Playstation 3 June 11th Secret to be 1 of 3 Newly Revealed SOE Games?

The New York Times:
So today(June 11th), Sony Online intends to unveil its plan to retake leadership in online gaming by unveiling three new games in development. More broadly, the new games represent an attempt to broaden the company in four major ways: diversifying its business model, expanding the demographic profile of its customer base, moving into the console market in addition to making games for PCs and increasing its presence in Asia.

[DADO]

It started as a rumor and ended up in the NYTIMES. WOW WOW WOW

The article states that Sony wants to hire more female workers, that might be connected with the layoffs.

[drtysouf21]

ABOUT A NEW GAME CALLED "FREE REALMS" AND SOME MORE INFO ON "THE AGENCY"

[Caxtus750]

yeah I guess but the problem for me is its still just a game that is unproven to be any good. Shadow Run was hyped and all it was was another FPS. Same with Killzone...(only that was worse)

This is just an overhyped game that for me will do nothing until i see it let alone "change the face" of online gaming.

On a tangent but why was this approved because this is top of 360 news?!?? Ps3 channel only.

[Silver360]

Scot Rubin should be proud. His AGI webcast has taken the web by storm. To bad no one remembers that is where the whole thing started. Oh well this afternoon at 3:30 pacifice time we can all find out what he was talking about when he started this.

[neogeo]

I'm not smiling...

[snoop_dizzle]

its something cool

But hey if it made it to the NY times, it must be pretty good.

Maybe they will also show a Killzone 2 walk through.

I believe they can make the game look like the trailer, i just need to see how it plays.

[DADO]

That mens that Sony wants the publicity.

[drtysouf21]

ABOUT A NEW GAME CALLED "FREE REALMS" AND SOME MORE INFO ON "THE AGENCY"

[snoop_dizzle]

that could be pretty cool

But maybe the Killzone 2 thing could be the card up their sleeve

[UrbanJabroni]

Sony ONLINE entertainment...not Sony COMPUTER entertainment.

[Kokoro]

So when will we get the news? I can't wait to hear it.

[Hunnington Bear]

i don't know if these games are really what sony needs to take back the online gaming industry...

[SRuN4]

how exactly was this hyped by sony? last time i checked someone with a podcast mentioned "sony", "big announcement", "a date" and "how xbox doesn't have it" in one sentence and we turned it into the monster it became.. didn't see a press release from sony talking about the announcement, so please show me a link if i'm wrong.

[Hunnington Bear]

don't get all mad. i never said it was being hyped by anyone. . all i'm saying is that it is being over hyped and this does not sound very interesting to me. i think it was an exageration to say that it will "retake leadership in online gaming" or whatever that dude said. if i read the article correct which i don't think i did it said a game aimed at little girls? what little girls are going to buy a ps3 for these games... that's what the ds if for nintendogs and stuff. as for the agency, i'm not sure how a mmo with spys and commandos will work,, maybe pretty cool. resistance is getting a little old now...

[Hunnington Bear]

for whoever is disagreeing can you please explain why you disagree that a game for little girls will retake online gaming. i don't see the logic in it please tell me. and tell me if you personally will buy this game and pay the monthly subscription to buy horses and stuff when home is free.

[SRuN4]

did i ever say that the game was gonna change the world? no. so stop trying to spin this in your favor, and again.. please show me a link where Sony or any other Sony rep mentioned this big announcement. Like I said the hype was made by the net, some guy sees this future announcement and then goes on to talk about it and everyone else picked it up, please stop with the "this is sony hyping the announcement" stuff cause like i said, i have yet to see anything from them about this major announcement..

[Hunnington Bear]

i never said sony was hyping man. i'm saying other people are hyping it. i'm not trying to spin it in my favor, i'm talking about my opinion. i wish the best for sony and i hope this is a success. and i agree with you saying sony didn't start the hype and i didn't continue to say that sony is hying it. if i did i'm sorry, just a misunderstanding. i edited the posts so it didn't say that. my appologies

[DJ]

a Killzone unveiling. SOE has been very quiet ever since their E3 presentation.

[ChanDangle]

or maybe their not going to announce killzone 2 and wait until e3 which is a month away. I'd rather see something new and innovative and wait for killzone at e3.

