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Sony Online Entertainment

Company nameSony Online Entertainment LLC.
Company typeDivision of Sony
Founded1995
HeadquartersUS San Diego, California, USA
Owner(s)Sony Corporation
ParentSony Computer Entertainment America

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Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a game development and game publishing division of Sony that is best known for creating massively multiplayer online games, including EverQuest, EverQuest II, The Matrix Online, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies, Free Realms, and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, and yet other smaller games in development.

In 2008 Sony Online Entertainment’s game Everquest was honored (along with Neverwinter Nights and World of Warcraft) at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for advancing the art form of MMORPG games.

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Sony Move Sports Champions Bundle for PS3 for $80 + free shipping Buy "ps3 ... - Good News for Everyone Tweet this news
Good News for Everyone--With PS3 increasingly positioning itself as a be-all -entertainment- device, -Sony- is forced to confront the XMB's clutter of icons, which may be befuddling ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:08:41 GMT+00:00
Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms Now Available for Mac - Terminal Gamer Tweet this news
Terminal Gamer--By JP Wednesday November 3, 2010 -SOE's- Free Realms is ready to take the Mac plunge. More info after the jump. -Sony Online Entertainment- LLC (-SOE-), ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:01:50 GMT+00:00
SOE Announces DC Universe Online Beta Registration - Gamespy.com Tweet this news
Gamespy.com---Sony Online Entertainment- and Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that beta registration for superhero MMO DC Universe Online is now open. ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:10:59 GMT+00:00
Six minutes of DC Universe Online - Computerandvideogames.com Tweet this news
Computerandvideogames.com---Sony Online Entertainment- has put together this enormous six-minute cinematic trailer, which should just about get you ready for the epic MMO. ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:49:35 GMT+00:00
Clone Wars Adventures: in space, no one can hear your screens - New York Post (blog) Tweet this news
New York Post (blog)--It's Star Wars (generally a plus), and it's -Sony Online Entertainment- (also generally a plus), and it's coming on the heels of Free Realms (which was ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:01:38 GMT+00:00
Fire Hose Games wins distribution deal with Sony Online - Mass High Tech Tweet this news
Mass High Tech--While he couldn't get into details of the financial arrangement with -SOE-, Glinert said that, as is the usual case in such deals, Fire Hose gets a cut of ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:04:45 GMT+00:00
Sony Online Entertainment: 12 Million Players In Free Realms - socalTech.com Tweet this news
socalTech.com--San Diego-based massively multiplayer, online gaming developer -Sony Online Entertainment- reports today that it has just reached 12 million registered users ... - Date : Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:12:06 GMT+00:00
PlayStation OS Update Includes PlayStation Plus Rollout, Facebook Additions - Gamasutra Tweet this news
Gamasutra---Sony- Computer -Entertainment- America (SCEA) LLC today announced the Playstation 3 system update v3.40 will launch soon, and will include the ... - Date : Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:24:59 GMT+00:00
JibJab Milestone: One Year, One Million Transactions - PR Web (press release) Tweet this news
PR Web (press release)--Venice, CA (PRWEB) June 28, 2010 -- JibJab Media, Inc., a leading innovator in -online entertainment-, today announced that it has processed over one million ... - Date : Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:22:13 GMT+00:00
Sony Online Entertainment To Launch The Clone Wars Adventures - Sony Insider Tweet this news
Sony Insider--Coming this fall, -Sony Online Entertainment- and Lucasarts are launching The Clone Wars Adventures based on the popular Cartoon Network series that is ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:11:06 GMT+00:00

Recent history :
Game Title US Release Date Platform class="unsortable"Notes
The Agency December 12, 2010 PC, PlayStation 3
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures September 15, 2010 PC
Magic: The Gathering - Tactics TBA 2010 PC, PlayStation 3
DC Universe Online November 2010 PC, PlayStation 3
Free Realms April 2009 for PC; TBA 2010 for PS3 PC, PlayStation 3
Bejeweled 2 January 2009 PlayStation Network Handled the port with PopCap Games
Peggle and Peggle Nights 2009 PlayStation Network Handled the port with PopCap Games
Pirates of the Burning Sea January 2008 PC
Cash Guns Chaos December 2007 PlayStation Network
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes January 2007 PC Co-Published with Sigil Games
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom November 2006 PlayStation 3
Pox Nora August 2006 PC
Field Commander May 2006 PSP
Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code March 2006 PSP
The Matrix Online August 2005 PC Assumed operation in August 2005. Servers for the game shut down in July 2009
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade March 2005 PSP
Champions: Return to Arms February 2005 PlayStation 2
EverQuest II November 2004 PC
Champions of Norrath February 2004 PlayStation 2
Lords of EverQuest December 2003 PC Developed by Rapid Eye Entertainment
Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga November 2003 PC
EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers November 2003 PlayStation 2
Star Wars Galaxies June 2003 PC Published by LucasArts
PlanetSide May 2003 PC
EverQuest Online Adventures February 2003 PlayStation 2
Zuma 2003 PlayStation Network The world continues with PopCap Games Frameworks.
Cosmic Rift April 2001 PC
Infantry October 1999 PC
EverQuest March 1999 PC
Tanarus November 1997 PC

