SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT UNVEILS LATEST VIDEO GAMES AT 2003 ELECTRONIC
ENTERTAINMENT EXPO -Incredibly Successful EverQuest(r) Franchise Sees New
Directions While PlanetSide Prepares for Launch-

SAN DIEGO, CA - May 12, 2003 - Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a
worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online gaming, introduced several
new video games and provided details on soon-to-be-released titles during
the 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The new games announced include
Lords of EverQuest(tm), a real-time strategy (RTS) game for the PC and
EverQuest(r) Online Adventures: Frontiers(tm), an expansion for North
America's only massively multiplayer online (MMO) game for the
PlayStation(r)2 computer entertainment system. Additionally, SOE provided
new information for upcoming titles PlanetSide, the first massively
multiplayer action game set in a persistent world and EverQuest II, the
parallel universe to the original EverQuest PC MMO role-playing game (RPG).


"The coming year is going to be huge for us," said John Smedley, president,
Sony Online Entertainment. "The launch of PlanetSide is happening within
days of E3 and the reactions to the game during Beta have been incredibly
strong. EverQuest II will be happening later this year, with a whole new
universe for both those new to MMOGs and hardcore EQ fans to explore. We're
also taking the EQ brand in new directions, both on the PlayStation 2 and on
the PC." Sony Online Entertainment is located at Booth 846 in the South Hall
of the Los Angeles Convention Center during E3 from May 14-16.

A brief synopsis of each title follows:

PlanetSide
Release: May 19, 2003 Platform: PC Genre: MMO Action Game

PlanetSide(tm) will make history when it launches on May 19, as the world's
first massively multiplayer online first-person action game. The
groundbreaking game will allow hundreds of thousands of players to fight
online in an all-hours-of-the-day massive war. Characters gain experience
with every conflict, and can become one of the best in more than 30 combat
specialties, including infantry, sniper, stealth commando, engineer, hacker,
medic, pilot, driver and more. The company also announced that it will
partner with Team Sound to add squad-based voice chat functionality to
PlanetSide, further enhancing the experience of fighting together with your
squad and growing as a team.

EverQuest II
Release: Winter 2003 Platform: PC Genre: MMORPG

Scheduled to launch in Winter 2003, EverQuest II is a parallel online
universe to the hugely successful gaming phenomenon EverQuest. Featuring
breathtaking graphics and a vast, beautiful game world to explore, EverQuest
II sets new standards in graphical realism as players are immersed in the
game's powerful epic storyline with thousands of players online. Not only
will current EQ fans enjoy the new game, but players new to both the world
of Norrath and MMO games will find the game much easier to navigate and
play. Based 500 years after EverQuest, EverQuest II is a new and different
game experience in a changed world marred by a fantastic life changing
event. Players enter this world by creating their own unique character from
16 races and 48 classes and using a powerful facial customization system for
unprecedented player individuality.

Lords of EverQuest
Release: Fall '03 Platform: PC Genre: Real-Time Strategy
(RTS)

Lords of EverQuest is the next-generation of real-time
strategy game. Inspired by the lore of the online gaming phenomenon
EverQuest, Lords of EverQuest features an enthralling storyline drawing you
into the world of Norrath to change the fate of the world. Take command of
one of 15 Lords from the dawn of Norrath and lead an army against your
enemies in a race to claim a lost artifact. Featuring three different unique
factions with which to do battle, and a beautiful game world filled with
breathtaking environments, you are able to command more than a hundred
troops comprised of Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Fiends and even Dragons! After
the story is over, the game has just begun as players take the game online
and play via SOE's upcoming matchmaking service.

EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers
Release: Fall '03 Platform: PlayStation(r)2 Genre:
MMORPG

EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers expands the rich, vibrant fantasy
world of Norrath with uncharted territories to explore, new items and spells
to acquire, fierce creatures to battle, and a new playable race, ogres. The
game also adds graphically enhanced player models and armor, allowing for
greater character customization than ever before. Using the Network Adaptor
for the PlayStation 2, EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers connects
seamlessly via modem or broadband to the Internet,
directing players to dedicated EverQuest Online Adventures servers. Gamers
simply insert the disc and the adventures of Tunaria are just a few button
pushes away.

EverQuest: Evolution
Release: Fall '03 Platform: PC Genre: MMORPG

EverQuest: Evolution is the perfect starting point for players new to the
world of EverQuest. This boxed collection gathers everything a gamer needs
to enter the world of Norrath in a single package. The original EverQuest
and the first five expansions, The Ruins of Kunark, The Scars of Velious,
The Shadows of Luclin, The Planes of Power, and The Legacy of Ykesha, are
gathered together, along with two maps of the various continents.

About EverQuest

Developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), EverQuest
launched in 1999 and has since become both a gaming and cultural phenomenon.
The game has sold more than 2 million copies while continuing to grow with
award-winning expansions The Ruins of Kunark(r), The Scars of Velious(r),
The Shadows of Luclin(tm), The Planes of Power(tm), and The Legacy of
Ykesha(tm), making it the largest online 3D fantasy world ever created.
During peak periods, more than 118,000 simultaneous adventurers have
explored the fully detailed world of Norrath, filled with monsters, magic,
adventure and more. The active global EverQuest subscriber base of more than
430,000 players is comprised of people from 40 different countries including
North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Sony Online Entertainment is
committed to bringing EverQuest to various entertainment platforms,
releasing titles such as EverQuest(r) Online Adventures(tm) for the
PlayStation(r)2 computer entertainment system, EverQuest for the Pocket PC
and EverQuest: Hero's Call for wireless phones. This Fall, SOE will launch
the highly-anticipated sequel, EverQuest(r) II, on PCs around the globe.