Ten Ton Hammer - Taking MMO Gamers to the Next Level!

By Matt Wilson, Director of Development, Sony Online Entertainment Seattle

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Welcome Agents!

Day two of E3.  Today it was Agency crazy!

We started Agency demos this morning in the SOE media suite and were still working until seven…or should I say, Hal was doing interviews until after seven.  The days events were supposed to end at five, the monitors were all off and we still had folks who wanted to talk about the game.  It’s fantastic to see the insane interest in The Agency.

It’s also amazing how standing and talking can be so much work.  We had at least a hundred folks if not more make their way through the media suite, and Kevin O’Hara had a whole bunch of interested folks down on the show floor.  Kevin said that he went over the main point so many times that when he took a break. Other SOE folks from separate teams were able to fill in the gaps for the walk ups while Kevin was away with all the points intact.

Operatives were, of course, a big topic of discussion and our sneak peek of the ParaGON field office raised a number of eyebrows, and not just because of Round Up’s “bull riding” skills. People were eager to get the release date out of us.  We of course let them know that we would have to kill them if we told them…  

After one of my interviews, I told the PR team I needed to hit the restroom.  Yes, they have us scheduled that tight. *smiles*  Instead of hitting the bathroom, I snuck back down to the show floor to check out some more games.  Stealth is one of my specialties. *winks*

I went directly to check out Dark Void, by Airtight Games.  The vertical combat that they have put in the game is very nice.  It was very smooth to control.  I am really excited about it since they are another local Seattle startup company.

I also got a little hands on with Little Big Planet.  That game is incredible. A really smooth experience with an amazingly intuitive UI that just screams “PLAY ME!!!!!!”  Believe me- this game will probably burn out our PS3 once my family gets their hands on it.

By the way, I mentioned the smoothie machine yesterday… Well we also had an open bar.  Let me just say, that combining the smoothies with the bar equals way too tasty.

It was another great day at E3, living the life of an elite demo-er.  

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(Editor's Note: You can see all of Matt's E3 blogs by clicking here!)