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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Working As Intended: Decorating MMORPG houses in SWG Legends and beyond
I've been mulling over how to do a piece about MMO housing for a while now, spurred on by colleagues and readers who've said...
Perfect Ten: More time traveling adventures in MMOs
Writers and geeks alike can't seem to get enough of time travel -- and neither can I! Back in 2017, I wrote a list of...
Camelot Unchained addresses staffing changes and the latest state of the game
This week, we learned that Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment has seen a minor staffing shuffle, as four of the studio's engineers moved...
The Stream Team: EverQuest II demands yet another instance sacrifice to the signature quest lords
Massively OP's MJ was so happy to make it through the Sanctus Seru dungeon in the middle of EQII's Blood of Luclin signature quest...
Global Chat: Too many shipwrecks in MMOs
In the vast annals of MMO tropes, there's one that has been in front of you all along and you've probably never noticed: shipwrecking...
Massively Overthinking: Does playing MMORPGs ever stress you out?
"Anyone ever feel stressed out about playing MMOs?" MOP's Carlo queried our team this week. "This new Black Desert season is stressing me out...
EverQuest II starts the Rise of Kunark on the TLE server, Familiar Season 7, and the Scorched Sky event
While the update was a day late from its original announcement, the fact remains that EverQuest II has seen a fresh new update that...
EverQuest II announces Scorched Sky and Familiar Season 7, EverQuest’s Aradune server expands its population
Let's have a look at what's going on in Norrath, shall we? We'll start off with EverQuest II, which is lauding its next update...
Vague Patch Notes: Have we ever really had an MMO sequel?
In the wake of Justin's recent column on whether or not MMO sequels are a good idea, MOP reader Bobfish had an interesting question...
The Stream Team: Storming EverQuest II’s Sanctus Seru
During her last Luclin adventures in EQII, Massively OP's MJ got stuck in the Sanctus Seru solo story dungeon. She can't continue with the...
EverQuest’s Jen Chan apologizes for ongoing issues, compensates players
Apparently it's been a rough scene in both EverQuest games over the past few months. And this isn't coming from our readers; Darkpaw's Jen...
EverQuest runs into some fresh server problems overnight, EverQuest II releases new podcast
The server-related headaches for EverQuest just keep coming. Hot off of the heels of last week's extended maintenance, the classic MMORPG's servers found new...
Battle Bards Episode 169: Wild Things
Do you ever walk on the wild side in MMOs? Do you have a penchant for beastly races that aren’t merely reskinned humans? Then...
EverQuest begins server merges, EverQuest II tweaks challenge raids in latest updates
It's update time for both EverQuest and EverQuest II! Both games are undergoing maintenance this morning in order to apply updates and merge servers...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s Blood of Luclin offers an aggravating lesson on gated MMO content
To the moon, Alice! Well, I may not be Alice, but I did go straight to the moon. EverQuest II's Blood of Luclin expansion...
The Game Archaeologist: The rise and fall of Landmark and EverQuest Next
The year was 2013. Sony Online Entertainment was still a functioning and seemingly robust MMORPG studio, and its yearly SOE Live convention was a...
Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play
When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...
The Stream Team: Learning the story of EverQuest II’s Luclin
For weeks Massively OP's MJ has been denied her showdown, so this week she will just focus on EverQuest II's Blood of Luclin signature...
EverQuest, EverQuest II devs talk up expansions, TLE set bonuses, and server merges
The developers of EverQuest and EverQuest II are a pretty chatty bunch, it seems. For one thing, you've got the latest episode of Kander's...
The MOP Up: Twin Saga blossoms into spring
Spring has blossomed in Twin Saga, with the huge Update 25 bringing a new Senshi quest, the Trade Fjord and Fairy Valley zones, the...