Latest EverQuest II News

It's launch day for the latest EverQuest II expansion, Chaos Descending. To celebrate today's launch, developers have sent out a brand new trailer.

You. ARE. Legend. Heads of nations know of you and either fear or respect you, beings of immense power have fallen to you and been trampled into the dusty annals of history. Even the Gods have taken notice and have gone so far as to personally petition for your help. But now... Now they want to put you on trial, and the consequential reverberations might just shatter the world. Again. This is our review of EverQuest II: Chaos Descending.

Daybreak Game Company has announced that pre-orders for the next EverQuest II expansion have opened ahead of the November 13th launch date. Those who purchase Chaos Descending will be granted immediate beta access.

From now through November 1st, ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night will be inhabiting EverQuest II thanks to the arrival of the Nights of the Dead event. There are lots of ways to get involved, whether crafting or grabbing a new recipe book or ghost hunting.

The EverQuest II team has announced the fifteenth expansion to the game, Chaos Descending. In it, players will be invited to "delve deeper into the Elemental Planes" where they'll encounter "some familiar and some not-so-familiar faces" as they work through " the Earthen Badlands, the Kingdom of Wind, through the Unresting Waters, the Burning Lands and the Great Library". Chaos Descending is anticipated to arrive in November.

The EverQuest 2 site has been updated with a new post to let players know they can receive a free level 100 Heroic Character between today and June 7th. "All existing accounts will be able to create a single level 100 heroic character" the post reads. The new character will be ready to roll and be gifted several items to assist along the way. Once created, players will also receive temporary access to the Planes of Prophecy expansion and the ability to level to 105.

The EverQuest 2 site has been updated with a pair of news items. First on normal live servers, Brewday has returned and will run through March 19th. Secondly, the Fallen Gate progression server will be updated today with the Echoes of Faydwer expansion that unlocks Alternate Advancement class trees and the Alternate Advancement cap has been raised to 100.

Everquest II players might have noticed that romance is in the air yet again as Erollisi Day has made its return to Norrath. From today through February 20th, players can take part in a number of "whimsical" events to earn a new achievement, new recipe scrolls and other new items.

EverQuest II players can head into the game for the annual Frostfell holiday tradition. Elves and Goblins are spreading holiday cheer throughout the land. Going to Frostfell Wonderland Village brings scads of good times for all.

The EverQuest II team has announced that the Planes of Prophecy expansion has launched. Planes of Prophecy is the game's fourteenth expansion and gives players the opportunity to enter the Celestial Planes for the first time.