Based in San Diego, Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) has an array of games in development at studios in Austin, TX, Denver, CO, Seattle, WA, and Taiwan including The Agency and Free Realms. These new titles are being designed to push the envelope of online entertainment quality, innovation and delivery.
SOE, the company responsible for the pioneering, global EverQuest® entertainment phenomenon, has developed and/or published a number of groundbreaking and genre-defining games, including EverQuest®, EverQuest®II, Star Wars Galaxies™, PlanetSide®, The Matrix Online, EverQuest® Online Adventures, Champions of Norrath™, Untold Legends™ and Field Commander™.
SOE began operations in 1995 as an online collaboration between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Corporation of America.
SOE acquired and fully integrated Verant Interactive to further strengthen Sony's position in multiplayer online gaming in May 2000. Six years later, SOE became Sony Online Entertainment LLC and is now owned by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.