Details and images revealed on Nanite Systems Vehicles! This week Matt Higby (PlanetSide 2 Creative Director) talked with Kevin Moyer (Game Designer) and Tramell Isaac (Sr. Art Director) in depth about Nanite Systems Vehicles. They answered questions from Twitter and revealed information about the Sunderer, the Lightening, the Liberator, and the Galaxy. You do not want to miss the debate they had on what to call one of the vehicles; the team needs your help on this one! If you missed the webcast on January 26, 2012, watch it below, or explore our YouTube channel.

By: Donna “Danicia” Prior – Social Media Specialist

The great part about being a Social Media Specialist is that I get to see all the neat things happening on the internet, things which your Community Manager team doesn’t always get to see. As a previous Community Manager outside of SOE, I have been lucky to participate in the yearly Community Manager Appreciation Day.  We have a great Community Team at SOE and they took a few moments out of their day to answer some questions. Since I have put them on the spot, I’ll answer along with them.

New Dungeon Maker layout revealed! This week Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director of Global Community Relations) talked with Akil “Lyndro” Hooper (Lead Designer) and Garret “Bronstahd” Fern (Design Engineer) about EverQuest II’s Dungeon Maker. They discussed Extra Dungeon Mark Days, upcoming improvements, gave a preview of the Poets Palace layout, and answered many viewer submitted questions. Later in the show, Brasse gave a live run through of her dungeons. She gave tips on how to make a dungeon that other players won’t be able to resist. If you missed the webcast on January 19, 2012, watch it below, or explore our YouTube channel.

By Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske

It is a brand new year and with it comes brand new SOE Employees to meet. We want you to get to know folks in Finance, Human Resources, Development, Legal, Quality Assurance, Office Operations, Customer Service, Administrative Assistants, and Marketing, just to name a few. We have people from all walks of life here at SOE.

By: Mark Tuttle

Hello everyone!

And…here we are.

January 19^th, 2012 marks the one year anniversary of our release of Magic: The Gathering – Tactics.  It’s been an incredibly fun and challenging title for the team and while things didn’t always go exactly as we planned, we think we’re hitting our birthday on a high note!

 

Why is that?  Glad you asked!

Something big happened this week that you might not have been aware of, so I’m telling you now.  SOE announced a deal with a German media company called ProSieben to distribute our games, including Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, in all of Europe.  ProSieben is an incredible company and has the ability to put Tactics out in front of millions of new gamers.  As you know, Magic: The Gathering is a huge brand in Europe, so this is a very exciting prospect for us.  We don’t have the exact timeline yet but the international release of Tactics through ProSieben will be coming very quickly.

That’s cool!  Is that all the good news?

Of course not.  It gets better.

By: Donna “Danicia” Prior – Social Media Specialist

Back in October, we had a Halloween Decorating Contest at SOE. The EverQuest II team won the contest and we were all wondering what they would do with their winnings!

 

Meet the voice behind the Free Realms singing moose head! This week Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske   (Community Relations Project Manager) talked with Rodney Gates (Audio Director)   and Mark MacBride (Sound Designer) about what goes into making the audio for Free Realms. If you missed the webcast on Thursday, January 5, 2012 watch it below, or explore our YouTube  channel.

By: Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske

Happy New Year! The Community Team proudly welcomes the January 2012 SOE Gamer of the Month, Andrew Diamondhorn from Free Realms.

In the near future you may also hear answers to questions he submitted for an SOE Podcast!

By: Joe “Rystall” Shoopack  Director of Artistic Development

SOE has 11 selections featured in the art annual Exotique 7.  This international annual celebrates the best of CG character art.  The works are from three SOE games: Legends of Norrath, Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, and Star Wars Galaxies TCG.

These images will soon be added to SOE Art Portal in the ‘recognition’ section of the gallery with all the other art selected in previous competitions!

By Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske

It’s time to highlight another diverse employee here at SOE! You’ve met the Community Team on the forums and at Fan Faire. But what about our fine folks in Finance, Human Resources, Development, Legal, Quality Assurance, Office Operations, Public Relations, Administrative Assistants, and Marketing, just to name a few. We have people from all walks of life here at SOE.

The Community Team would like to introduce you to those people in a monthly feature titled, “SOE Employee Spotlight.” Each month our spotlighted employee will also appear in some fashion on the Official SOE Podcast. This month you will meet Tim Loftus, a member of the Technical Support Team. Take a moment to find out about what a typical day in the office is like for him, what his favorite SOE game is, and other fun tidbits. As a special bonus, we learned where his favorite location in-game is and included a screenshot for you to download!