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EverQuest II’s level-agnostic progression server, Kael Drakkel, is open for play
EverQuest II's latest "lore and legend" progression server, Kael Drakkel, is live as of this week for subbers. First announced a month ago, the...
EverQuest activates its 64-bit client while EverQuest II tests Lore and Legend server
No matter where you look in the EverQuest world these days, something huge is happening.
Daybreak announced that the OG Norrath just got its long-promised...
The Daily Grind: Do you still want to play an EverQuest III?
Earlier this winter, Daybreak dropped a ton of details about what to expect from EverQuest and EverQuest II over the course of 2022. What...
EverQuest and EverQuest II find true love with their Valentine events
Erollisi Day is sweeping over the lands of Norrath, and both games in the EverQuest franchise are celebrating the "power of love" -- and...
Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression
While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...
EverQuest’s 64-bit servers and clients are coming next week
It's time, finally, for EverQuest to level up.
Daybreak announced that the long-running MMORPG will receive a major upgrade next week, as the studio plans...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO resources regenerate too quickly these days?
You may have to bear with me on this one, but lately I've started to suspect that the pendulum of MMO development has swung...
The Stream Team: Vampire secrets in EverQuest II’s Visions of Vetrovia
While performing cleansing rituals and burning incense for Oracle Priti, Massively OP's MJ discovered vampires are involved with the problems plaguing the new lands...
Perfect Ten: Genuinely fun MMO minigames
Few people are without opinions on minigames in MMOs. Some love 'em, some hate 'em, and some just ignore 'em. Some even despise that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 357: Microsoft swallows Blizzard whole
Justin and Bree discuss the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout, the EverQuest franchise roadmaps, Nightingale's ex-MMO status, Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, and the Riot MMO, with adventures in LOTRO and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on Blizzard and games made for streaming.
EverQuest will take apps for its returning community council this week
One of the roadmap items EverQuest promised in 2022 was the return of the Community Resource Council, and now after some time was taken...
EverQuest II’s Kael Drakkel alt ruleset server is level agnostic, launching February 22
One of the near-future releases teased in EverQuest II's roadmap earlier this week was the promise of a new alternate ruleset server. As of...
EverQuest II plots GU 199, GU 120, and a December expansion for 2022
Classic EverQuest wasn't the only Daybreak game to get a roadmap yesterday: EverQuest II's roadmap for 2022 is just as rare and just as...
Classic EverQuest’s 2022 roadmap includes an expansion, community council, and new progression servers
It might be hard to believe, but Classic EverQuest is still among Daybreak's biggest games, and it's turning 23 years old in just a...
The Stream Team: Undead Pygmie payback in EverQuest II
As Massively OP's MJ worked through the signature questline In EQII's Visions of Vetrovia, she came across a village of undead Pygmies. Unfortunately, that...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2022?
It's time for another annual tradition: examining Daybreak's prospects. We started back in 2015, when Sony cast off SOE and it was reshaped as...
The Stream Team: Starting the signature timeline in EQII’s Visions of Vetrovia
You can lead a Ratonga to Centaurs, but you can't make them speak! Massively OP's MJ has traveled to EQII's new area introduced with...
EverQuest II is merging its Rivervale heroic server in January
If you're an EverQuest II player with a character on the Rivervale server, it's time to start packing your bags. Daybreak and Darkpaw announced...
Global Chat: How do you deal with FOMO in MMOs?
FOMO -- or the fear of missing out -- is quite prevalent in the MMO gaming community. It's hard to resist that siren's song...
The Stream Team: Deepice differences in this year’s EverQuest II Frostfell
Frostfell is different this year! The questline starting off EQII's major holiday event for the past few years is gone! What has taken its...