MMOs by Sony Online Entertainment

CurrentEverQuest * EverQuest II * EverQuest Online Adventures * Free Realms * Pirates of the Burning Sea * PlanetSide * Star Wars Galaxies * Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
In developmentThe Agency * DC Universe Online * PlanetSide 2 * Clone Wars Adventures
DefunctThe Matrix Online * Starship Troopers: Battlespace

Sony Corporation

Primary businessesSony Corporation (electronics & holding of the Sony group) * Sony Music Entertainment (music) * Sony Pictures Entertainment (motion pictures and television) * Sony Computer Entertainment (game) * Sony Financial Holdings (financial services; 60%)
Technologies and brandsα * Betacam * Blu-ray * BRAVIA * CD * Cyber-shot * Dash * DAT * Dream Machine * DVD * Handycam * HDCAM/HDCAM-SR * LocationFree * Memory Stick * MiniDisc * MiniDV * mylo * PlayStation * PSP * S/PDIF * SXRD * UMD * VAIO * Video8/Hi8/Digital8 * Walkman * Walkman Phones * XDCAM * Xplōd
Historical productsAIBO * CV-2000 * Betamax * Sony CLIÉ * Discman * JumboTron * Lissa * Mavica * NEWS * Qualia * SRS-17 * TR-55 * Trinitron * U-matic * Watchman * WEGA
ElectronicsSony Corporation * Sony EMCS * Sony Electronics (subsidiary in the US) * Sony Creative Software * Sony Ericsson (50%) * S-LCD (50% minus 1 share) * Sony Mobile Display * Sony Optiarc * Sharp Display Products (7%) * Aiwa
MusicSony Music Entertainment * Sony/ATV Music Publishing * Columbia/Epic Label Group * RCA/Jive Label Group * Sony Music Nashville * Sony Masterworks * Legacy Recordings * Syco Music * Columbia Records UK * RCA Label Group (UK) * Provident Label Group * RED Distribution * Sony Music Japan * Gracenote
Motion Pictures
and Television
Sony Pictures Entertainment * Columbia Pictures * Sony Pictures Classics * Screen Gems * TriStar Pictures * Triumph Films * Destination Films * Stage 6 Films * Affirm Films * Sony Pictures Television * Adelaide Productions * Culver Entertainment * Embassy Row * The Minisode Network * Sony Pictures Television International * 2waytraffic * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment * Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group * Sony Wonder * Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group * Sony Pictures Digital * (Sony Pictures Imageworks * Sony Pictures Animation) * Syco TV * Syco Film * Sony Pictures Mobile * Sony Pictures Studios * Crackle * Fearnet * Game Show Network (50%) * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (20%)
GameSony Computer Entertainment * Sony Online Entertainment * Cellius (51%) * Square Enix (8.25%)
International networksSony Entertainment Television (Asia, India, Latin America, South Africa, Portugal, Russia and Spain) * AXN * AXN Crime * AXN Sci-Fi * Animax * Animax Eastern Europe * Mystery Channel * Channel 8 India
Financial servicesSony Financial Holdings * Sony Life Insurance * Sony Assurance * Sony Bank * Sony Bank Securities
Other businessesSo-net Entertainment
Other assetsSony Corporation of America (umbrella company in the US) * Other subsidiaries
Joint venturesSony Ericsson * Sony/ATV * S-LCD * FeliCa Networks * Vevo * Cellius (49%) * Sharp Display Products (34% by April 2011)
Key personnelKazuo Hirai * Masaru Ibuka * Nobuyuki Idei * Yasuo Kuroki * Ken Kutaragi * Michael Lynton * Akio Morita * Norio Ohga * Amy Pascal * Howard Stringer



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