"PoxNora", a hybrid online turn-based strategy and collectible card game by Octopi, got Sony Online Entertainment very, very interested as they have now acquired the studio and its assets, baptising it Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), Tucson. With the constantly shrinking industry, no thanks to the infamous recession, it's always good to see large corporations decide to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
At CES, we got a good look at "Free Realms," a new kid-friendly MMORPG from Sony Online Entertainment. It's set in a lavish, colorful world filled with pixies, trolls and the usual cast of mythical characters. What sets it apart from other kid-friendly games is tongue-in-cheek humor that's amusing to adults: Players can expect, for [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Our hands-on preview of Neverland Card Battles last month showed us a glimpse of the card-based SRPG that "an introductory player would really find interesting." That assessment was given by Nate Fitt, who was on hand from YUKE’S Company of America, the game's localizer and U.S. publisher. Originally entitled Cardinal Arc during its initial Japanese [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Before you ask, the answer is no; Peter Pan does not appear in Neverland Card Battles, and neither does Michael Jackson. The "Neverland" in question, instead, is a long-running property from Idea Factory, a Japanese developer who has used Neverland's characters and world in a number of games. Fans of the franchise may have seen [...]
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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