Sony Online Entertainment announces that Jon Smedley will open this week's
SOE Fan Faire in Las Vegas with a first-ever "Community Address" on Friday at 8:30 p.m. EDT. Among the topics will be the unveiling of a new SOE game that attendees will be able to check out first-hand, which will launch by the end of August:
"To kickoff the 2007 SOE Fan Faire, SOE President John (鈥淪med鈥) Smedley will provide opening remarks to the more than 1000 video game fans coming to the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for this year鈥檚 Fan Faire video game convention. This first-ever 鈥淐ommunity Address鈥 combines a live presentation with a streaming video broadcast online, where Smed will give both Fan Faire attendees and other gamers the kind of look at SOE products usually reserved for industry events such as E3. Both audiences will see the latest from upcoming titles like Pirates of the Burning Sea鈩 and Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising鈩. Fan Faire guests and online viewers will also get their first looks at Secrets of Faydwer鈩, the next expansion for EverQuest庐, and Rise of Kunark鈩, the upcoming expansion for EverQuest庐 II.
In another first for Fan Faire, Smed will also unveil an all-new, SOE online game, which is set to formally launch in late August. Fan Faire guests will have the first chance to demo this new title throughout Fan Faire weekend, August 3-5. The SOE Fan Faire is a unique social event in which players of SOE鈥檚 most popular titles congregate to meet their online, game-playing peers. This year鈥檚 event boasts a plethora of game-themed live events including tournaments, contests, live quests, a variety of panel discussions and tons of great gaming related contests."
