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

The Survivalist: When survival sandboxes are more MMO than actual MMORPGs

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Ever since Life is Feudal announced at the end of last month its dedication to developing a deep roleplay-focused server, I haven't been able...

EverQuest reworks progression server rules while EverQuest II’s new servers are weeks away

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EverQuest fans, mark your calendars for March 16th. The 20th anniversary date of the first title in this franchise will see four specialty server...

The Daily Grind: So how worried are you about Guild Wars 2?

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Last night's devastating news that NCsoft was forcing Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet to make major layoffs definitely shook me, even more than the...

The Game Archaeologist: Terra, SubSpace, and Sovereign

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In the MMO industry, science fiction has always taken the role of the overlooked little brother to big sister fantasy's popularity. Sure, there have...
We're here! We're... that's it, actually.

Vague Patch Notes: On play conditioning and the lecture of experience in MMOs

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Yes, it's another week in which we talk about abstract concepts that underpin the way we play video games, this time inspired by a...

EverQuest’s new progression servers are coming next month amid heavy player criticism

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When March 16th rolls around this year, it will be important for two reasons. The first is that this date will mark the 20th...
DIVE

Global Chat: Anthem makes first contact with gamers

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The game on everyone's mind this month definitely has to be BioWare's Anthem. The studio's first new IP in a long time is a...

More MMO Valentine’s Day events: Black Desert, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, MapleStory 2, Revelation Online, and Wizard101

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Hearts and chocolates and flowers continue to invade MMOs all around us. Bree here, reporting from the front lines of the invasion. Here are...
My God, it's full of nonsense.

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO newbie experience that you powered through anyway?

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Earlier this week, Justin mentioned that he was toying around in classic EverQuest, and he said he was playing through the tutorial. That surprised...
This is... better?

EverQuest looks for player stories for its anniversary

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The memories that have been forged in EverQuest are numerous, due in no small part to just how long the game has been running. For...

Perfect Ten: Hit franchises that were almost made into MMORPGs

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For my money, there are few more tantalizing and agonizing thoughts than the great "What Ifs?" of the MMO genre. What if one title...

Daybreak delayed EverQuest II’s new free-for-all PvP server, Nagafen [Update: It’s up now!]

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Daybreak surprised the EverQuest II community last week by announcing it was resurrecting the sunsetted Nagafen server as a free-for-all PvP seasonal server that...
I'm a legend!

More MMO Valentine’s Day events in Warframe, Blade & Soul, and EverQuest

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The day of cute pink hearts and sappy sentiments will soon be upon us, which means it's invading our MMORPGs too. In classic EverQuest, Daybreak...

EverQuest II rejuvenates PvP with a new seasonal server

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Can PvP spark the fires of excitement for EverQuest II's community? Daybreak is hoping so, as the studio is bringing back the Nagafen server...

The Stream Team: Let’s talk EverQuest II and the new fan convention

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Massively OP's MJ has been hoping for a long while that Daybreak would return to hosting a fan convention. SOE Live has been dead...
Here we are again, and still, and always.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 206: This is our Anthem

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Justin and Bree discuss MMO character creation systems, the Anthem demo mess, Ragnarok 2's abrupt development end, WoW's new raid, Daybreak's EverQuest franchise plans, Last Oasis, and Fallout 76, with mailbag questions on needlessly complicated MMOs and subs for maintenance mode games.
And all of the art design is still done on lined notebook paper.

EverQuest II announces anniversary events and new ‘old-school PvP’ event server

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Venerable poster child of the MMO genre EverQuest is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and it just recently announced a cavalcade of events...
We're here! We're... that's it, actually.

EverQuest producer teases 20th anniversary events and the resurrection of Fan Faire

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Daybreak just had a tough year, but EverQuest is focusing ahead on 2019. This March, the game turns 20 years old, and Holly Longdale's...

Perfect Ten: The worst MMORPG expansions of all time

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A great MMO expansion brings so much to the table: fresh excitement for a game, new classes, innovative features, expanded vistas, additional races, and...

The Daily Grind: What’s your core problem with mobile MMOs, and is it fixable?

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Droid Gamers put out an interesting piece this weekend that to me illuminates how the ongoing conversation about mobile MMOs go south. Author Ash...

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