up she heard tales of a land called Doolin where the living can talk to the dead, and now she has found out that her mother might actually still be alive and she must travel to this strange

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• Look ma, I’m free….kinda

  Published: August 27, 2007, 8:04 am

  Tags: Soe

  you buy. This isn’t SOEs first kick at the can when it comes to micro transactions. They do have a server just dedicated to this type of model for EQ2 I believe (…not sure about EQ1 though…). I don’t necessarily hate the idea because I think that SOE can come up with creative ideas on how this will work. What worries

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• When it gets crunchy

  Published: August 28, 2007, 8:45 am

  Tags: Soe

  view of the workings of SOE. RoK is set to release Nov. 13th, about 2-3 months away and already its crunch time and people are staying late to bang things together. Good for them. 2-3 months is a long time to be in “crunch mode”. I don’t know, maybe they are just staying a couple of hours every day. Maybe they still have

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• Crunchy…but now with more chocolate

  Published: August 29, 2007, 7:47 am

  Tags: Soe

  “crunch” over at SOE got Scott Hartsman to chime in on his thoughts regarding his practices on people management for gaming projects like their upcoming expansion, Rise of Kunark: @ pvthudson: Re: “Honestly if I knew code, I wouldn't blink an eye if I had a job like that, it would be a dream come true. My true love is writing

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• New Heavenly Sword Screens

  Published: August 30, 2007, 5:24 pm

  Tags: Sony, Games, Heavenly Sword, Heavenly Sword Screens, Ps3, Soe, Sony Online Entertainment

  September cannot get here fast enough for some people, because then they will get to play the highly anticipated Heavenly Sword on their PS3 dream machines. Me? I will be camping out at my friend Ron’s house - eating all of his food, using up all the hot water, sitting in potato chip crumbs on the couch and screaming obscenities at the

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• Legends of Norrath Now Live

  Published: September 5, 2007, 5:15 pm

  Tags: Sony, Computer, Everquest, Everquest Ii, Legends Of Norrath, Soe

  SOE has announced that the new Legends of Norrath Oathbound online card game is live. Norrath is based on the popular Everquest and Everquest II MMORPGs and is available to all subscribers. Players can take on opponents from either game across all servers or challenge themselves with A.I. competitors. Oathbound is the first release in the Legends

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• Star Wars Galaxies Destroying Virtual Houses, Building Real Homes

  Published: September 6, 2007, 2:04 pm

  Tags: Star Wars, Sony, Computer, Habitat For Humanity, Soe, Sony Online Entertainment, Star Wars Galaxies

  Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) has taken a problem with its Star Wars Galaxies MMO and turned it into a solution for the Austin Texas community. SOE LLC's Austin, TX studio recently teamed up with Austin Habitat for Humanity (AHFH), contributing financially as well as through volunteer efforts to help people in the Austin community find homes.

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• DC Comics MMO Interview with John Blakely

  Published: September 26, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Sony, Computer, Games, Blakely, Dc Comic, Everquest, Marvel Universe, Soe, Star Wars Galaxies

  SOE Austin’s VP of Development John Blakely gave an interview to WarCry on the new DC Comics MMO in development. The game will use the Unreal engine and is in production for the PC and PS3. Best of all, comic book artist Jim Lee has been procured as Executive Creative Director. Blakely talks about what it will take to rise above the

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• Pirates of the Burning Sea Coming in January

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:14 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Sony, Computer, Games, Adventure, Flying Lab Studios, Mmo, Online Gaming, Pc Games, Pirates, Pirates Of The Burning Sea, Soe

  and that of our partners at SOE's Platform Publishing group, is going to result in a fantastic gameplay experience for PC gamers, said Russell Williams, CEO, Flying Lab Software. We are looking forward to bringing this game to fruition, and appreciate the support from our dedicated community in helping us to develop a top-notch game.

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