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 Stream Team: EverQuest II’s flight of the Fury

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While MassivelyOP's MJ and crew have been spending time working through Heritage Quests, the rat has gotten all of the attention; MJ's Fury has...
Yes, this assuages my nervousness, you bet.

Daybreak exec on early access, e-sports, VR, EverQuest Next, and the future of EverQuest

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GamesIndustry.biz has published a lengthy interview with Daybreak chief publishing officer Laura Naviaux Sturr on the evolution of the MMORPG studio over the last year....
How am I supposed to remember you if you won't let me forget?

PAX East 2016: Brad McQuaid on Pantheon’s startup, development focus, and old-school nature

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The development history of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen could be generously described as "checkered." The title went through several forms of failed crowdfunding...

Massively Overthinking: The ‘next’ EverQuest

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Patreon donor Roger, who fully admits he still has EverQuest Next on the brain. "Since we won't...

EverQuest II sends its members on a tricky treasure hunt

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Feeling the itch to open some treasure chests and help yourself to some shiny booty? Not so fast there, EverQuest II player! You've got...

EverQuesting: Daybreak is on the right side of the MMORPG legacy server debate

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WoW is stupid. Yes, I said it. World of Warcraft is dumb. More accurately, I should say Blizzard is stupid. The reason? Its stance...
But think of all the experience someone else is going to get!

EverQuest II introduces Experience Vials with its next major update

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We all have a friend or two in MMOs that's a really good player but really lousy at actually leveling. Some people just don't...

Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party

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Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...

One Shots: Farming at dawn

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You people and your Black Desert fetish! Yes, the game is drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, it's the new hotness. Yes, you like sending in screenshots...

Massively Overthinking: Grouping, kill-stealing, and open PvP in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic arrived in our inboxes from longtime reader Leiloni. It's a timely one all about newly launched Tree of Savior -- and...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with huge class rosters

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After talking with Mark Jacobs the other week about the difficulty of balancing Camelot Unchained's 30 classes, it got my mind thinking of MMOs...
Always more orcs after all.

EverQuest II shows off the upcoming Scourge Keep raid

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Back in the day in EverQuest II, Deathfist Citadel was the home of the Deathfist orc clan, and players went ahead and stormed the...

One Shots: You are cleared for approach

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My call the other week for aerial shots triggered a cascade of submissions. You people really like your heights and flights! So I have...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG classes

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Nostalgia has me this week: I've been thinking a lot about some of my all-time favorite MMORPG characters, some of whom I can't physically play anymore...

After canning EverQuest Next, Daybreak is hiring for new title

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Daybreak: LF15M. Is Daybreak dying? Maybe not, at least in light of a recent jobs posting that would see the studio grow from its current...

Global Chat: Why bloggers aren’t worried about the future of MMOs

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The future of MMOs weighs heavily on some minds in the community, but contrary to some Chicken Littles out there, the sky is not...

The Daily Grind: What do you think are Revival’s chances of… revival?

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Last week's news that Revival's development has been indefinitely suspended was a pretty big downer for MMO players already bummed over EverQuest Next's cancellation....

MMO Mechanics: MMORPG expansions vs. sequels

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The recent news about EverQuest Next's cancellation has renewed the debate about whether or not MMOs should get sequels, which have given me plenty...
H1Z1

Daybreak appoints former EA and Zynga exec as new Senior VP of Games

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MMO studio Daybreak has a new Senior VP of Games. Gamesindustry.biz reports that Larry LaPierre, a 14-year veteran of Electronic Arts and former general manager...

Perfect Ten: Most notable console MMORPGs to date

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It used to be that hunting for a console MMORPG was one of the most fruitless endeavors known to gamers. The PC was where...

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