[BlackIceJoe]

Well if it is MMO games I wonder why 360 fans would get all mad if the games are not on the 360. I think the Agency looks great and all. But not having this game on the 360 is nothing to get mad at. I for one think the game looks like it might be fun but not really a game that will bring in more PS3 fans.

The only way I could see some 360 fans getting mad is if SOE and Level 5 finish True Fantasy Live Online on the PS3 over it being on the 360. That looked like it was going to be one sweet MMO game for the Xbox then at the last second it got pulled. So if it is that then I could see some people getting mad. Because to me that game had a great look and feel to it. But like I said not having the Agency on the 360 should not make people really mad.

Also on another note I do not see how having Free Realms as a PS3 only game will make 360 fans also mad. After reading that the game is aimed at girls. Because how many people do you think really want to dress up over play games like Gears of War. I for one would take a FPS game any day over this. I can't help but wish this news was not hyped as the Holy Grail.

Well like it or not this is how I feel on this matter.

[tehcellownu]

hmm is it monday yet

[Fart_Bubbles]

that this has anything to do with the allgames.com announcement, this has nothing to do with "realtime" and making 360 owners only dream of having it.

[Odion]

lol its cute how SOE thinks they'll ever have the online MMO market again.

With their 12 games out right now they still can't do a third of what WoW does, and LOTRO looks be taking second place

[ngg12345]

You win this award. How do you, bs3, bloodmask, and themart not have 1 bubble.

[SpinalRemains138]

We want to reach out to women???? What kinda games are we gonna get? One where we get to talk about our feelings? Or another where we can discuss fabrics? Sounds like BS to me. You'll never catch me playing Massengil adventure, or The Tampax Trilogy

[weekapaugh]

"You'll never catch me playing Massengil adventure, or The Tampax Trilogy"

yeah, the screenshots of Tampax Trilogy looked pretty bloody.

[Figboy]

spoken like a person who has never had any contact with anyone of the opposite sex.

contrary to popular belief, a lot of women like to discuss the same things us guys do (ie, video games, comic books, and sex. mainly sex).

if you knew women outside of Bloodrayne and Lara Croft, you'd be aware of that fact.

[The Karate Kid]

June 11 Playstation will be smiling because they will have something XBOX fans can only dream of, and it was real time" the guy in the background said lets not get in trouble.

Can't no exclusive MMO make 360 fans dream lol

It has to be some known game that looks unbelievable......By them stating that it was all real time, the game must have some type of CGI type graphics. It also has to be a well known established franchise...so we just have to wait and see. I swear if its some dud game or some stupid MMO i will be sooooo pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SpinalRemains138]

No offense to any females who read that. I was being retarted

[kspraydad]

I didn't give you a negative but NOW you are insulting retards.

[PS360PCROCKS]

tomorrow huh? Hmm better be good

[WIIIS1]

Give it up. Too little too late.

[Rhezin]

I think it will be a new Siphon Filter

[kspraydad]

its a price drop.

[UrbanJabroni]

I mean, it isn't like you are going up against the single largest phenomenon in p.c. gaming history...oh wait.

This really wasn't meant as flamebait, as it really has NOTHING to do with the PS3 (see sOe versus sCe). Competing against WOW is just...not something to be particularly taken lightly.

[IPlayGames]

If this is true it wont be out till next year sooo...(waitstation)

I think this is the first time they've disappointed me on a announcement but there still is tomorrow. (fingers crossed)

[IPlayGames]

If this is true it wont be out till next year sooo...(waitstation)

I think this is the first time they've disappointed me on a announcement but there still is tomorrow. (fingers crossed)

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Hey guys...did you ever doubt them?

haha...I got scared there after E3 06', but things are lookin' up for Sony...

[OneBubbleBastard]

TONY SOPRANO... RIP

[marcindpol]

ok 3 games, one for young girls!!, second for Asian tastes!, and last one for us!!

is it big???, i don't think so

i am disappointed Sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pika-pie]

It totally forgotten about this 11th June announcement. Cant wait to find out what the games are, hopefully there is at least 1 diamond in there.

