The free-to-play Free Realms is a very popular light take from Sony Online Entertainment on the MMO genre. It now appears the game will make its way to the PlayStation 3 sometime in the middle of 2010, according to SOE president John Smedley.
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Aug 20, 2009

Put Yourself In The Free Realms Card Game

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PS3 - Free Realms - Put Yourself In The Free Realms Card Game

Sony Online Entertainment has teamed up with trading card company Topps to let players create their own official personalized cards for the Free Realms collectible card game.

The Duelist on Demand Program allows players to turn their Free Realms character into a personalized card for use in the physical version of the tie-in trading card game. The Free Realms Trading Card Game Duelist On Demand pack retails for $12, and contains 10 cards complete with codes that allow them to be added to the online version of the game as well. Using Topps' print-on-demand technology, players will be able to create and share themselves with friends in a distinctively family-friendly way.
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Jul 30, 2009

Free Realms update: Level your kart skills, visit new racetracks, customize your kart in your garage

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms update: Level your kart skills, visit new racetracks, customize your kart in your garage

Free Realms' latest update is turning on kart racing and demolition derby racing progression, adding new racetracks, and access to garages.
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Jun 23, 2009

Free Realms update adds guilds

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms update adds guilds

Examiner says: "Free Realms updated early this morning and the update notes bring good news to the community. Guilds are now in the game!"
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Jun 6, 2009

Free Realms Celebrates 2 Million Players

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms Celebrates 2 Million Players

Free Realms, the free to play Sony Online MMORPG has reached its 2nd milestone, 2 Million players worldwide on PC alone.
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Jun 6, 2009

Nintendo, Activision, Red Octane, Bethesda, Blizzard & Microsoft honoured by the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition

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PS3 - Free Realms - Nintendo, Activision, Red Octane, Bethesda, Blizzard & Microsoft honoured by the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition

On the heels of February's launch of the annual Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition, representatives were on hand at the E3 Expo this week to honour gaming publishers with brand new records.

Guinness World Record recipients included Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Mario franchise and more recently Wii Sports, who received the record for the Best Selling Video Game with sales of 45.7 million to date.
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May 27, 2009

Free Realms surpasses two million, one third female

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms surpasses two million, one third female

Free Realms has now romped to two million players, where 75 per cent are under 17-years-old.

After only just a week after an announcement that the free-to-play game Free Realms had reached one million unique users, Sony Online Entertainment has announced that the game now homes two million players.
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May 17, 2009

Sony's Free Realms Obliterates Historic Gaming Benchmark

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PS3 - Free Realms - Sony's Free Realms Obliterates Historic Gaming Benchmark

SarcasticGamer: Two weekends ago, I wrote a silly little ditty about the silly little MMORPG that Sony Entertainment released called Free Realms. It was the online gaming addiction equivalent of a kiddie World of Warcraft, only Free Realms would subsist primarily on microtransactions for in-game items, as opposed to a monthly fee.

Free Realms has registered a million accounts in eighteen days.

Pick your jaws up off the floor and follow me into the jump.
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May 4, 2009

Sony Announces Free Realms Card Game Details

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PS3 - Free Realms - Sony Announces Free Realms Card Game Details

Sony announces details regarding the Free Realms trading card game including a vague release date
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Apr 23, 2009

24/04/09 Top Gaming News Summary

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PS3 - Free Realms - 24/04/09 Top Gaming News Summary

From Xbox to PS3 to DLC and even a Free Realms Beta Key, I cover the top news across all current-gen gaming platforms, into a short easy-to-digest summary.

