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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[ION 08: John Smedley keynote shows off Free Realms and The Agency]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote-shows-off-free-realms-and-the-agenc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote-shows-off-free-realms-and-the-agenc/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote-shows-off-free-realms-and-the-agenc/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/everquest/" rel="tag">EverQuest</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/everquest-ii/" rel="tag">EverQuest II</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/planetside/" rel="tag">PlanetSide</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-agency/" rel="tag">The Agency</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/star-wars-galaxies/" rel="tag">Star Wars Galaxies</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-realms/" rel="tag">Free Realms</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/massively-event-coverage/" rel="tag">Massively Event Coverage</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote/806056/full/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/smedionkey.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
When you think of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/soe">Sony Online Entertainment</a>, what comes to mind? I'm sure that <a href="http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Everquest</span></a>, <a href="http://everquest2.station.sony.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Everquest 2</span></a>, <a href="http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars Galaxies</span></a> and <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://planetside.station.sony.com/">Planetside</a> </span>are some of the titles which most people think about. From what I've recently seen in John Smedley's keynote at <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/ion08">ION 08</a> that's all going to be changing in the near future. While he did tease the audience with a hint that, <span style="font-style: italic;">"There's more Everquest in our future."</span> Smedley left the topic of <span style="font-style: italic;">EQ</span> at that. I've certainly had my thoughts on what the next Everquest experience should or could be like, but it's just my own personal wish.<br /><br />So why are we going to be looking at SOE in a different light in the near future? Two games are the reason why: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/30/ces-2008-what-the-heck-is-free-realms/" style="font-style: italic;">Free Realms</a> and <a href="http://theagency.station.sony.com/" style="font-style: italic;">The Agency</a>.<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote/">ION 08: John Smedley keynote</a></strong></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote/#805988"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-smedley-keynote01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote/#805991"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-smedley-keynote02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote/#806054"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-smedley-keynote32_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote/#806154"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-smedley-keynote89_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote/#805993"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-smedley-keynote05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote-shows-off-free-realms-and-the-agenc/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>ION 08: John Smedley keynote shows off Free Realms and The Agency</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote-shows-off-free-realms-and-the-agenc/">ION 08: John Smedley keynote shows off Free Realms and The Agency</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 14 May 2008 19:20:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote-shows-off-free-realms-and-the-agenc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1195834/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/ion-08-john-smedley-keynote-shows-off-free-realms-and-the-agenc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blizzard</category><category>breaking</category><category>ccp</category><category>dick-cheney</category><category>eve-online</category><category>featured</category><category>free-realms</category><category>ion</category><category>ion-2008</category><category>ion08</category><category>john-smedley</category><category>joystiqfeatures</category><category>soe</category><category>sony-online-entertainment</category><category>the-agency</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Horner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:20:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
