Official Site:Â EverQuest
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â March 16, 1999
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Cash Shop, Optional Sub)
Platform: PC
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EverQuest II’s Oceansfull Festival returns with a new dungeon as the Summer Jubilee nears its end
The summer season of EverQuest II is almost over as the Summer Jubilee that started with Tinkerfest in June is now ending with the...
EverQuest II’s Myths and Monoliths is live with the Fabled Veeshan’s Peak raid
The Myths and Monoliths patch has finally arrived to EverQuest II's live servers as of yesterday afternoon, bringing with it the fabled versions of...
The Game Archaeologist: That time when EverQuest let you play as the monsters
It's a near-given that in every MMORPG, players assume the roles of heroes who are sent out to vanquish the evil, dark, or at...
Massively Overthinking: Is old-school MMO dungeon-camping ever coming back?
A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...
EverQuest II opens up Myths and Monoliths update on the test server for players
Remember when it felt like every single tabletop roleplaying game had a name with an ampersand? You had Dungeons & Dragons, but also Chivalry...
EverQuest completes server merge, plans beta for 29th expansion in October
Hot on the heels of EverQuest II's producer letter, Darkpaw Head of Studio Jenn Chan is back with one for EverQuest II's elder sibling....
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
EverQuest II’s producer letter lays out plans for the game’s next major update, Myths and Monoliths
Here comes the testing phase for EverQuest II's upcoming Myths and Monoliths patch some time this month; the game's latest producer letter promises that...
The Game Archaeologist: The origins of Blizzard, Mythic, Funcom, SOE, and BioWare
A good origin story always captivates me, especially when it gives me a new perspective on something I've come to appreciate over the years....
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest time period you’ve ever subbed to a single MMO?
This question is a bit biased toward the subscription era of MMOs, but I think it still has some relevance given just how many...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 380: A TERAble way to go
Justin and Bree discuss TERA's sunset, Secret World's maintenance mode, Red Dead Online's maintenance mode, Heroes of the Storm's maintenance mode, Skull and Bones' November launch, Elder Scrolls Online's Lost Depths DLC, EverQuest II's prison server, Blizzard's Proletariat buyout, WoW's crafting overhaul, and the return of BlizzCon in 2023, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag lightning round.
Monsters & Memories shares a gamplay preview trailer and development progress for July
Are you curious about the EverQuest-like Monsters & Memories but still want to actually see the game in action? While there have been video...
The Daily Grind: What unlaunched and canceled MMO do you wish could be revived?
It's not uncommon to ask MMO players which sunsetted MMO they'd like to see returned to life. That's not the game we're playing in...
Battle Bards Episode 214: Thieves and rogues
You may never see them coming, but when the Battle Bards strike out of the shadows, you’ll either find your pocket picked, your fluffy...
LOTRO Legendarium: Evaluating Lord of the Rings Online’s legendary servers, four years later
When Lord of the Rings Online released its first -- and, quickly thereafter, its second -- legendary server back in 2018, it was one...
EverQuest II unceremoniously wipes its ‘prison server’ and permabans every account
Hey, did you know that EverQuest II once had a prison server? It was called Drunder, and since 2015 it was the place that...
EverQuest II officially launches its 64-bit servers and client
The slow, inexorable march of technological advancement has once again forced an old game to adapt to more current requirements. Yesterday saw EverQuest II...
EverQuest begins the brand-new Scorched Sky Celebration
Darn it, EverQuest, if there were ever a time when you could get away with intentional misspelling it would have been now. This could...
These are the online gaming companies supporting reproductive choice and healthcare for workers
When news of the impending overturn of Roe v. Wade in the United first leaked in early May, so few games companies spoke up...
Massively Overthinking: The second big five MMOs
So here in the MMORPG genre, we've been working under the assumption for the last few years that the "big five" MMOs that dominate...
