Posts tagged free-realms 
Sony Online Entertainment services also coming back online
Sony Online Entertainment has been an unfortunately named business these past two weeks, when its catalog of MMOs were taken offline following the PlayStation Network security breach. Fortunately, the servers of titles like Free Realms, EverQuest 2 and Clone Wars Adventures slowly but surely star...
SOE suspends services after discovering 'an issue'
Uh-oh. While Sony Online Entertainment had assured its customers last week that, "to the best of our knowledge, no customer personal information got out to any unauthorized person or persons" during last month's breach into Sony's systems, the MMO division today suspended its games and services, ...
Smedley: Free Realms on track to 100 million players
What's up, World of Warcraft? You think you're so big and bad with your 12-million-strong-and-then-some player base? You won't be quite so intimidating if Sony Online Entertainment head John Smedley's vision for Free Realms comes to fruition. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry, Smedley said...
PSN Tuesday: Moon Diver, Free Realms
Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms MMO finally arrives on PS3 today. We really don't have much to say about the free-to-play hit, but it gives us a fantastic excuse to post a picture of purple horse with wings. Another big arrival today is Moon Diver, which at one point was called ...
Free Realms coming to the PlayStation 3 on March 29
Sony Online Entertainment has announced a release date for casual free-to-play MMO Free Realms' arrival on the PlayStation 3, and it's just a few weeks from now, on March 29. The game was originally brought out on PC a few years ago, and is breaking new ground: "We'll be the first free-to-play ca...
Free Realms PS3 due 'sometime early Feb.,' Planetside Next in Q1 or Q2
Sony Online Entertainment just did the impossible and launched an MMO on a console ... and it's got several more on the way in the near future. According to SOE president John Smedley, the long-awaited PS3 release of Free Realms has been submitted to Sony and will be out soon. "If I was a betting ma...
Sony Online Entertainment opening Free Realms up to Mac
Though PS3 owners are still waiting to hear about when they'll get their oft-promised opportunity to embark into the free-to-play environs of Free Realms, a Sony press release has revealed Mac owners will be able to join the game's 14 million-strong community later this fall. Mac players will be ab...
Free Realms offering lifetime memberships for $30
Listen here, you Free Realms freeloader, you. If you've been thinking about throwing some money at Sony Online Entertainment's MMO to get the full experience the game has to offer, you can now get a lifetime membership to the game for a one-time lump sum of $30....
SOE to show a PS3 version of Free Realms at E3 2010
Ah, the console MMO. This elusive beast is often rumored, but rarely spotted in the wild -- lots of developers want the widespread crowd (and subscription fees) that a successful MMO brings, but have trouble adapting PC-centric gameplay to the stick-and-buttons console audience. Sony Online Enterta...
Free Realms reaches 10 million registered players, plans birthday festivities
We've gotta get on this Free Realms thing, apparently. Sony Online Entertainment has announced that the virtual community has just reached ten million members. In fact, two million of those individuals have signed up in the last month alone. What are we missing out on here? The news comes right ...
