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By Krystalle Voecks Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, News items EverQuest players rejoice! You now have the ability to use Station Voice for your in-game communications, thereby saving you typing -- or your own Vent or TS server costs. Eventually, this will also include the ability to get in-game voice mail,...

 UK - Sony Online Entertainment announced that an update for EverQuest II is now available, including access to the new group zone Veksar. ...

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By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, PatchesWho knew corporations could be so sneaky? Sony Online Entertainment has snuck up on the EverQuest 2 playing populace with a brand-new game update! GU48:Breaking Ground has dropped onto the live servers adding a ton of new content to the world...

 - Sony Online Entertainment had some interesting announcements to make for EverQuest and EverQuest II players at Fan Faire. EverQuest Seeds of Destruction is ... Everquest 2 The Shadow Odyssey Video Myth Games all 2 news articles

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By Samuel Axon EverQuest II's The Shadow Odyssey expansion is set to launch this November. In addition to heritage quests and the shard reward system, the expansion will add an EverQuest classic -- the dungeon of Guk. And in the days leading up to the launch, EQ2 players will get to start exploring another...

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By Wilhelm2451 Announced almost exactly seven years ago, Darkfall has promised a very ambitious feature set (from Wikipedia), which a friend of mine described as the merging of the best of EverQuest and Ultima Online (pre-Trammel). Unrestricted PvP, with no safe zones, only protection by NPC guards i...

By Samuel Axon EverQuest, World of Warcraft, The Lord of the Rings Online, Age of Conan, Warhammer Online and many other MMOs all have one important thing in common. Well, okay; they have a lot of things in common -- like about 85% or more of their gameplay mechanics. But the main thing -- indeed, the reason w...

Earthtimes (press release) LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment Launch the Star Wars ... Earthtimes (press release), UK - SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. Untold Legends and Legends of Norrath are trademarks ...

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By Tipa Next up was EverQuest 2. Unlike EverQuest, EQ2’s character creator is pretty customizable. Stout Henry would be a bruiser in EQ2 terms, and I soon had a decent looking character, except that the clothes were entirely wrong. Also, he’s a little TOO clean cut. Personal hygiene is not at the top o...

 TX - by Game Informer Online his week at the Sony Online Entertainment Fan Faire it was announced that expansion packs for both EverQuest and EverQuest II are ...

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By Tipa As expected, SOE has made a whole new set of hot zones for nearly all levels. There are some old favorites, and a couple of new ones in the list. Hot zones give a substantial bonus to combat experience, and usually have some unique drops as well to encourage people to come to the zone.

By Brenda Holloway The Shadow Odyssey, EverQuest II's fifth expansion, is more than just a bump to the level cap, a couple of new raids, and a reset for all the armor you already got. It is, in fact, none of those things. What SOE has done with this expansion is go through the level 50 to level 80 portion of the game an...

 CA - There were Live Events for EverQuest, EverQuest II, Star Wars Galaxies, and Vanguard, created by the community team for each game. ...

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 CA - with names like Guk and Befallen and larger zones such as Mistmoore, Najena and the Sebilisian Empire -- names well-known to old-school EQ players. ...

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By Justin Villasenor Although EverQuest, or “EQ” as its inhabitants lovingly called it, had nowhere near the amount of subscribers that World of Warcraft does today, it helped to draw many gamers (myself included) into the at-the-time newfangled MMO fad, ...

 UK - Sony Online Entertainment today announced the upcoming release of EverQuest Seeds of Destruction and EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey. ...

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Lots of screens and two new trailer from these EQ expansions.

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 CA - Sony Online Entertainment announced two new expansions for its MMORPGs at its Fan Faire event over the weekend, EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction and ...

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Crispy Gamer  NY - Hell, still playing the first EverQuest? Then you should be giddy to learn that Sony Online Entertainment has announced new expansion packs for both games ... The EverQuest Universe Expands This Fall Crispy Gamer all 2 news articles

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 UK - Sony Online Entertainment chose its annual Fan Faire convention in Las Vegas this week to announce expansions for long-running MMOs EverQuest and EverQuest ...

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 - As part of SOE's extensive Living Legacy program designed to entice new and past EQ and EQII players into the games and reward the existing loyal playerbase ...

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By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest, Expansions, New titles, Massively Event CoverageAlongside the announcement of the next EverQuest II expansion, The Shadow Odyssey, Sony Online Entertainment CEO John Smedley has just announced the next expansion for the venerable EverQuest Live....

By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Expansions, New titles, Massively Event CoverageJust moments ago in Las Vegas, Nevada SOE CEO John Smedley took the stage to announce the next expansion for the company's flagship product, EverQuest II. The fourth expansion to reach the game will be...

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Thousands of video game enthusiasts are in Las Vegas for the annual Sony Online Entertainment Fan Faire where the upcoming expansions for the online role-playing games EverQuest(R) (EQ) and EverQuest(R) II (EQII) were just announced. ...

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 - As part of SOE's extensive Living Legacy program designed to entice new and past EQ and EQII players into the games and reward the existing loyal playerbase ...

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By Michael McWhertor LEGACY OF EVERQUEST® FRANCHISE CONTINUES WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF EverQuest® AND EverQuest® II EXPANSIONS AT FAN FAIRE All attendees to Receive Both Expansions for Free as Part of Living Legacy Program! EverQuest Seeds of Destruction Feature Set: About Sony Online Entertainment

By Mabie A. EverQuest; EverQuest II; EverQuest Online Adventures; PlanetSide; Star Wars Galaxies; Vanguard: Saga of Heroes; Free Realms; The Agency. The 2008 SOE FanFaire runs from August 15 to August 17, 2008. John Smedley's community address will ...

