Official Site: EverQuest II
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: November 9, 2004
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Massively Overthinking: MMO cash shop confessions
Do you ever pick up a drink absentmindedly, thinking it's going to be something, but it's actually something totally different that you hate? You...
Console LOTRO and DCUO’s huge playerbase: Everything we just learned about Daybreak thanks to EG7
MMO twitter has been ablaze since yesterday's announcement that Daybreak is being bought up in its entirety by Swedish games company Enad Global 7,...
LOTRO, DDO, EverQuest, DCUO, and PlanetSide 2 studio heads reassure players about Daybreak sale
Following yesterday's revelation that Daybreak has been sold to Swedish company Enad Global 7 for $300M, the bosses at Daybreak's substudio have all now...
The Stream Team: EverQuest II’s Ruins of Ssraeshza
Shadow veins of dark power appear to converge in the ruins of an EQII shissar temple on Luclin, and Massively OP's MJ needs to...
The MOP Up: Shadow Arena pings instead of pongs
Pearl Abyss' Shadow Arena got a lot more friendly this past month thanks to an improved ping system and the addition of login rewards.
"The...
Massively Overthinking: No-thank-you bites in MMO gaming
One of the things I always try to have my kids do is take a no-thank-you bite of new foods. They have to at...
The Stream Team: Cruising to complete EverQuest II’s Blood of Luclin
Massively OP's MJ anticipates that the Reign of Shadows expansion will launch sometime next month, so she wants to finish the Blood of Luclin...
EverQuest II wrangles with login issues for nearly a week, extends Heroes’ Festival to November 19
If you're an EverQuest II player, then you've likely been having a rough time logging in to the game over the last week. A...
Global Chat: Don’t look, but Fallout 76 is actually good now
Even the most jaded opponent of Fallout 76 has to admit that Bethesda has been making progress in bringing the online RPG up to...
EverQuesting: A sweet sixteen EverQuest II anniversary retrospective
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen! If you think I've waited 16 years to be able to sing that to EverQuest II, well, you aren't wrong....
EverQuest II opens up pre-orders and beta for the Reign of Shadows expansion
The time for EverQuest II players to see each other on the dark side of the moon is night. Reign of Shadows, the latest...
The Stream Team: Celebrating EverQuest II’s sweet sixteen
The Heroes Festival is in full swing in honor of EverQuest II's 16th birthday, and Massively OP's MJ is going to enjoy a bit...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of EverQuest’s MIDI soundtrack
I've always felt that MIDI tunes were to computers what chiptunes were to 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. Before storage media expanded and technology increased...
EverQuest II celebrates its 16th anniversary with Heroes’ Fest 2020
A very happy birthday to EverQuest II, which is celebrating 16 years of live operation this month! But the MMO doesn't need us to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best playable cat race?
Despite the very real evidence that a feline lurks somewhere in my home, I am not what you would call a cat person. I...
The Stream Team: Helping open Haven Bound, EverQuest II’s prelude event
We have an expansion incoming! Repeat: We have an expansion incoming! And that means Massively OP's MJ needs to get on the ball and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 295: Reveals and roadmaps
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW Classic and Shadowlands, Blizzard's Q3, The Wagadu Chronicles, EverQuest II, and Elyon, with a Daily Grind Blitz and a pair of mailbag voicemails on starting out in WoW and subbing to MMOs.
EverQuest II’s newly announced Reign of Shadows expansion offers playable Vah Shir, huge AA revamp
It was only a matter of time until Daybreak announced its yearly EverQuest II expansion, and this week it's happened. EverQuest II: Reign of...
The Daily Grind: If a different studio could remake your favorite MMO, which one would you pick?
MOP reader Bruno recently tweeted me a topic so great I begged him to let me pitch it to all of you. He was...
The MOP Up: Soulworker fulfills your greatest desire
Soulworker Online delighted fans with a huge content update this past week that added something called "Desire Workers" and "SinForce."
We'll let the game explain:...
