Sony Online Teams With Topps For Free Realms TCG

Earlier today, Sony Online Entertainment and The Topps Company announced that the two companies have reached an exclusive long-term licensing agreement which will give Topps the rights to create a physical trading card game based on SOE’s upcoming online game Free Realms. The physical card game will be designed to complement the online experience of the digital version playable within Free Realms.

“Our online trading card games have been hugely successful, and the chance to take our digital trading cards into the physical world with an industry leader like Topps is a fantastic opportunity for us as a company,” said John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment.

The digital version of the Free Realms Trading Card Game will launch simultaneously with the launch of the Free Realms online game, while the Topps products will be available in Spring 2009. Topps will offer an exclusive Passport to Free Realms Starter Pack, as well as 11-card booster packs featuring a loot card in every pack.