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Battle.net stabilizes after DDoS attack, but "Lizard Squad" hackers remain active By Andy Chalk published 25 August 14
Hacker group rains DDoS attacks down on Battle.net, Sony Online Entertainment and more By Shaun Prescott published 25 August 14
The PC Gamer Show episode 4: SOE Live, Alien Isolation, Velvet Sundown By PCGamer published 22 August 14
H1Z1 is probably Sony Online Entertainment's next game, but what is it? By Evan Lahti published 9 April 14
Announcing our PAX East 2014 panel with Palmer Luckey, Chris Roberts, and more By PCGamer published 1 April 14
SOE's John Smedley: content-driven MMORPGs are "unsustainable" By Omri Petitte published 12 February 14
PlanetSide 1 promotion offers six free months; game to eventually go free-to-play By Phil Savage published 21 May 13
SOE bans "a whole bunch of idiots" for cheating in PlanetSide 2 By Omri Petitte published 25 January 13
SOE's John Smedley: MMO worlds are "nothing more than a movie set" By Omri Petitte published 20 December 12
SOE president John Smedley on PlanetSide 2's future, free-to-play and EverQuest Next By Andy Hartup published 14 December 12
