Everquest

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The Original EverQuest Goes Free-to-Play For Its 13th Birthday

6:30AM January 31, 2012 | Mike Fahey

After more than a decade of dedicated fans paying a monthly fee to adventure in the lands of Norrath, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game that got the MMORPG ball rolling back in 1999 is going free-to-play come March. More »


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Everquest II Sees A 300% Surge In New Players After Going Free-to-Play

3:45AM January 12, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

In video game years, Everquest II‘s like the great grandpa to newer MMOs like The Old Republic or Rift. Launched in 2004, it’s got a faithful community that’s still questing around on its servers but the game’s days of accruing new players month after month seems to have ended a while back. More »


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The Is The Very Best Reason To Go Back To EverQuest II

5:20AM December 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

EverQuest II ushers in a new age of player-created content with its new Dungeon Maker system, a ridiculously easy and entertaining way to amaze and kill your friends. More »


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A Final Warning To Cheaters

9:40AM December 7, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

MMORPG EverQuest, which launched in 1999, is plagued with cheaters. Sony Online Entertainment is fed up. So you better watch out, cheaters! More »


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This Is The Most Evil EverQuest II’s Freeport Has Looked In Years

10:20AM November 22, 2011 | Mike Fahey

From the generic fantasy city of the original EverQuest to the grungy spires of EverQuest 2, the city of Freeport has never quite captured the spirit of being the home to everything evil on Norrath. Until now, that is. More »


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EverQuest II Fully Commits To Free-To-Play

8:40AM November 11, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Last year EverQuest II dipped its toes in free-to-play waters splitting its services into two separate games: the regular EverQuest II and the limited free-to-play EverQuest II Extended. Next month the game puts that silliness behind it and dives in head-first. More »


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It’s A Massively Multiplayer Online Halloween Spooktacular

6:00AM November 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With fewer and fewer children donning costumes and hitting the streets every year to celebrate all things sweet and spooky, the Halloween tradition is alive and well in the virtual worlds of today’s massively multiplayer online games. More »


In Real Life

Game Developers’ Choice Online Awards Honor Rift, Minecraft, And Everquest

11:30AM October 13, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

Tonight at the second annual Game Developers’ Choice Online Awards in Austin, the GDC honored the best in online gaming. Three Rings Design’s won Best Online Game Design with their charming MMO Spiral Knights. KingsIsle Entertainment’s Wizard 101 won the Audience Award, and Minecraft won both of the categories in which it was nominated, Best Community Management and Best Live Game. More »


News

Playing Everything Sony Online Entertainment Has To Offer Just Got Cheaper

3:40AM June 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With the impending demise of Star Wars Galaxies and perhaps the dawning realisation that the best games it has to offer are free-to-play, Sony Online Entertainment ditches the Station Pass in favour of SOE All Access, allowing players to access nine online games starting at $US19.99 a month. More »


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Sony Online Entertainment Finalises Post-Crash Prize Patrol Plans

9:30AM May 14, 2011 | Owen Good

As the custodians of games that are completely unplayable during Sony’s massive network outage, Sony Online Entertainment has an especially tough job winning back MMO players who have sat idle for 22 days and counting. SOE has now posted its full list of goodies for subscribers to nine MMOs; free subscription time, in-game content and special XP events are all planned. More »