If my childhood is anything to go off of, Sony’s consistent public contradiction of Microsoft is going to net them a belt buckle to the head, you know once the two are out of the public view. Take Two and Rockstar Games have been going insane with shutting down any outlet for pre-release Grand Theft … Continue reading “Not Massive: Sony Won’t Ban You For Early Playing”
Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that the developer has laid off an unknown number of staff from an unknown variety of divisions. SOE’s Linda Carlson posted on several of the official game boards that the reduction aims to reduce costs and focus efforts on the current slate of games. As a company, our goal is … Continue reading “Sony Online Entertainment Layoffs”
Wizardry Online is live and kicking. The hardcore free to play MMO launched today under Sony Online Entertainment, who issued a news piece advising players who participated in beta. For the sake of reducing complications between the beta client and the live client, SOE has advised that players uninstall any beta versions before launching the … Continue reading “Sony Online Entertainment Advises Reinstalling Wizardry Online”
File this one under “didn’t see that coming.” Pirates of the Burning Sea will soon be leaving Sony Online Entertainment’s list of MMOs, and thankfully not because it is shutting down. After much review and consideration on at least one of the two party’s behalf, the two developers have agreed to part ways, and Pirates … Continue reading “Pirates of the Burning Sea Leaving Sony Online Entertainment”
Sony Online Entertainment’s All Access Pass is one of the few services you will find these days where prices have gone down while benefits have increased, dramatically. Priced at $20 a month, Sony’s All Access pass only continues to add games to its library as the months continue . Currently, Access Pass offers premium services for … Continue reading “Sony All Access Pass Gets Better Every Day”
PLEX is an item in Eve Online which allows pilots to purchase subscription time without spending a dime. In essence, one player purchases a PLEX for the cost of one month’s subscription. The PLEX is a real item that exists in the game world, and can be sold to other players for ISK, thus creating … Continue reading “Sony Joins The PLEX Trade, Reveals Krono”
Sony Online Entertainment has done it again. Last night, John Smedley tweeted that there were two major announcements coming Thursday and Friday. No, they aren’t the shutting down of Planetside (nor are they the acquisition of Paragon Studios, so stop asking). The first major announcement, released today, involves the Everquest games, Vanguard, and Free Realms. … Continue reading “Sony Announces Player Studio: Create Items For Everquest”
Two months ago, Sony Online Entertainment incited a backlash from the community by removing the ability to purchase subscriptions with Station Cash without notice. In learning from their past PR mistake, Sony has offered players prior notice before their next change. Beginning Monday August 27th, it will no longer be possible to purchase expansion packs … Continue reading “Sony Will No Longer Sell Expansions For Station Cash.”
Gaikai is a revolutionary streaming service that allows players to demo popular games over their browser, without the wait or bandwidth of downloading the increasingly growing games. Currently demos are very limited both in time and size, with most games only offering a few levels and up to an hour of gameplay. Games Industry is … Continue reading “Sony Buys Gaikai For $380 Million”
Being an MMOFPS, the idea that CCP is releasing DUST 514 on the Playstation 3 understandably has some users worried. How would an ever-expanding and changing world react on a console where updates are notoriously held up in Sony’s certification system? CCP Senior Producer Jon Lander wants you to know that Sony’s certification will not be a … Continue reading “DUST 514 Not Impeded By Sony Certification, Says CCP”
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