Planet Sony.San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a game development and game publishing division of Sony that is best known for creating massively multiplayer online games, including EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide, and Star Wars Galaxies tapped Aliso Viejo-based comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. software developer Planetwide Games to offer a Web-based version of Planetwide's Comic Book Creator as part of Sony's online game package this summer. A small company, Planetwide develops Web-based video games See video game console. as well as animation and comic book software. It increased its profile in February February: see month. by signing a content agreement with the National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. that would promote its software to the almost 330 million people worldwide who read the magazine or Web site. Being tapped by Sony gives Planetwide another big boost in its industry profile. Financial terms were not disclosed. The licensing agreement will allow users to create their own comic books based on Sony's popular EverQuest and PlanetSide multiplayer online video games. Planetwide brought in about $50 million in revenues last year and had just 25 employees. Staff Reporter Hilary Potkewitz can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 226, or by e-mail at hpotkewitz@labusinessjournal.com. |
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