John Smedley to keynote GDC Austin
John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment, will deliver a keynote address Game Developers Conference Austin (GDC Austin. Smedley’s keynote, “From Dragons and Daggers to Kart Racing, Cooking and Concerts…It’s a Whole New MMO World,” describes in detail how SOE’s freely available tween and teen title Free Realms has worked to expand the base of players coming together in online worlds. Smedley’s keynote will inform attendees about the challenges and lessons learned when creating a full-blown MMO for younger audiences including the challenges and opportunity of creating connected games.
GDC Austin features three days of main conference content focused on connected games, online games, virtual worlds, and social networking game play - along with four two-day summits including the Game Writers, Game Audio, iPhone Games and Independent Games Summits. The event takes place at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas September 15-18, 2009. Early registration discounts for the event will end on August 13. Find out more at www.GDCAustin.com
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Legends of Norrath: Inquisitor Announced
The online card game Legends of Norrath is about to get a whole new chapter called Inquisitor. Sony Online Entertainment’’s online strategy card game will get Inquisitor on Friday, March 7. Inquisitor promises to continue the story from previous Legends of Norrath virtual card games, Oathbound and Forsworn, with hundreds of new cards and more than 20 new loot items each for EverQuest and EverQuest II. Inquisitor also adds over 250 new cards, four starter decks featuring 16 new quests, 10 scenario rewards and new promotional cards.
Other new features include monthly Championship Qualifier Tournaments that feature a first prize valued at approximately $1,500, over 20 new loot items, free content and bonus features in the game client including 10 new scenarios and a new four-player raid.
Inquisitor cards will be available via digital download from SOE’s Station Store in both 58-card digital starter decks for $9.99 and 15-card digital booster packs for $2.99.
