everquest

Official Site: EverQuest
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: March 16, 1999
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Cash Shop, Optional Sub)
Platform: PC

Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?

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Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...

EverQuest’s 31st expansion, The Outer Brood, launches in December

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With EverQuest II's end-of-the-year expansion already in testing and ready for preorders, you had to figure that Classic EverQuest wouldn't be far behind, and...

EverQuest II opens preorders for its November Scars of Destruction expansion

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If there's one constant in the MMORPG genre, it's the comforting knowledge that the EverQuest franchise is going to pump out two expansions in...

Perfect Ten: The MMO races that nobody ever seems to choose

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Just because an MMORPG offers a wide array of character options doesn't mean that player interest will be equally divided among them. We've long...

EverQuest II announces its fall expansion, Scars of Destruction, launching in November

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The final stretch of the "Year of Darkpaw" is underway for EverQuest II, and Head of Studio Jenn Chan is here to talk all...

The MOP Up: EverQuest II levels up its Roehn Theer raid

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An old favorite raid of EverQuest II is about to get an upgrade for the Year of Darkpaw. Daybreak announced that the Celebration Avatar Challenge:...

The Daily Grind: Do you call your MMO characters toons, chars, alts, or something else?

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A few weeks back, the MMORPG sub erupted in a heated discussion about what to call, well, our characters. And it's a legit question...

EverQuest II’s GU 126, aka The Immeasurable Menagerie, is live

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OK, I learned something today: When Daybreak uses the word menagerie, it is not, in fact, the same as the nickname I give to...

Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs

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Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...

The MOP Up: Spellfarers lets you dabble in moon magic

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The recently launched magic life sim Spellfarers Update 0.511 arrived with "lots of fixes, including to cooking, a new stove for Ilo's kitchen, minor...

Beta testing for EverQuest II’s Immeasurable Menagerie has officially begun

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We dare you to not read the next game update for EverQuest II in a snooty British accent. It can't be done. And if...

EverQuest II dives into the Oceansfull Festival through August 21

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While many MMOs are taking advantage of the summer season to run beach-themed holiday events, EverQuest II is going one further -- and one...

EverQuest II GU 126 Immeasurable Menagerie hits open beta August 13

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EverQuest II's GU 126 update is hitting the beta test server next week, and while at first I wondered whether it was named after...

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO you wish had never been made?

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Before I dig into today's Daily Grind, I want to make clear that I don't seriously wish any MMOs had never been made, not...

The MOP Up: Perfect World’s co-CEOs tap out

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GamesIndustry is reporting that the two co-CEOs of Perfect World have been replaced as CEOs but remain as directors: "Perfect World CEO Xiao Hong...
Wow.

The Game Archaeologist: A look back at proto-MMOs through the 1980s

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Today I want to try something a little different as we look at MMORPG history. Rather than focus in on a single title or...

SDCC 2024: Daybreak unveils LOTRO’s Legacy of Morgoth and DCUO’s Harley Quinn vs. Apokolips

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This past Friday was a pretty big one for fans of Daybreak Games' staple of MMORPGs, as several members of the various sub-studios under...

Perfect Ten: 10 times MMOs appeared in TV and movies

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It's always surreal when real MMOs cross the divide between niche and mainstream to be referenced in television and films. Depending on how you...
I got spurs.

EverQuest II introduces the Norrathian Armory for sharing valuable items across your whole account

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Is there anything worse than getting a really cool item on one character in your roster only to realize that you have to repeat...

MMO studio Daybreak is named 2023 Extra Life Partner of the Year, posts 2024 fundraising plans

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Daybreak's charity work has paid off: This week, Extra Life and Children's Miracle Network named Daybreak Games its Extra Life Partner of the Year...

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