Pre-order opens for EverQuest II Sentinels Fate
Pre-orders are now available for EverQuest II Sentinels Fate and EverQuest II Sentinels Fate Collector’s Edition, the sixth expansion for Sony Online Entertainment’s popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game EverQuest II. You can get started by visiting www.everquest2.com. The expansion, scheduled to be available at retail on February 16, 2010, followed by the digital launch on February 23, 2010, is an all-in-one compilation pack which
EverQuest II Sentinels Fate takes players into the fabled lands of Odus, promising a new area to explore, epic quests, new dungeons and fresh new content in various forms for all types of players. The fancy Collectotrs Edition contains the new expansion pack and all five previous expansions and content, a level cap increase to 90, two new overland zones (The Sundered Frontier and Stonebrunt Highlands), 12 new dungeons, over 400 new quests, all new alternate advancement abilities, a 7-day headstart (if you buy the retail product), a stipend of 500 Station Cash, 30-day subscription for new accounts, more loot (2,000 new weapons, pieces of armor and items), Legends of Norrath (includes digital card game client and The Fall of Erudin scenario), a collectible Armored Highlands Stalker pet figurine, Guarding of the Reasoned in-game armor piece, Armored Highland Stalker in-game mount and the EverCracked Documentary featuring Jace Hall.
Both retail and digital versions will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.99 (plus applicable taxes). Additionally, a Collector’s Edition including exclusive items is being offered for $69.99 (plus applicable taxes).
Sony Online Promotion Raises $20k for Charity
If you read the news here regularly, you might remember that back in January, we reported on Sony Online’s fundraising efforts for the Child’s Play charity. By buying certain specific Child’s Play in-game items in EverQuest and EverQuest II with Station Cash, Sony would donate $10 to the Child’s Play charity per item. Well, the month long promotion has officially come to a close and the totals have been tallied. So how much did gamers raise coming together for the sake of a good cause? In a statement released this week, Sony Online Entertainment announced that its Child’s Play 2009 Winter Charity Drive ended up raising more than $20,000 to the Child’s Play charity.
“The ability of our players to make a donation of this magnitude in these tough economic times is beyond anything we could have hoped for,” said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. “As we continue to diversify with programs like Station Cash we will be able to offer unique items that benefit not only our players, but other partnerships and organizations such as Child’s Play in this case.”
Founded in 2003, Child’s Play is a game industry charity that is dedicated to providing children with toys and age-appropriate games at more than 40 hospitals worldwide.
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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.
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