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• Former SOE boss takes new game Hero's Song to Kickstarter

  Last Year, former Daybreak Games boss John Smedley left the company for Pixelmage Games, a studio which he co-founded. The first title to come from the firm is Hero’s Song and it launched on Kickstarter today.

• Sony Online Entertainment founder stepping down as Daybreak CEO

  Daybreak Games CEO John Smedley is retiring from the top job at the studio he helped establish.

• Planetside 2 PS4 beta release date to be announced this week

  Planetside 2 missed its expected PS4 beta launch date of December 2014, but should be with us within a couple of weeks.

• FBI investigating bomb threats targeting SOE president

  Malicious Internet activity targeting Sony has spilled over into meat space, and US federal authorities have responded.

• H1Z1 looks like a zombie winter wonderland in these new weather screens

  H1Z1 developer Sony Online Entertainment announced that both the zombie survival sandbox and shooter PlanetSide 2 will receive snow and weather effects. Company president John Smedley has now posted some frosty new shots of the zombie game dusted with lashings of lovely snow.

• H1Z1 monetisation will sell wearables, but not ammo, guns or food, says Smedley

  H1Z1 developer Sony Online Entertainment has started internal discussions concerning the zombie sandbox game’s monetisation model. Company president John Smedley has posted minutes of the first meeting online, stressing that while wearable can be bought in-game, several items cannot.

• H1Z1: SOE president John Smedley addresses similarities and differences to DayZ, new details

  H1Z1 might sound like Sony Online Entertainment is trying to replicate the success of DayZ by ripping off Dean Hall’s sandbox title, but company president John Smedley has addressed those claims and the differences between both games in a new Reddit thread.

• H1Z1 maps will be huge, players will feel a sense of isolation

  H1Z1 will feature a huge map when it’s first opened up to users, according to SOE boss John Smedley, but soon after it will become much, much bigger.

• H1Z1: Sony outlines monetisation stance, game wouldn't exist without DayZ, says Smedley

  H1Z1 developer Sony Online Entertainment has made clear its monetisation stance in its zombie survival sandbox game. While it’s free to play, there will of course be payments, and company president John Smedley has discussed his team’s approach in a second Reddit update.

• H1Z1 is a persistent zombie sandbox - first screens and details

  H1Z1 is a free-to-play sandbox MMO set in Middle America 15 years after a zombie virus outbreak.

• H1Z1 confirmed as post-apocalyptic MMO, will be 'fully playable soon'

  H1Z1 has been announced as Sony Online Entertainment’s latest MMO. It’s a post-apocalyptic affair and will be playable soon according to SOE boss John Smedley.

• H1Z1 teaser site opens, Sony Online Entertainment's new project to be revealed soon

  Here’s a new teaser website for H1Z1, which is believed to be the codename for a new project from Sony Online Entertainment.

• SOE All Access release delayed to April 16

  SOE All Access has been pushed into the middle of April, according to Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley. Originally set for release on April 2, Smedley said the new membership plan will go live on April 16 instead. He said the two week delay will provide the tech time with ample time to finish […]

• Sony Online Entertainment putting sandbox "at the core of everything"

  Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley has said the publisher wants to move away from a content-driven model to more sandbox-style games, where player-created, emergent experience rule.

• Copernicus was "gorgeous" but "too expensive" for SOE, says Smedley

  Curt Schilling tried several times to sell Sony Online Entertainment on 38 Studios’ MMO Project Copernicus, president John Smedley has revealed.

• Sony Online Entertainment's unannounced MMO isn't sci-fi, Smedley starts dropping hints

  SOE president John Smedley has been discussing the studio’s new, unannounced MMO on Twitter, and has stressed that it’s neither sci-fi nor set in the Wild West. That said, he’s dropped a few interesting nuggets online.

• SOE's unannounced MMO is not a new Star Wars title, clarifies Smedley

  Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley has clarified the comment he made pertaining to Star Wars Galaxies in the extensive Reddit AMAA he particiapted in over the weekend.

• SOE's unannounced MMO "dedicated" to Star Wars Galaxies players, says Smedley

  Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley’s extensive Reddit AMAA yielded many answers and many teases, one of which pertained to the unannounced MMO the firm has had in the works for quite some time.

• EverQuest Next Landmark alpha teased for late January

  EverQuest Next Landmark could enter an alpha phase in late January, according to a tease from developer Sony Online Entertainment.