Official Site:Â EverQuest II
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â November 9, 2004
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Ashes of Creation Lead Game Designer Jeffrey Bard leaves to pursue VR development
Out of all of the former SOE and Daybreak developers that have flocked to Intrepid Studios to work on Ashes of Creation, Jeffrey Bard...
Perfect Ten: MMO quests where you literally kill 10 rats
Webster's Dictionary describes "kill 10 rats" as "something nerds do, now shut up and read a few intelligent words." I think the editors are...
The Stream Team: Fast and fury-ous leveling in EverQuest II
Massively OP's MJ has been enjoying her Ratonga Inquisitor, but nothing ever compares to her Arasai Fury. So now she's returning to that little...
EG7 Q1 2021: The Daybreak MMOs are headed to the 4Game platform
The buyout of Daybreak by Swedish games company Enad Global 7 was one of the biggest MMO stories of 2020, and it's remained a...
EverQuest II has launched its new PvP time-locked progression server
Always an MMO that's up for experimenting with different server rulesets, EverQuest II has a brand-new offering that may excite the competitive players in...
The Game Archaeologist: Jumpgate and Jumpgate Evolution
Historically, space-bound MMORPGs have not had as easy of a go as their fantasy counterparts. For one thing, there are proportionally fewer of them...
Massively Overthinking: Is there an MMO you’d never be caught dead playing?
So today's Massively Overthinking question is entirely the fault of fanny packs. I don't care how hard retailers and fashion gurus push fanny packs...
The Stream Team: City festivals and assorted EverQuest II adventures
Massively OP's MJ is less than pleased with the bottleneck she's run into trying to work through Reign of Shadows' signature quests. Thankfully, there...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique experience mechanic in MMOs?
Bhagpuss over on MMO blog Inventory Full recently penned a piece about an experience mechanic in EverQuest II that I had completely forgotten existed:...
The Stream Team: Returning to EverQuest II’s Reign of Shadows
She never did beat that monstrous Morbigog the Pit Horror in EverQuest II's Chaos Caverns, but Massively OP's MJ does not feel like returning...
EverQuest II dives into the Plane of Shadows with this week’s content drop
The days may be getting longer, but that only means that the shadows are increasing in force. Yesterday, EverQuest II dared its players to...
EverQuest II’s producer talks up incoming events, TLE progression, the PvP server, and GU 117
Spring is slowly arriving to our hemisphere of the globe. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, pollen counts are rising, and the producer of...
The Stream Team: Blasting to the past through EverQuest II’s Chronoportals
Sure sure, there's still an expansion to play through in EQII, but how is Massively OP's MJ supposed to pull herself away from all...
EverQuest II’s PvP server eyes beta in early April, GU 117 beta starts March 17
The most recent Kander's Candor podcast, by Kander's own admission, was more of a general one for the most part as it brought along...
The Stream Team: Barrels of beer (and fun) in EverQuest II’s Brewday
Having already missed Erollisi Day, Massively OP's MJ is not going to miss out on EverQuest II's Brewday! Who knows how much beer her...
EverQuest II brings back Brewday with a new quest and new items
The adventurers of EverQuest II work hard, so if their preferred method of taking the edge off from all of that heroic work is...
The Stream Team: In the Thicket of It in EverQuest II
While walking on the dark side, Massively OP's MJ has been picking up a number of EQII quest items that all start some variation...
Battle Bards Episode 187: Sewers and swamps
Oh yeah, this is destined to be our most-downloaded show ever, because the Battle Bards are bringing the THRILLS of sewer systems and the...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG would’ve performed better had it launched in a different year?
I was chit-chatting with longtime MOP reader Bruno the other day when we starting yawing about RIFT and EverQuest II and which one was...
Valentine’s Day arrives in Skyforge, EverQuest II, GTAO, PlanetSide 2, and Runes of Magic
The Valentine's Day MMO events are piling up in our newsroom like all the candy wrappers piling up in our garbage... actually let's just...