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By Tipa I’m not saying EQ’s 10th anniversary book will be anything like that. The description of the book just reminded me of it. Here’s what it includes: The original storylines for EverQuest and EverQuest II.Interviews with key contributors to the EverQuest legacy, including John Smedley, Rus...

By Samuel Axon Apparently happy with results from earlier in the summer, SOE has added a new phase to the Living Legacy program. This time, all inactive EverQuest accounts may now try EverQuest II and all its expansions for free until September 30th. Yes, you read that right: inactive EverQuest accounts...

By Tipa I made level 53 the same night we removed the cap in the Crypt of Nadox, the level 55 hot zone. I made 54 in Akheva Ruins while we tried to do with one mid fifties group what raid guilds used to do with four level 60 groups — take on Va’Dyn, the giant rock monster who is one of Luclin’s first raid targe...

 CA - The Void Storms live in-game event continues with "The Battle" which includes a massive call to arms for all citizens of Norrath to defend their home world. ...

By Tipa I’ve had my level 75 cleric on Luclin for about… four months now. The level cap on EverQuest is 80. There have been three expansions since I last played her, The Serpent’s Spine, The Buried Sea and Secrets of Faydwer (I played TSS just long enough to get to level 75). A new expansion, Seeds of Dest...

By Wilhelm2451 While the in-game events go on, the free play time is winding down for SOE's Living Legacy promotion. The tap was turned off for EverQuest last Friday and EverQuest II will become the sole domain of paying subscribers by the end of this week. EverQuest II EverQuest

 CA - Playing EverQuest for 9 years, Tnexus takes pride in his knowledge of the game and sharing it with others. He has made good friends through the game, ...

By Massively Staff Filed under: Fantasy, Video, EverQuest II, Events, in-game, PatchesEQ2Players is featuring a new video of the next EverQuest II update, GU47, a.k.a. Storm Break. In GU47, the Void Storms event seen in GU46 continues with the appearance of vicious nasties that we only know as "beasts". The be...

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By William Dobson The second part of the EverQuest II GU47: Storm Break preview has been unveiled at EQ2Players, teasing us with a few more features of the upcoming patch.Continuing in the vein of the first preview, there is more good news for lower level characters, as Adept I and Master I drops in the 1-20 ra...

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By Craig Withers Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Dungeons and Dragons Online, EverQuest, Game mechanics, Opinion, Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, Behind the CurtainI've been thinking recently about loss. Having been incredibly lucky with my own brush with the possibility of los...

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By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, Business models, New titles, Free-to-play, Free RealmsYesterday at Sony Online Entertainment's E3 headquarters, the Massively team got to see and hear the latest details on SOE's trifecta of new titles: The Agency, DC Universe Online, and Free Realms. There wil...

By Tipa I’d THOUGHT I had gone through Allakhazam’s and gotten every spell for my paladin, same as I did for the ranger. But, no. I was missing some vital spells, and it was the lack of Invisibility to Undead that would kill me a second time. Lull just doesn’t do the job.

 UK - Sony Online Entertainment has tried this before, linking its EverQuest 2 fantasy MMO with the Legends of Norrath online trading card game. ...

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By Tipa Now, World of Warcraft was inspired by the Warcraft RTS games, EverQuest, and Dark Age of Camelot. EverQuest took its inspiration from Toril MUD, which was based on other MUDs back to Diku, which was itself based on D&D and earlier MUDs which were inspired by Infocom’s Dungeon/Zork, w...

By Glen D. EverQuest - Image 1 Sony Online Entertainment has unveiled its line-up for E3 2008 and it has plenty to show for on the PlayStation 3 and PC platforms. As expected, EverQuest and The Agency will be there with new assets. ...

 - However, we may have to wait a bit before we see something like EverQuest 2 on the PS3, simply because the PSN is still in a...well, a learning process, ...

By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, Reviews, OpinionIn a recent article at Crispy Gamer, the topic is Matt Barton's book Dungeon & Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games. Crispy Gamer's prognosis for this book is not good, and it's their opinion that it is "a victim of...

By Michael I actually got the suggestion to try the clefts again from Karen, aka Jaye. Though she’s well known for her acumen in the world of Vanguard, she’s also a mega-star in the Norrath of EverQuest 2. Her considered opinion was that the clefts would be a fantastic setting for a group in their mid-ear...

 CA - the upcoming Free Realms beta test, the EverQuest II expansion beta, and to attend the second annual community address from SOE president John Smedley. ... SOE Fan Faire 2008 Registration is Now Open! Allakhazam all 3 news articles

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By Jay P. EverQuest 2 Treasure Chest update: Tanking, tradeskills help, Obelisk of Blight, more Here's a hefty update on SOE's MMORPG, EverQuest 2. The Treasure Chest has been loaded with more news and information with the current things going on ...

By Brenda Holloway For our first game, we choose SOE's EverQuest. The Elder Game. When it launched in 1999, nobody was quite sure yet just what you DID in an MMO. Sure, join groups and kill stuff, but is that it? In its early years, it was largely just a chat room in glorious 3D. Monster killing was almost secondary, w...

By Zonk In the world of Massively Multiplayer Online Games, guilds live and die like generations of fruit flies. In the time it takes you to read this review, another group of friends will probably have decided to go their separate ways. Due to what is commonly referred to as 'drama', and the nature o...

By Ryan A. Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest II development team posted an article over at the game's official site to give fans a preview of things to come for Game Update 36. Last month, Update 35 was released and a lot of features like new races, cities and zones have been activated.