Sony Online Entertainment Launches A New Website For The PSP(TM) (PlayStation®Portable) System
Mobile.Station Puts Station.com At Your Fingertips With New PSP™ System Web Portal
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SAN DIEGO, CA - November 21, 2005 - Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, today unveiled Mobile.Station, a new web portal specifically designed for the PSPTM (PlayStation®Portable) system's web browser. By accessing Station.Sony.com, PSPTM system users will be automatically redirected to the new mobile site which features a PSP system-friendly interface, videos, PSP system wallpapers, links to many other popular mobile websites and much more.
Mobile.Station has been designed specifically for use with the PSP system, from its console-friendly user interface to the multiple links to other useful web sites. SOE's PSP system portal includes three sections, Media, Games and Links. Media has numerous downloadable trailers for both SOE games and Sony Pictures releases formatted for the PSP system screen, screenshots of SOE games, new wallpapers for the PSP system and add-ons for SOE games. The Games section contains information on recent and upcoming titles from Sony Online Entertainment, including both console and PC titles. The Links area will help PSP system users quickly and easily access many other web services formatted for mobile devices, ranging from news and sports to humor, shopping and dining.
Update 2.0 for the PSP system (available from the official PlayStation website, http://www.playstation.com) added an integrated web browser that works with the PSP system's wireless internet capabilities. PSP system users need to update to 2.0 or higher in order to gain access to the new browser and to visit SOE's new portal on their PSP system.
Visit the new Mobile.Station on a personal computer at http://mobile.station.sony.com.
About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Digital Inc., is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold LegendsTM, and PlanetSide®, as well as for developing Star Wars GalaxiesTM: An Empire DividedTM, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, and Taiwan, SOE has an array of cutting-edge online games in development.
EverQuest and Champions of Norrath are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. SOE, the SOE logo and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment Inc. Untold Legends and Desert of Flames are a trademark of Sony Online Entertainment Inc. "PSP" is a trademark and "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
Contacts:
Katie Uhlman
Sony Online Entertainment
(858) 577-3167
ajones@soe.sony.com
Chris Kramer
Sony Online Entertainment
(858) 577-3481
ckramer@soe.sony.com