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Gamasutra's 20 Women in Games list
Filed under: MMO industry, News items, Opinion, AcademicFor those who complain that there aren't enough women in gaming, you need look no further than this -- the Gamasutra 20: Women in Games list....
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E308: An overview of Free Realms
Filed under: New titles, Free-to-play, Free Realms, Massively Event Coverage At E3 we had a chance to sit down with Laralyn McWilliams, Lead Designer for SOE's upcoming Free Realms game, who gave us a...
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Checking in on Free Realms, just months away from Beta!
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, New titles, Free-to-play, Free Realms, Massively Interviews Earlier this month we brought you impressions from visitors to the annual Consumer Electronics Show, folks who...
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Free Realms video blog hits on game's unique features
Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Classes, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, Professions, Free-to-play, Free Realms, KidsFree Realms is one of those rare massively multiplayer online games that...
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Massively's post-launch interview with Free Realms
Filed under: Launches, MMO industry, Casual, Free Realms, Massively Interviews, Kids Free Realms has launched, the floodgates have been opened and the servers have multiplied like little fluffy...
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Highlights from the SOE Fan Faire 2009 community address
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Events, real-world, MMO industry, Star Wars Galaxies, Free-to-play, Casual, Free RealmsSony Online Entertainment Fan Faire 2009 is happening in...
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Free Realms to introduce new job, pets, player housing and more
Filed under: Galleries, Screenshots, MMO industry, Player Housing, Free-to-play, Casual, Free Realms, Massively Interviews, Kids The world of Free Realms is about to get a bit bigger this holiday...
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Free Realms begins job sampling week for free players
Filed under: Business models, Events, in-game, News items, Free Realms, Kids Last week we spoke to Laralyn McWilliams, the creative director for Free Realms, and she had a lot to say about upcoming...
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A look back at a year of Free Realms
Filed under: Free-to-play, Browser, Casual, Virtual worlds, Free Realms To be honest, I was pretty darn happy that I got to write this Free Realms "look-back," being that I have always been a player...
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SOE's Laralyn McWilliams talks girls and gaming
Filed under: Fantasy, Interviews, MMO industry, Free-to-play, Casual Game industry veteran and Sony Online Entertainment senior producer Laralyn McWilliams recently sat down to answer a few questions...
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Two years of Free Realms: A retrospective
Filed under: Fantasy, Free-to-play, Browser, Consoles, Free Realms, Kids, Family "It's your world." Those three words sum up Free Realms, and it's no coincidence that it's the title song for the game....
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The Tattered Notebook: What if live servers go free-to-play?
Filed under: EverQuest II, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook For the past few weeks of The Tattered Notebook, I've explored EverQuest II's Extended server, Freeport, to see what gameplay is...
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Former Free Realms lead outlines the dangers of metric-based design
Filed under: Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Free-to-Play, Free Realms GamesIndustry.biz has published an interesting think-piece featuring SOE's Laralyn McWilliams....
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Former Free Realms lead reflects on the best and worst practices in F2P
Filed under: Interviews, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play Peter Molyneux's critical stance on free-to-play was all the rage earlier this week, prompting several developers in the F2P market to voice their...
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Gamasutra's 20 Women in Games list
For those who complain that there aren't enough women in gaming, you need look no further than this -- the Gamasutra 20: Women in Games list. This is a compilation of the movers and shakers in the...
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E308: An overview of Free Realms
At E3 we had a chance to sit down with Laralyn McWilliams, Lead Designer for SOE's upcoming Free Realms game, who gave us a demo of the game and talked about how it's changed since we saw it earlier...
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Checking in on Free Realms, just months away from Beta!
Earlier this month we brought you impressions from visitors to the annual Consumer Electronics Show, folks who had the chance to see the few games at the show up-close and personal. One of the titles...
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Free Realms video blog hits on game's unique features
Free Realms is one of those rare massively multiplayer online games that seems to hold appeal for both children and adults, despite its target group of teens and tweens. Sony Online Entertainment...
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Massively's post-launch interview with Free Realms
Free Realms has launched, the floodgates have been opened and the servers have multiplied like little fluffy bunnies. Despite a slight delay, the launch's feedback has been predominantly positive. Not...
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Highlights from the SOE Fan Faire 2009 community address
Sony Online Entertainment Fan Faire 2009 is happening in Las Vegas, and of course they've had a number of things to unveil so far. SOE president John Smedley gave his community address last evening,...
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