So I Guess EverQuest Turns 10 Today
Mon, Mar 16 | from Kotaku
One of the first MMORPGs to pioneer sucking the souls out of gamers and Player versus Player interactions has just turned 10. Here's an elf popping out of a cake to prove it. EverQuest went live March 16, 1999 and rose to gamer fame over the next decade, spawning 15 expansions and a full-blown s...
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Nightly Blogroll 6/16 — All Wet edition
Big news today was that ex-EverQuest and Vanguard helmer Brad McQuaid was ending his self-imposed exile of idyllic days spent racing cars and playing games to jump back into the spotlight with his very own blog. Or did he? Genda believes the whole thing is a hoax, someone (possibly drummer...
Mon, Jun 15 | from West Karana
Exclusive games go multi-platform
UK Sony is a bit more advanced here, although they do own SOE (the developers of MMO's EverQuest II and Star Wars Star Wars Galaxies) which gives them something of an advantage." It remains to be seen if Sony or Nintendo will announce a console based MMO ...
Tue, Jun 2 | from BBC News
Matrix Online Closing In July After Four Years
CA SOE picked up the rights to operate the title early in the game's life. SOE will now concentrate its efforts on the rest of its portfolio, including its stalwart EverQuest franchise, the free-to-play Free Realms, the upcoming spy game The Agency, ...
Fri, May 29 | from Gamasutra
Success and Failure in MMOs
EverQuest; one is an innovative adventure on the high seas; and finally, a post-apocalyptic hybrid of Doom and Diablo. Answer: They're all massively ... and more »
Fri, May 22 | from bit-tech.net
Studying the “World of Warcraft”
NV When “EverQuest” launched in 1999, McCreery realized that family members were playing together and people who met online through these games were even getting married in the real world. “I knew of a guild that met from all over the country during ...
Mon, May 18 | from UNLV The Rebel Yell
Gene Luen Yang & Derek Kirk Kim on The Eternal Smile
NJ Turns out he was really into some online role-playing game ... it was either EverQuest or ... I don’t remember. But he was really into it. He told me about his guild and how he got to be the guild leader and how he had all these guys in their twenties ...
Tue, Mar 10 | from Newsarama
Massively: A Decade of Norrath: 10 more things I wish I had known ...
NJ Stick with us every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until the 16th for our complete EQ 10th Anniversary coverage. Once again we bring you more from the EverQuest team with their thoughts on "10 things I wish I had known before building an MMO". ...
Mon, Mar 9 | from Zergwatch
WRUP: Who isn't playing EVE edition
It seems there's been some excitement in EVE Online this week. At the dawn of the week, everyone was talking about the PVP tournament assassination and by the end of the week everyone had something to say about Band of Brothers disbanding. The end result? More of your Massively staff are in EV...
Sat, Feb 7 | from Massively
SOE: EverQuest possible for the PlayStation 3
Did you know that the EverQuest MMORPG for the PlayStation 2 is still running? Did you even know it existed? Anyway, that's besides the point. Those who missed out on the PS2 version might get a chance to experience it on this get. SOE prez John ...
Thu, Jan 29 | from MMORPG blog