Missed out on the past few days of gaming news? Want to hear the top stories? Check it out after the jump
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Apr 18, 2009

Massively's Free Realms Beta Key Giveaway

PS3 News from N4G | Free Realms

You may have noticed Massively ramping up their Free Realms coverage a bit this week in preparation for something special. Well, that time has arrived and they are happy to announce an exclusive beta key giveaway for Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms! They have 100 keys to give away to the Massively readers, and everyone has a fair chance.
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Apr 17, 2009

SOE Assures Parents It's Okay To Play Free Realms

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PS3 - Free Realms - SOE Assures Parents It's Okay To Play Free Realms

In advance of the release of their family-friendly online multiplayer game Free Realms, Sony Online Entertainment has release a booklet explaining the benefits that games like Free Realms offer children.
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Apr 17, 2009

Fan Faire Attendees Get Free Realms Beta Access

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PS3 - Free Realms - Fan Faire Attendees Get Free Realms Beta Access

Did you head to Las Vegas last August for SOE's annual Fan Faire event? You did? Well this is your lucky day! SOE CM Ashlanne has announced via the offical forums that all attendees of last year's event have access to the Free Realms beta as of, well, now!
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Apr 15, 2009

Free Realms Takes On NDS

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms Takes On NDS

TheSixthAxis takes a look at SOE's forthcoming PS3 & PC MMO. As the game is aimed squarely at younger gamers new trailers show similarities to the kind of games that has made the Nintendo DS so popular.
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Apr 15, 2009

SOE's Free Realms Closed Beta Now Open

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PS3 - Free Realms - SOE's Free Realms Closed Beta Now Open

Joystiq writes:

"As per Sony Online Entertainment's word, the free-to-play MMO unironically named Free Realms has opened the doors of its closed beta to the world. Aside from the kart racing and pet raising, we imagine users will start flooding into the online world and immediately partake in our time-honored tradition of Quincying. (Go, Joystiq Hive Mind!)

Like most betas, this one's asking its users to keep quiet on the inner workings of the game, though, ironically, SOE is asking participants to blabber on to their hearts content on the game website's public forums. For those of you looking for hot scoops on Free Realms, now you know where to go. And did we mention we have a tips box that guarantees anonymity?"
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Apr 1, 2009

Free Realms To Have Optional Subscription Fee

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms To Have Optional Subscription Fee

Sony Online Entertainment have confirmed that Free Realms will have an optional online subscription fee.
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Feb 12, 2009

Free Realms free on PC and PS3

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms free on PC and PS3

Gamezine: 'Like the name implies, Free Realms will be free on PCs and the PlayStation 3. Read on for more details on the game and its pricing strategy.

Free Realms, Sony Online's fantasy MMO for 10-14 year olds, will launch with a massive world featuring a number of diverse areas.

On PC, your experience begins almost immediately: after loading up the website, all you'll need to do is provide your email and a username to enter the world.

Once you're all set up you'll be provided with a robust character creation model, while a small 25mb cache is installed onto your computer.'
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Feb 12, 2009

Free Realms release date revealed

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms release date revealed

Gamezine: 'It's not too long until the free-to-play fantasy MMO is released.

SOE's free-to-play (as confirmed in our previous story) fantasy MMO for 10-14 year olds, Free Realms, will see its commercial PC release in early April. And when we say early April, we're confident that April 1st is the date the client will become available.'
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Jan 20, 2009

MMO FreeRealms slightly delayed on PS3

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PS3 - Free Realms - MMO FreeRealms slightly delayed on PS3

There currently are not too many MMOs on the PS3, but that's going to change rather soon. Well, not that soon, at least in the case of FreeRealms. The casual MMO from Sony Online Entertainment is slated for both PC and PS3 with the PC release out by Q2 2009; however, there still isn't any word on when the PS3 version would be out.

SOE confirmed to IGN that while there isn't any date yet scheduled it's very likely that the PS3 version won't meet the current timeframe set for the PC version -- which was recently rated by the ESRB without mention of the PS3. Perhaps the wait won't be long, but there's no denying that there will be one.
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Jan 18, 2009

Free Realms to Have Staggered Release

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PS3 - Free Realms - Free Realms to Have Staggered Release

On a recent ratings list from the ESRB, Free Realms -- the upcoming and notably light-hearted MMO -- was given a rating for the PC version but the list mentioned nothing of the PS3 version. We contacted a representative at SOE to get clarification on the matter, and we learned that Free Realms PC will be releasing first, sometime in Q2. Although the PS3 version is still planned, there is no official release date at the moment.
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