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DC Universe Online on PS4 will be more than just a port of the existing PC/PS3 versions. The game will launch with over 2,000 updates, a new companion app, and remote play functionality for Vita.

Add one more to the PlayStation 4 launch day lineup. Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that DC Universe Online will be available on day one: November 15th.

If you want an early peek at what EverQuest Next Landmark has to offer, it's time for a beta test. You want to join, right?

DCUO executive producer Larry Liberty promises that Update 31 will offer a "sweeping, game-wide graphical upgrade," calling it "without a doubt the biggest technical update we have ever done."

Would you pay real money for instant access to a high-level character in an MMO? Sony Online Entertainment plans on adding that functionality to EverQuest 2 with "Heroic Characters."

Sony Online Entertainment has laid off an undisclosed number of employees from its San Diego and Austin offices, as part of an effort to reduce costs and streamline its workforce.

It hasn't happened in many yonks, but EverQuest Next actually has me excited about an MMORPG. Sony Online Entertainment has showed off the landscaping players will be able to do in EverQuest Next Landmark, the free world-building spin-off, and oh it's quite something indeed.

Cross-platform play won't be possible for the PC/PS4 versions of PlanetSide 2, so Sony is looking into a workaround, including transferable characters.

SOE revealed plans for the next seven DLC packs for DC Universe Online

DC Universe Online executive producer Larry Liberty can't wait for players to transition from PS3 to PS4, saying his team will "celebrate" once they no longer have to support Sony's aging console.

EverQuest Next and Landmark will be free-to-play when they launch. SOE hopes that Player Studio--which lets players build, share, and sell in-game items--will end up being the "backbone" for the game's revenue.

"Our goal is to be able to allow people with 4 or 5 year old machines to be able to play," Georgeson said.

"We need to make sure that it's a kickass game on PC before we do anything else," EverQuest franchise director Dave Georgeson told Shacknews. "We're going to nail down all our questions and design and everything like that so that it's a really good game. Then we'll talk abou...

EverQuest Next is a project so ambitious that the term "reboot" doesn't seem sufficient enough. SOE's vision is to make a world where everything is destructible, and every action is permanent and persistent.

EverQuest Next won't be available this year. However, players will be able to get an early taste of SOE's next-gen Norrath through EverQest Next Landmark.