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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EverQuest II creates a new type of progression server
EverQuest II is no stranger to Daybreak's penchant for creating and operating progression servers. But after all of these years, is there a way...
The MOP Up: EVE Valkyrie lowers its price point (June 11, 2017)
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...
Ashes of Creation hires five new team members, shows off snowy environments
As Ashes of Creation takes aim at the $3M line for its Kickstarter campaign, Intrepid Studios announced that it has made several significant hires...
The Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry
When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you think are just too late to start playing?
I've been playing a lot of Ultima Online the past few weeks, but so many times I'll be doing something that is objectively tedious...
Massively Overthinking: Disentangling MMO classes and races
Last week, a guildie of mine mentioned that he'd been interested in Crowfall until he realized he couldn't be a gerbil (Guineacean) of the...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s Proving Grounds prove to be a tad frustrating
Prove it.
EverQuest II recently introduced a new feature with the release of GU103 back on May 10th called the Proving Grounds. That place is...
The Stream Team: EverQuest II’s pirate-filled Proving Grounds
Last week Daybreak pulled a switcheroo (or more accurately, didn't switch!), keeping the Felwith map in EQII's new Proving Grounds instead of changing. But...
PSA: Today’s the last day to get a freebie level 100 toon in EverQuest II
If you haven't hopped back into EverQuest II since the launch of The Menagerie update earlier this month, you might want to do it...
MMO devs eulogize EverQuest II developer John Tessin
We're sorry to report this evening the passing of an MMORPG genre veteran, John Tessin, who worked for SOE for 13 years, most extensively on EverQuest...
The Stream Team: A peek into EverQuest II’s Proving Grounds
EverQuest II just opened up a new type of content to players: the Proving Grounds. Each week for two weeks there's a new competition...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
EverQuest II’s The Menagerie launches, free level 100 boosts bestowed
If you've wanted to get back into EverQuest II but felt overwhelmed by how far behind the curve you'd be, it's your lucky fortnight! Now...
EverQuest II delays The Menagerie, grants 3X experience all weekend
EverQuest II players know the game suffered some unanticipated and lengthy downtime this week. Daybreak says it was dealing with "technical issues with ...
EverQuest II outlines upcoming familiars, cooperative competitions, and a level boost in the near future
Are you cooperative or competitive in EverQuest II? Do you like to work with others or work against them? The good news is that...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II wins big with Beast’r Egg event
Did you participate in EverQuest II's Beast'r Egg hunt live event this past week? If not, I'm sorry to say you missed your chance;...
EverQuest II fixes accidental nerf to auto-attack damage
A small patch that's going out to EverQuest II's servers today is correcting one slight issue that players have had on the time-locked expansion...
The Stream Team: Beast’r egg hunting in EverQuest II
Today is the second-to-last day to hunt beast'r eggs in EverQuest II, and Massively OP's MJ really wants one of these cute little cosmetic...
The Game Archaeologist: SOE’s The Agency
The graveyard of Sony Online Entertainment and Daybreak Game Company is certainly full enough to be considered a threat if there was ever a...
Massively OP’s spring and Easter MMORPG event roundup
Bunnies and eggs! Flowers and grass! Lots and lots of chocolate as we hoard every Cadbury thing we can find! (Or maybe that's just...
