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SOE Game Services Restored Following California Power Outage

Posted Fri, Sep 09, 2011 by Martuk

San Diego was one of the many places put in the dark yesterday after a utility worker carrying out a procedure at a substation knocked out power across the California, Mexico and Arizona. Some of Sony Online Entertainment’s (SOE) games such as EverQuest, EverQuest II, Star Wars Galaxies and Pirates of the Burning Sea were also knocked offline when their AT&T facility briefly lost power.

According to a Tweet from SOE CEO John Smedley late last night, most game services have now been restored. Some games may still experience issues with logging in for a while longer but for the most part it appears that services are back online.

Sources:
John Smedley's Twitter
EverQuest Facebook Page
Pirates of the Burning Sea Facebook
EverQuest II Facebook
DC Universe Online Facebook
Star Wars Galaxies Facebook Page
PlanetSide Facebook Page
Free Realms Facebook Page
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Facebook Page
MSNBC San Diego Power Outage Report
Los Angeles Times Power Outage Report

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