[Rhezin]

I'm not sure but I think the new games will be 8====D ():

[FirstknighT]

"but will require paid membership for access to special zones and activities"

Free Realms is intended for children. You think that the parents will actually put up the money for the extras? I don't think so. Parents might actually just shutdown this game because they might think it requires a monthly payment.

"Sony Online is branching out into a relatively untapped genre for online games: spies and commandos"

Actually this had been done already. Game is called Splinter Cell.

Looks like even the good news of the ps3 ends up being bad news. If sony is going to try to attack the 360s online juggernaut they're just going to fail miserably. They should concentrate on lowering the price of the ps3 first, than getting some decent games to play, than worry about the online. Looks like Sony just doesn't know what to do.

[Pika-pie]

Sony needs to attack Xboxs online 'juggernaut' but it wont fail, it may not even suceed in the true sense of the word. The fact is we all want online play, so there is plenty of opening for it.

We are the people (the consumer) who benefit from competition with MS and Sony trying to provide the best service.

Price drop isnt going to happen any time soon. Personally I dont see the ps3 as being expensive considering what you are buying. If i was to buy an Xbox Elite, with a wifi dongle, HD Player and an xboxlive subsription I would be paying alot more than a PS3. so to me the PS3 spells bargin

[darx]

I can see how it is a bargain for some but for me it is not. Not intrested in Blu-Ray, didn't watch movies with my PS2 and am not planning on it with a PS3. Could careless about bluetooth. And could care less about the built in Wi-Fi. I'm sure thaere are other bells and whistles that I am not thinking of, but you get the point.

[kspraydad]

Please take a look at Club Penguin (which SONY is rumored to be purchasing)...after only 2 years in existence it is pulling in 60 million in revenues and has 4 million users ... the EXACT type of approach SOE is talking about here.

http://www.washingtonpost.c...

I'm not sure if you know but Splinter Cell is NOT a MMO. There is no persistent world in the online play as is coming with the Agency.

[MK_Red]

Wow, thats pne hot rumor butI really hope thats not the case. ( I want Killzone 2 and FFXIII footage)

[felidae]

bla bla bla ... oh sony i'm so disappointed. oh sony what are you doing ... oh sony oh sony oh sony. it's like kindergarten.

get a life!

Play Games, Not Consoles.

[Merovee]

I see this going the way of the Pac-Man debacle already. Maybe it will be Dig Dug championship edition ROFL

[THC PRITCHARD]

PS Halo LOL not a chance

Ok the spy mmo is not the this x box cant do as they sau x box fans will wish etc.

Huxley is due to counter the spy mmo.

Next.

[SnakeDiesinMGS4]

A game that is made for girls and a cell shaded type spy game? This is what I'm supposed to be smiling about? Cmon Sony, please give me a reason to keep my ps3. I'm really getting tired of numerous threads of "BIG NEWS COMING FOR PS3" only to be crushed by the disappointing news. :(

[DrWan]

sell it then.

[SDS Gamerfiend]

While viewing this vid!!
what not to do with a rocket LOL!

[crunkthug]

so what about the third game???????????
anyone got an idea??????????????????

[steviebomb]

probably Everquest

[Rims]

So they can mo cap boobie animation for Killzone 2!

[Violater]

Since sony was not the one to hype this days release up alot of people should S. T. F. U.
One guy from allgames was impressed and expressed that, and that sent the whole world in flames.
Really guys if the PS3 sucks so much why are u all following it and crapping on it so intensely.
Seriously get a Fu@king life.

[Pika-pie]

Accept it, there was no "big major announcement". Some little website said something and we all jumped on the hype bandwaggon (myself included). :(

[Odion]

Who wants to sit here and try to debate the Fact that SOE is the worst part of Sony and that they are a cancer to PC gaming. They haven't released a single good game in years and they certianly can't fight WoW or LOTRO

[Hayabusa 117]

I'm surprised so many of you brought the hype, but then, maybe I'm not so surprised.

[codeazrael]

Sony never had its online act together and still don't! Sony is the king of hyping up so called big announcements like ps home. But, I must say that they need to go ahead and spill the beans so I can decide on whether to buy this new 60 gig ps3 that someone sold at the pawn shop. I got the price to $399 out the door!

[timmyp53]

no offense dirtysouf but the only reason this story is the site feature is because of people arguing here... well back to the story... i want to see some Agency gameplay.

