Massively goes to Seattle: A wrap-up of ION 2008

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	Focusing on the community manager One of the strengths of MMOs are their communities. The stronger a community around an MMO is the more likely that game is to last into the foreseeable future.
	State of online games keynote Globalization is one of the session tracks here at ION 08, as befitting an industry seeking the holy grail of a truly global marketplace for online games. Tuesday's keynote was delivered by Won II Suh of Neowiz, a Korean online games company with 20 titles currently supported or in development by 1000 employees across 8 regions around the world.
	John Smedley keynote shows off Free Realms and The Agency When you think of Sony Online Entertainment, what comes to mind? I'm sure that Everquest, Everquest 2, Star Wars Galaxies and Planetside are some of the titles which most people think about. From what I've recently seen in John Smedley's keynote at ION 08 that's all going to be changing in the near future.
	SOE Seattle studio tour Our mission: infiltrate SOE's Seattle studio, obtain intel on The Agency, regale the awesomely hyperactive lead designer Hal Milton with questions from left field.
	MMOs and the television content model (SGW) Joseph Ybarra, SVP of strategic operations at Firesky, the publishing subsidiary of Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, presented a session today at ION 08 about the Stargate Worlds production model that borrows heavily from Hollywood and TV models.

	What can game developers learn from web 2.0?
	Virtual worlds for the masses
	A five year forecast for MMOs
	The Agency update and RMT confusion
	Getting the most out of user generated content
	Taking an MMO community from pre-launch to live
	How would you design EverQuest 3?
	Sony Online Entertainment's John Smedley clarifies Free Realms/Agency RMT

Massively goes to Seattle: A wrap-up of ION 2008

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