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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Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2019?
Way back in 2015, not long after the SOE game purge and Daybreak transition that laid off a huge number of developers, we began...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018
Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...
The Game Archaeologist: Project Copernicus
In the end, one of the biggest shames of the whole 38 Studios fiasco is that the MMORPG it was creating and the people...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2019
This week, for our first Massively Overthinking of 2019, I’ve asked the Massively OP writers to share their gaming resolutions or their basic MMO goals for the year. Won't you join us?
Daybreak found another 6000 $300 lifetime subs to sell, somehow
A week before Christmas, Daybreak announced that it was selling a $300 lifetime sub for its current stable of MMORPGs: a new version of...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0
While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...
Battle Bards Episode 134: Halloween and Christmas
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! And, er, Halloween! Well, the Battle Bards were never much for subtlety, so you must excuse...
EverQuesting: Why I’m hesitant to jump on Daybreak’s lifetime membership deal bandwagon
Well there's something I wasn't expecting, and I admit it: I am not really sure what to think about it. Daybreak just jumped on...
Daybreak’s $300 all-in-one package is halfway sold out
It looks like Daybreak has hit upon a winning formula to make a quick buck: sell everything at a high price and make it...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value going into 2019
Here we go, here we go, here we go again. This one is always an interesting column to write because there's a certain amount...
Daybreak’s offering a $300 lifetime sub for its stable of MMOs, and it’ll probably sell out
You had to figure Daybreak was gearing up for some sort of big sub thing, what with SSG doing it for LOTRO and DDO...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 201: Under siege from new content
Justin and Bree discuss holiday events across the MMO world, PlanetSide Arena, SWTOR's Jedi Under Siege, Elite Dangerous, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Pantheon, with mailbag questions on MMO-like communities and ditching MMO quests.
Ultima Online’s Raph Koster says Fortnite is more like an MMO than we might think
It's like people are discovering MMOs all over again.
Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies creator Raph Koster recently expressed amusement at the culture and...
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s 2018 review
It was the best of years, it was the worst of years for Lord of the Rings Online -- but no matter what, it...
Daybreak’s new game is PlanetSide Arena, and yes, it’s a battle royale
Earlier this week, Daybreak began sending emails to players and former players teasing a new game being worked on within the studio's walls and...
Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
The Stream Team: Chasing presents in EverQuest II’s new Frostfell quest
During her last stream, Massively OP's MJ was so disappointed that there were no new quests for EverQuest II's Frostfell. However, Daybreak finally put...
EverQuest: The Burning Lands has launched
Well, it's time for another EverQuest expansion, go have fun. Yes, perhaps we don't sound very excited here, but that's not because of lack of...
The MOP Up: TERA’s Valkyrie goes to console while Vainglory comes to PC
No matter what platform you're on, there's good stuff coming your way! TERA's Valkyrie update is finally making the jump to Xbox One and...
The Game Archaeologist: Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2
At the end of June 2014, dozens of online worlds flickered and vanished with the flip of a switch. It was a online apocalypse...
