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Sunday, Oct 18
I Kept Playing — The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction
The Scars of Velious expansion for EverQuest came out in December of 2000. My roommate, perhaps tired of my moping over my lost love, picked up a copy of the game for me as a Christmas present. I installed it, created a half-elven Bard, and soon our apartment had two guys in the living room at all...
Monday, Aug 17
Celebrate EverQuest's 10th With A Coffee Table Book
More than just an art book, this large, hard-bound special edition tome is filled from cover-to-cover with the history of the EverQuest franchise, from the original release to the coming of EverQuest 2. You'll find developer interviews, box art, concept art, and developer commentary t...
Saturday, Jun 27
EverQuest I & II Get 16th and 6th Expansions
At its Fan Faire in Las Vegas, Sony Online Entertainment announced the 16th expansion for EverQuest, will be released in November. Called "Underfoot," it allows players to explore new underground zones. Expansions Announced for EverQuests [Eurogamer]
Tuesday, Jun 9
EverCracked! The Phenomenon of EverQuest
EverQuest was such an influential title; many people don't realize just how daunting of a task it was to create," said Jace Hall, President of HD Films. "With this documentary we were able to tell the epic story of the game and the people behind it while incorporating the light-hearted sign...
Friday, Mar 27
World Of Warcraft Players Racking Up 16 Million Quests A Day
Kaplan noted that one of Blizzard's design goals with World of Warcraft was to ship with 600 in-game quests. That would have been half of what Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest offered over the course of it's existence and many expansion packs.
Friday, Jan 16
SOE Sells EQ Loot For Child's Play
Sony Online Entertainment has announced a month-long Child's Play fund raising campaign, which will allow players of EverQuest and EverQuest II to buy in-game goodies that generate donations. SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT TO HOST FUNDRAISING DRIVE FOR CHILD'S PLAY CHARITY
Friday, Jan 9
EQ 10th Aniversary Book Art Revealed By Uncomfortable-Looking Firiona Vie
SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. Untold Legends and Legends of Norrath are trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
Thursday, Jun 19
SOE Cheers 1 Million Legends of Norrath Matches With Oathbreaker Release
Developed at SOE’s Denver studio, Legends of Norrath is the only online strategy game based on and playable from SOE’s popular EverQuest® and EverQuest® II MMOs, as well as from a stand-alone client using a free SOE Station Account (available at www.station.com). Players can challenge op...
Monday, Jun 2
Come Back To EverQuest, Play For Free
Former EverQuest players, Sony Online Entertainment would like you to return to your roots. It's announced a new program called "Living Legacy," through which EQ subscribers with inactive accounts who left with all their bills in order can come back from now until the end of July - totall...
Thursday, Mar 13
Kaz Hirai Makes Sony Online Entertainment His Bitch [Playstation 3]
Sony is beefing up its PlayStation business, announcing that Sony Online Entertainment, developer and publisher of EverQuest, The Agency, Star Wars Galaxies and much, much more will now report to big boss Kaz Hirai. He's the president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inter...
Friday, Jan 18
Brazilian Government Bans Counter-Strike, EverQuest, Fun [Only In Brazil]
From Pinguin: Since 01/17, Counter Strike and Everquest are banned in Brazil. The decision came from a federal judge, based in the Consumer Rights, saying that it puts in danger the life of buyers. You can see the full decision in this site. (in Brazilian portuguese)
Thursday, Dec 20
Sony Respond To EQ2 Cheating Allegations [Everquest 2]
A few days ago, some SOE devs were accused of "cheating" in Everquest 2 by moving a guild from the game's test servers to its "live" servers. Sony Online Entertainment have since responded to these allegations, with Bruce Ferguson, EQII's senior producer, saying: [the move was made] to sh...
Monday, Oct 8
EverQuest: The Movie Grinds Closer To Reality
Apparently, the EverQuest movie has been in the works for some time. I suspect Hollywood will do right by the franchise, giving fans something along the lines of, say, EverQuest: Search For Antonia's Gilded Bustier or EQ: The Bare Midriffs of Kunark—something fun and sexy.
Wednesday, Sep 12
Legends of Norrath OTCG Live
DENVER, CO - September 12, 2007 - On the heels of a successful release to the EverQuest® and EverQuest® II player communities, Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in the online entertainment industry, has released a free stand-alone version of the client for Legends of...
