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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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.
Pantheon explains acclimation and recaps the Monk class in May’s newsletter
Indie MMO Pantheon's latest newsletter recaps the past month, so if you're paying plenty of attention to the game, you've already seen the featured Monk...
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...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would you include among the greatest RPGs of all time?
Massively OP reader Francois recently pointed us to IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time, which we thought was worth a nod since unlike...
One Shots: Through the portal?
The other day, Bree was complaining about how so many screenshots from modern MMORPGs suffer from a bland and monochrome palette. Coming to the...
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 ...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?
Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...
KingsIsle seeks support to get EverClicker on Steam; Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be next
First there was EverQuest. Then there was Ever, Jane. Now there's EverClicker. This sort of trend could go on (wait for it) forever.
KingsIsle, the studio...
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...
EverQuest launches an expansion-locked progression server on May 24
The next EverQuest progression server is on its way on May 24th, but it's a little different than previous progression servers because this one...
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...
Leaderboard: Are you sick of MMORPG quests?
When World of Warcraft was in beta and I first gave it a go, I remember being absolutely captivated by questing. It wasn't as...
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...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most boring MMORPG around?
I've mentioned in a previous Daily Grind that I once fell asleep in the middle of an incredibly boring raid in EverQuest. It wasn't...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top six favorite MMO music themes
After over a month of voting and counting down, we've arrived at the final six picks for your favorite MMORPG theme songs of all...
The Daily Grind: How important are player economies to MMORPGs?
One of the more alarming trends in MMORPGs from the past few years, to me anyway, is the weakening of in-game economic systems, and not...
The Game Archaeologist: Rubies of Eventide
I can't say that Rubies of Eventide has been on my radar, like, ever. And yet practically every time I've asked for suggestions of...
