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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EverQuest doesn’t have a drinking problem – it has Brew Day!
Poor March, you really don't get the best of annual holidays, do you? The best that we can seem to do is slather you...
EverQuest II’s Chronoportal Phenomenon event lets you time travel to the past
To mark and celebrate the 26th anniversary of the original EverQuest, its descendant is hosting the Chronoportal Phenomenon event this month once more. EverQuest II's time...
Massively Overthinking: What should MMO corpse runs look like in 2025?
A couple of years ago - yeah, I save weird things in my "ideas bin" folder - MMO designer Damion Schubert tweeted about a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 508: Stars Reach fires up crowdfunding
Justin and Bree discuss Stars Reach's Kickstarter, LOTRO's U43 and server transfers, Jake Song departing ArcheAge Chronicles, Dauntless' sunset, and Monster Hunter Wilds' debut, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Undermined, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on the Elder Scrolls Online difficulty situation.
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online lays out its March plans
Elder Scrolls Online published its schedule for March activities, which includes a set of PvP-focused login rewards, new endeavors, a Deathmatch weekend, the Jester's...
Pantheon’s Druid class is launching on March 5 – here’s the new trailer
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen players have been for a while that the Druid is on the way to the game, but as of...
The MOP Up: Diablo IV walks back a nerf to lacerate
Diablo IV reverted a recent nerf to one of its key skills: "We have heard feedback about how this change limited the desired functionality of...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the very best soundtracks
I've long had an affection for video game music and feel content to live in an age where I can actually obtain it and...
Project Gorgon’s Sandra Powers is memorialized in World of Warcraft – twice
Did you guys know that the late Sandra Powers, MMORPG developer and one-half of the Project Gorgon team, was once a leading figure over...
EverQuest II tosses eight new raids in to the mix while unlocking two progression server expansions
Any old MMORPG can pump out an expansion and make a big deal out of it, but what about more than one in a...
EG7 Q3 2024: Palia hits console this spring as EverQuest, LOTRO drive Daybreak revenue
EG7 - that's the Swedish games conglom that bought up Daybreak and then kinda got taken over by Daybreak, amusingly - released its year-end...
EverQuest II swoons for Erollisi Day’s valentine charms
This month, why not light a few candles, soak in an aromatic tub, and grind all of the love that you can in EverQuest...
Casually Classic: Why vanilla Classic’s quest system was an industry revolution
In every retrospective covering World of Warcraft's explosive success out of the gate, there's a lot of effort spent trying to put a finger...
Vague Patch Notes: How long do online games truly get to live?
I'm going to start this article by asking a question I don't actually want an answer to: How long has Minecraft been popular?
Objectively there...
Blizzard lays out the design pillars for World of Warcraft’s accessible neighborhood housing
The news that World of Warcraft is getting housing with its next expansion, Midnight, shocked the whole MMORPG genre - and us too, as...
EverQuest gives a big ol’ smooch to the return of Erollisi Day
As the page of this year's tome turns to February, so too does EverQuest's thinking turn to love and romance. The fantasy MMO kicked...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator isn’t quite done with the game yet
Stardew Valley hasn't reached the end of its development cycle. So when will Stardew Valley's creator stop working on the game? "If I feel like it's...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2025?
You know, you're not reading this piece until January, but I sat down to write it ahead of the turn of the year, when...
Vague Patch Notes: Bad MMOs happen – but not because nobody cares
When I first started working at Massively-that-was, I got a bit of a wake-up call pretty early on when I made a joke about...
Obituary: Project Gorgon developer Sandra Powers has passed away
I'm horribly sorry to be the bearer of this dreadful news this morning: Sandra Powers, one of the two key devs behind Project Gorgon...
