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Sony Online Entertainment's Whimsical, Family-Friendly Virtual World Is Now
Live

SAN DIEGO, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today
announced that the free, family-friendly online video game Free Realms(TM) is
now available for everyone to play at www.FreeRealms.com. Free Realms is a
whimsical virtual world, loaded with fun for gamers of all ages. Whether you
want to race karts, raise a pet, explore mystical forests or chat with
friends, in Free Realms, you can do it all.

"We've designed Free Realms to be a fun, safe place for gamers of all ages to
play online and are excited to finally open the doors to our adventure-packed
world," said Andy Sites, senior producer, Sony Online Entertainment. "Free
Realms is free to play and truly lets you do what you want, when you want.
Every member of the family will find something fun to do in Free Realms!"

In Free Realms, players can customize their characters and play a wide variety
of minigames in a safe, online environment, packed with stunning visuals,
distinctive environments, and social networking capabilities. Players are free
to do or be anything: Become a ninja, cook a yummy meal, battle goblins, set
out on epic quests or connect with friends through a safe, social networking
page. The Free Realms Trading Card Game is a full-featured trading card game
playable both digitally within the Free Realms online game and through a
physical game available wherever you buy trading cards!

Free Realms offers a variety of features, including:
-- Free Gameplay: Free Realms is free to play; however, additional
content
can be accessed through a Membership or micro-transactions.
-- Rich Character Creation: With thousands of customizations and
combinations, you can blend fantasy and reality to create your perfect
avatar.
-- Be Whoever You Want: Characters aren't locked into classes or jobs
- you can be a ninja one minute and a race kart driver the next.
-- Kid Safe: Free Realms is designed with kids' safety in mind and has
pre-canned chat, reporting, filters and Parental Controls that allow
for
the customization of security options, for younger players.
-- Something for Everyone: Players can take care of pets, sort mail, race
go-karts, battle goblins or cook meals for their friends.
-- Vibrant, Deep Environment: Adventurous gamers can spend hours
exploring
towns, bustling cities, beaches, forests, snowy mountaintops and more.
-- Connect with Friends: Whether you're meeting up with old friends or
finding new ones, Free Realms allows players to stay connected through
its social networking page. Just log in, see what your friends have
been
up to, click their avatars and join them in Free Realms.
-- Everyone Can Access: Free Realms is designed to run on nearly all PCs.
The game will stream to your PC as you play, so Free Realms will not
take up a lot of memory and will download quickly.

-- Trading Card Game: The Free Realms Trading Card Game will let players
pit fun characters like dragons and goblins against one another in
fun,
fast-paced combat. Half the game is collecting new cards so you are
armed with the best lineup of attacks and defenses to prove your might
in online tournaments.

Free Realms is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and up with content descriptors of
Crude Humor and Fantasy Violence. To play Free Realms, visit:
http://www.FreeRealms.com.

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About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in
massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers
around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment
for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known
for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest(R),
EverQuest(R) II, Championsof Norrath(R),Untold Legends(TM), and PlanetSide(R),
as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies(TM), SOE continues to redefine
the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities
while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered
in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX; Seattle,
WA; Denver, CO; Tucson, AZ and Taiwan, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games
in development.

SOURCE Sony Online Entertainment LLC

Katie Hanson, Sony Online Entertainment, +1-858-577-3167,
khanson@soe.sony.com; or Stacy Miles, Bender/Helper Impact, +1-310-694-3106,
stacy_miles@bhimpact.com