Sony Coming to Seattle

Entertainment giant Sony announced yesterday that they are planting roots in Seattle's fertile developer soil by opening a development studio in the city. The move, no doubt, can also be attributed to the prominent members of the SOE team who were booted from Microsoft--namely, Matt Wilson, who had his last large project in Redmond closed down last year. After the Mythica debacle at Microsoft Wilson opened FireAnt, Inc., all of whose members will be joining Sony.

Sony Online Entertainment is known for producing many of the leaders of the online-role-playing genre such as Everquest, Everquest 2 and Star Wars Galaxies.

Business-speak courtesy of IGN.com:

"As our business grows, so does the need for more diverse titles," said Russell Shanks, chief operations officer at SOE. "With the core team's expertise in the video game industry and their passion for making games, we are confident that this new studio will allow us to maintain and expand SOE's position as one of the world-wide leaders in online gaming."