SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT AND FUTURE NETWORK USA JOIN FORCES TO LAUNCH SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT WORLDS MAGAZINE

-The Only Official Magazine Designed Specifically For the Online
Communities of SOE Games -

SAN DIEGO, CA - September 29, 2004 - Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
(SOE), a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online (MMO) gaming,
today announced that it is working with Future Network USA, a division
of UK-based Future Network, plc [FNET], and publishers of PC Gamer
magazine and PSM: 100% Independent PlayStation 2 Magazine, to create
Sony Online Entertainment Worlds, a limited collector's edition
magazine. Sony Online Entertainment Worlds will offer comprehensive
coverage of all of Sony Online Entertainment's games. Sony Online
Entertainment Worlds is scheduled to ship this October.

"With more than one million people playing our games, our official
magazine draws our different game communities together and provides
another level of communication with our players," said John Smedley,
president, Sony Online Entertainment. "Sony Online Entertainment Worlds
is tailored to the unique needs of our player base and offers tangible
in-depth coverage that will not be available anywhere else."

Sony Online Entertainment Worlds will be the premier magazine for the
players of SOE's suite of top-notch games. Every game that SOE develops
-- from EverQuest(r) to PlanetSide(r) and everything in between -- will
be covered. The magazine will be comprised of previews and extended
features of new games, inside information on live titles, interviews
with key members of the game teams, community-related pieces on top
guilds, fansites and players, regular columns and the type of news and
information relevant to SOE players that would not see print in any
other type of publication. The magazine is being designed and created by
Future Network USA, publisher of PC Gamer, PSM and many other
market-leading interactive entertainment, technology and music
magazines.

Players will have the opportunity to order the magazine either through
some of SOE's games or via a separate website, www.soeworlds.com. This
issue will be a special collector's edition with a limited print run.
Pre-orders for Sony Online Entertainment Worlds are scheduled to begin
in September for $4.99.

For more information on Sony Online Entertainment Worlds, please visit
http://www.soeworlds.com.