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Smedley told us they also intend to integrate VOIP into their Station Launcher, an upcoming single-client jumping off point to all their games, which will be available to anyone who has a free Station account.

This means SOE is taking on traditional VOIP providers like Ventrilo and TeamSpeak, and they're doing it with a no cost, stand-alone client and plan to host all the calls themselves.

To date, gamers who want to talk over the internet with headsets and microphones have divided between TeamSpeak, Ventrilo and in-game systems. Each has their advantages and limitations. TeamSpeak is free to use, but the quality is not as high as some of the competitors. Ventrilo offers high quality, flexible communications and has found a strong niche among guilds, but it isn't free. In-game solutions, while convenient, are limited to single games, have a wide range of quality and controls, and leave players at the perils of the in-game UI's responsiveness.

The Station Launcher will be a low CPU consumption program, originally devised as a launching pad for all SOE titles. It is entirely conceivable a player could run the Launcher for its VOIP and go play any other game in their own library without adverse performance, beyond the basic bandwidth that VOIP requires.

SOE's software will support huge numbers of people in a single channel and frills like telephone call-in support (which likely won't incur long distance thanks to a network of local call-in numbers), and voice fonts. It will not require a fee, nor any bulky hosting software and it will be high quality Vivox sound.

SOE has not worked out all the details that hardcore VOIP gamers will need to know, but if they keep on their current path, this has the potential to be an extremely user friendly, multi-game application that could put a serious dent in Ventrilo's business. The win for SOE is that every user will be a single click away from any of SOE's many games, which reduces the barrier to entry and potentially makes them more money.

Smedley hopes to have the Station Launcher available in the May timeframe. The initial launch will cover all the features described above and he seemed committed to adding more over time, such as integration with the PS3 voice network.

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