Free Realms annexing PS3 March 29

Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms has already garnered massive interest on the PC, amassing nearly 17 million players thanks to its free-to-play nature. Whether or not that success can be duplicated on the PlayStation 3 will soon be revealed, as SOE announced today that Free Realms will arrive for the console in North America on March 29.

Aimed at the family-friendly set, Free Realms is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game where combat is optional. The game features an assortment of quests, minigames, themed events, and social-networking features, including the ability to upload in-game videos to YouTube.

Free Realms will offer much the same experience as its PC counterpart, but it will feature a user interface catered toward console play. At is most basic (read: free) level, Free Realms offers players more than 800 quests, and players can level each of the game's 15 classes through level four.

Membership packages are available that open up an additional 400 quests and the ability to rise to level 40. The game also features a wealth of items that can be purchased with real-world cash individually as microtransactions.

For more on Free Realms, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.