everquest

Official Site: EverQuest
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: March 16, 1999
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Cash Shop, Optional Sub)
Platform: PC

Battle Bards Episode 120: Short stuff

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Look down — and it’ll be the last thing you’ll ever see! That’s because fury and death arrive in the form of short character...
Ominous? Does that have the same root?

EverQuest unlocks the Omens of War expansion on its progression servers

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Time keeps on slipping into the future for the EverQuest progression servers, Ragefire and Lockjaw. Both servers have put matters to a vote, and...

Rumor: Daybreak may be building PlanetSide 3 and EverQuest 3, sunsetting Just Survive

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While Daybreak producers are spelling out their games' future, a now-deleted post over at Reddit by an alleged former employee of Daybreak Games purports to...

Daybreak: Here’s where the EverQuest franchise, DCUO, PlanetSide 2, H1Z1, and Just Survive stand

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Not counting Standing Stone's titles, Daybreak currently develops and publishes six of its once massive stable of MMOs: Both EverQuests, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide...

Global Chat: Shroud of the Avatar confounds

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What to make of Shroud of the Avatar? The few MMO bloggers who have looked into this recently released but already long-running title have...

EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose

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How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 167: Daybreaking news

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Justin and Bree host a special edition of the podcast focused entirely on the Daybreak denial and layoff story as it's unfolded.
Nope!

Daybreak has now been hit with layoffs [Confirmed]

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Daybreak has now confirmed the layoffs, and we've got lots more information from our own sources - see below for updates and context. Multiple game...
Hate the player, not the game! It's not the player's fault that they're in the game as it is.

Leaderboard: Does the Daybreak fiasco affect whether you play its MMOs?

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Over the last couple of days, we've been covering the Daybreak scandal - specifically, how concerns over the impact of government sanctions on Daybreak's...

Daybreak update: Chief Publishing Officer Laura Naviaux has left the company

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Yesterday, Massively OP put together a piece on MMO company Daybreak Games Company and its corporate overlords, chronicling the US government's asset freeze of...

Daybreak says it has ‘no affiliation’ with Columbus Nova, the company it said bought it in 2015

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Note: We've updated this piece heavily at the end with Daybreak's statements and further links. A chain of business connections could have a real and...

The MOP Up: EverQuest II’s Fallen Gate moves forward (April 22, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

EverQuest activates XP bonus weekend as an apology

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Get ready to level your butts off, because EverQuest is tossing a surprise bonus weekend to players for this week's unexpected downtime. From now...

The Daily Grind: What keeps you logging into MMORPGs over a long period of time?

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Earlier this month, Pantheon's community team tweeted out a question that keeps coming back to me: "What motivates you to play an MMORPG for...

Massively Overthinking: What we really mean when we talk about ‘difficulty’ in MMORPGs

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Massively OP reader Steve wants us to revisit the Daily Grind on making death more meaningful without making it more annoying. His letter was long, so...

The Stream Team: The final days of EverQuest II’s Bristlebane festival

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It may not be the Highest of Silly Days, but Bristlebane is still going in EverQuest II. And that means plenty of silliness for...

The MOP Up: Crossout brings out the big raids (April 1, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Global Chat: RIFT Prime numbers

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RIFT's new Prime progression server certainly has recaptured or recruited many MMO bloggers to the game as of late, and it is all anyone...

EverQuesting: EverQuest II breaks into spring with Beast’r eggs and Bristlebane

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Spring has sprung! And for EverQuest II, that means a return of Beast'r Eggs and Bristlebane. Norrathians get to celebrate the season by immersing...

Battle Bards Episode 118: More starting zone themes

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What are your favorite memories of those first few days in a brand-new MMORPG? Chances are that those memories are inextricably connected to the...

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