Legends of Norrath OTCG Live
LEGENDS OF NORRATHTM ONLINE TRADING CARD GAME NOW AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE Free Client Allows Anyone to Play Online Game Based on Popular MMO Franchises DENVER, CO - September 12, 2007 - On the heels of a successful release to the EverQuest® and EverQuest® II player communities, Sony Onli...
Wednesday, Jul 25
Comic-Con [Cotaku Covers]
5:00-6:00 PC Gamer and Maximum PC: How to Play a Better Game-- Chuck Osborn, Senior Executive Editor of PC Gamer, Norman Chan, Contributing Editor of PC Gamer, Grantley Day, Vice President of Product Development for K2, and Peter Cesario, Producer of Sword of the New World for K2, will ho...
Friday, Jul 6
2 People, 47 PCs, 46 WoW Accounts, No Life
He writes: I started boxing in 2001 in EverQuest. At first it was dual boxing, then triple, then quad, then I 6 boxed for a long time. My girlfriend began boxing and I decided to "kick it up a notch" and we began doing our own raids. In 2005 we started playing WoW.
Monday, Jun 18
Feature: How to Kung Fu Hustle
Four years is about the length of SOGA's history. The studio's roots lie in EverQuest II; historically, Western character models - the more medieval style that anyone who has seen a game like World of Warcraft is familiar with - haven't worked well in Asia. Armed with the concept art of Japan...
Friday, Mar 16
SOE Announces EQ Super Mega Combo Meal
EVERQUEST® THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION ANNOUNCED BY SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT AS EVERQUEST® CELEBRATES ITS 8TH BIRTHDAY EverQuest® The Anniversary Edition includes all expansions ever created for EverQuest® making it the largest compilation of MMO expansions ever
Tuesday, Feb 13
EQOA Celebrates 4 Years
WHO: EverQuest Online Adventures is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), which allows PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system owners to experience an open-ended, persistent virtual world, filled with thousands of other players. It is the first of its kin...
Thursday, Jan 11
Vanguard Gets Ambitious Release Date
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and...
Sunday, Dec 31
Toys "R" Us End Of The Year Game Clearance
PS2 4.98 Amplitude Blowout* Chessmaster* EverQuest* Jampak 11 Maximo* Robotech Battlecry* Trivial Pursuit* Virtual Fighter Evo* Virtual Quest* 14.98 MLB 2K6 19.98 Call of Duty 2 GOTY Final Fantasy XI The Outfit Quake 4 Tiger Woods 06 Tomb Raider Legend XMen Official Game
Monday, Jun 26
Everquest Travels Back In Time
• Normal, non-PvP servers (no transfer server) titled "The Combine" and "The Sleeper" in-game • Relive the evolution of one of the most successful MMORPGs in history WHEN: The Combine" and "The Sleeper" Progression servers launch on June 28, 2006
Wednesday, Apr 5
Fan Faire Hits Atlanta This Week
Hundreds of fans from all over the world meet Sony Online Entertainment game developers and their online friends for the first time in real life. Real-life quest and wild scavenger hunt, featuring actors in EverQuest and EverQuest II costumes.
Thursday, Jan 26
EverQuest II Implementing PvP
Gameplay We hope you'll try and enjoy Player-versus-Player conflict within EverQuest II, scheduled to be unleashed on February 21, 2006 along with Live Update #20. PvP server names will be revealed in the February newsletter and, later, as part of update notes. Be one of the first to exper...
Friday, Dec 23
Lots o Changes Come to Everquest II
The armor rewards for the level 20 subclass armor quests now have a unique appearance per subclass. All of the armor now has unique stats appropriate for each subclass. If you have already completed your armor quests, speak with the assistant next to the NPC you originally did the quests for.
Tuesday, Dec 13
Tons of EverQuest for $20
The EverQuest Titanium Pack is literally years of gaming packed on five discs. The gaming the pack includes? Just the first 10 expansion packs and the original game. Talk about a time sink. Got someone on your holiday shopping list that you don't want to see for a couple years? Pre-order the Ti...
Wednesday, Nov 9
Happy Birthday EverQuest II
Sony's press release reads: - EverQuest II celebrates its first birthday by introducing Veteran Rewards! - Griffon tamers are seeking your assistance in the Thundering Steppes and Nektulos Forest! - Give the residents of Norrath a fresh look with the new SOGA character models! - Two ne...