[tudors]

Fact:

Consumers Drive Record Sales of HD DVD Players to Capture 60% of HD Set-Top Market!

Just having a laugh Sony dudes. 11/06/2007 turned out to be a bit of a downer for you guys I guess.

[redmamoth]

.... Now don't you have a red ring to attend to??....... Oh, and your 360 is not looking to good either!!

[NINJARIFIK]

didnt they say that ps3 fans would be smiling? not pc gamers. i dont think that this is the announcment. its got to be somthing else.

[VendettaWFT]

just joined up, thought I'd write somethin...whatever

[tudors]

"41.1 - 11/06/2006 isn't over yet....
.... Now don't you have a red ring to attend to??....... Oh, and your 360 is not looking to good either!!"

[SIX]

Not as bad as Pac Man, but still pretty dissapointing. E3 is right around the corner though :)

[Pika-pie]

When I read the 'announcment' before I isntantly wonderered why they would announce anything now with E3 right around the corner.

I have seen Sonys line up for E3 on ign and it looks like we are in for some real treats :)

[SmokeyMcBear]

so anyone see what the original poster (err hype person) said. I mean the one with the original comment about the new thing sony has and the 360 doesnt. Anybody see what he has to say now that the date is upon us, I mean i would really like to know what exactly he was talking about.

[sumfood4u]

It didn't specify on what the big secrete is! All it did was mention boys/girls 50-50 blah blah blah. I was hoping EQ2 is OTW or something like that!

[FreedomReign]

unfortunately Sony needs something now, IMO.

[sak500]

LOL. Would be funny to go back to the original post and see all the posts by teh fanbois imagining the world coming at their feet on june 11th.

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

i`m pretty sure this isn`t the announcement.
but maybe i`m wrong.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

It IS funny. Almost 300 comments of nothing but "It's Killzone 2, were totally gonna sh1t on 360!!!!!" I for one was looking forward to the PS3 showcasing it's power. But I'm getting tired of waiting, and I don't even own one of the things.

Congrats PS3 owners, you've been duped into buying a dead console.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

I thought that ridicously over-hyped article claiming that today there would be something revealed that only 360 owners could dream of having. What happened to that? This isn't impressive. It isn't even interesting. I don't care about SOE's ridiculous dreams of re-taking the online market. I actually wanted to see the PS3's power. Wait, let me guess. Exactly how I called it. It's nothign more than Sony blowing smoke up everyones @sses and all the f**king droids getting boners over it.

See what your blind love has brought you? An expensive @ss paperweight. Have fun with it.

[Armyless]

-Just sayin'

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Sorry to make you look like a douche, but I was representing MYSELF. I don't care about fanboys and girls.

Notice I said I WANT TO SEE THE PS3's POWER. I wasn't denying that it isn't there, I was just making a comment on how Sony is always promising sh1t.

M$ does it also, but it just doesn't seem as annoying to me. No wonder Sony is losing this console war.

[Kyur4ThePain]

to where SONY said they were going to make an earth shattering announcement today?

If not, I am calling you out for being nothing more than a flame-wh0re who posted in this thread just to stir things up.

Now, prove me wrong and provide that link.

[kurac]

We all thought warhawk will be shyte! And it turned out to be better than Halo3! Now imagine how good the Agency is going to be?

[Armyless]

I played UT (the original) a couple years non-stop. FPS is an eye opening experience when done right. Especially with good people who know what they're f'n doing. I was actually ranked #2 in Deathmatch for a week or two, not braggin', just sayin it's a f'n cool video game.

If Halo is that for you then you and I have a lot in common. I'd probably crush you, but we'd have a lot in common regardless.

[rowdy 1]

We're going to be playing some awesome games across the board. Man The fall is going to be beautiful for PS3 and 360 fanboys. Seems to me that we're waiting for some new titles for both systems. E3 will be a good battle betweem Sony and M$ to see what they have to offer. I don't think the Wii will light up anyone's eyes. I'm digging on SOCOM, LAiR, WARHAWK, Heaveny Sword and hopefully atleast one FF game. I don't really know whats coming out for M$, but I'm sure it's worthy. I really want to play that 8 days that looks cool. Any word on the getaway?

