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Sony Online Entertainment
Founded	1995
Located	San Diego, California, USA
Website	http://soe.com/
Closed	January 1, 2007
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Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a game development and game publishing division of Sony that is best known for creating massively multiplayer online games, including EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

In 2008 Sony Online Entertainment’s game Everquest was honored (along with Neverwinter Nights and World of Warcraft) at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for advancing the art form of MMORPG games.