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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EverQuesting: Digging into EverQuest’s 18th birthday and chatting with Daybreak
Holy smokes! EverQuest is old enough to vote! The world of Norrath just turned 18 years old on March 16th. In the US, that...
The Stream Team: EverQuest’s anniversary Pub Crawl
Last time, Massively OP's MJ had to cut her EverQuest anniversary bar-hopping short when she didn't have the right booze. Luckily, the anniversary events...
The Game Archaeologist: How DikuMUD shaped modern MMOs
Even though there are hundreds and thousands of MMOs spanning several decades, only a small handful were so incredibly influential that they changed the...
Perfect Ten: Memories of an Anarchy Online noob
My initial foray into MMORPGs was, to put it nicely, quite ungraceful. I wasn't even aware that they were a thing until about the...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #18-13
Last week we were off to a great start as we listened to the first batch of player-voted favorite MMO themes. As I said...
The Stream Team: Hopping back into EverQuest II Heritage Quests
EverQuest II-sday is back! As if Massively OP's MJ could ever stay away. She's back in Norrath to continue with her mission to complete...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 109: We are all Dragonborn
Justin and Bree discuss our PAX awards, Guild Wars 2, Wizard101, WoW, LOTRO, DDO, The Repopulation, EverQuest, Eternal Crusade, and Pathfinder, with mailbag questions on Funcom's mystery game and Landmark-like sandboxes.
Remembering EverQuest Next
Is it too soon -- or perhaps too pointless -- to wool-gather about EverQuest Next? After all, that MMO project is deader than dead,...
The Stream Team: EverQuest celebrates 18 years!
Last night's stream was aborted thanks to Twitch's issues, so we're giving it another go tonight at 9 p.m. EDT!
It's happened: EverQuest has left...
EverQuest turns 18 years old, throws birthday bash with free heroic characters for everyone
One of the most famous and longest-lived MMORPGs is celebrating its 18th birthday today. Back on this date in 1999, EverQuest released to a...
Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark
Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...
The Daily Grind: How often do you play outside your comfort zone in MMORPGs?
During the first couple of years I played MMORPGs, I was a pretty timid gamer in terms of my comfort zone for actual content. It...
EverQuest II activates 14 expert dungeons and raids
EverQuest II is pouring a dollop of danger in the cups of its players this week, thanks to the activation of expert modes for...
EverQuesting: The Domino effect on Daybreak and EverQuest II
Yup, it's true. It was a sad day when Emily Taylor confirmed that she was indeed leaving Daybreak. When John Smedley's tweet popped up...
Crucible gets Westwood co-founder as its new boss
Hands up: Any Massively OP readers play the crap out of Command & Conquer back in the day? In the '90s, Westwood Studios was...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best religious system?
Not every MMO includes deities, religions, and faith in their universes, but some do to varying degrees. I've seen games that weave such institutions...
EverQuest II kicks off a Brewday celebration
Is the world of Norrath awash in problems in EverQuest II? Do you see destruction and demise at all corners with no obvious solutions?...
Devs and players say farewell to Landmark and the last remnants of EverQuest Next
Landmark's servers blinked off for the very last time last night, with our own EverQuest franchise columnist MJ Guthrie there to stream the end. The...
The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?
As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
