Sony Online Entertainment (Everquest Next, Planetside 2, H1Z1) er blevet solgt af Sony til et investeringsfirma ved navn Colombus Nova. Derfor skifter SOE navn til Daybreak Game Company, og i et opslag på Reddit er fremtidsplanerne for firmaet blevet fremlagt.
"This means that effective immediately SOE will operate as an independent game development studio where we will continue to focus on creating exceptional online games for players around the world, and now as a multi-platform gaming company. Yes, that means PlayStation and Xbox, mobile and more!"
Hvilke konsekvenser får dette for din gaming? Daybreak Gaming Company beroliger gamere med følgende udtalelse:
"It will be business as usual and all SOE games will continue on their current path of development and operation. In fact, we expect to have even more resources available to us as a result of this acquisition. It also means new exciting developments for our existing IP and games as we can now fully embrace the multi-platform world we are living in."
Betyder dette, at vi får Planetside 2 at se på Xbox One? Måske. Et spil som H1Z1, som stadig er under udvikling, er i hvert fald en klart kandidat til at tage springet til multi-platform.
På Twitter har CEO John Smedley følgende at sige:
"can't wait to make Xbox One games!" and "All of our games are still here and will continue to be :)"