[kingofps3]

Excellent submission man. I think you got it for the hottest submission of the month too. Peace man

[skynidas]

...what time? 3:00 pacific time????

[Bill Gates]

Only 30 more days till E3-07.

Hearts will be broken, and hearts will be won.

My money's on SONY.

[SlaughterMeister]

Sony wants to retake leadership in online gaming?

When did Sony ever have leadership of online gaming?

Don't get me wrong, I love my PS2 and PSP, and badly want a PS3, but Sony never HAD leadership of online gaming.

Microsoft had that with Live, second only to actual PC online gaming.

I think this writer doesn't know what they're talking about.

[Kyur4ThePain]

they are talking about PC gaming?

[Bonsai1214]

that podcast overhyped this...

anyways, i read somewhere in the comments there'd be no subscription fees for ps3 players? nasty!!

[Xbox 360 Will]

Nice

[Violater]

Whether you love the PS3 or you just Love to hate it, it gets alot of attention.
No other console on this site generates the amount of Buzz like the PS3 does.
So many people come out to say how much they like it and so many more come out to bash it, Is it insane loyalty.... On the other side is it just fear...?

[Armyless]

If I had to sum it up proper-like, I'd say that most people are still playing last-gen. We're on the cutting edge of a pretty damn big ball.

[Scrumptious]

And Sony is the underdog this time.

I must say, this announcement is not what I expected. Not as big of a let-down as last weeks Pac Man 360 though. I am sure it's a little taste to get us wet for E3.

Free Reals link, for those who are curious:

http://razorwire.warcry.com...

[JIN KAZAMA]

Whats the big announcement?? I am waiting....

Well, if thats the big news, about the agency, theni'm dissapointed a little.
Its not Sony's fault though, its the guy in the podcast, hypin stuff up.
Anyways, i love me PS3!!!!!
best next-gen console ever!!

[SmokeyMcBear]

keep waiting there jin, cuz its the Agency. This was the announcment. They even have a little blurg about it at allgames.com, the place where all this hype originated. It seems the guys over there at allgames, really really liked the game.

[beast]

I like it..More games, can never be a bad news.

[jackwei22]

it is nice to have a new type of game for a change i am looking foward to this new game :)

[fuckface]

how is this idea new. chicks and guns. i've seen a million of 'em. i want to see a game without a gun. now that would be new.

[youngck]

can't say this info kept me smiling and i am an owner of a PS3, I am so impatient, and I hate hype that ends up to be just regular gaming news. wooppeeee dee dooo dahhh, come on give me something else!

[original seed]

that really sucks. I was hoping for somehing that i can only dream of having. Little big PLANET got me much more excited than this. But whatever.

[dissectionalrr]

wow... a whole lotta hype for nothing. whod've expected sony to do that?

[DADO]

It has been stated many times before that it was not Sony, all this BS came from a podcast.

[sak500]

Well that didn't stop the sony fanbois from making it one of the hottest stories and with over 300 comments right? So whats your problem now?

[Siesser]

no one's saying there's a problem with belittiling the news or commenting on its significance; they're just saying don't make it sound like it's Sony's fault. If I go outside and say "this game is going to completely change the console wars; you'll see things you've never even imagined possible," and then it fails to do that, how can you turn to Sony and say "Hey you liars, this is it?"

On both sides, so many statements are attributed to the actual console-makers (all sides, sorry about that Wii), when they are nothing more than the opinions of those who view or play a demo.

[kornbeaner]

Requiring admission for a game might not be the best way to break into a new market, especially that made for young girls. Parents tend to be really over protective about the girls in their family, making them pay for what is considred a boy thing takes special marketing that might just go over the top. This game would have to be fun for the girls to want to play it enough, but at the same time it has to show to have an educational purpose so parent don't feel this game is just a big waste of time.

On to other matters, This is 1 of 3 announcements hopefully the next two will involove somthing with the PS3, cause we really need some more games and products for the system.

P.S. MLB07: the Show is the BEST baseball game out there!!

[FA-SHO]

guys this will most likely be in-game of KZ2 you should love the hype its awsome. I HRT SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gta_cb]

ohwell im sure there will be great things from them, as for me this isnt great but its something new.