Latest EverQuest Next News

With little information on Everquest Next available at present and the fact that SOE's Everquest Next/Landmark team is at E3 itself, there is a small chance we may see some Everquest Next-related news or updates tacked onto Landmark showpieces on E3. To wit, I'd like to list down three things I would like to see or hear from SOE upon the MMORPG.com team's return from E3.

The latest EverQuest Next Roundtable video has been published. This time, the team reveals which nemeses from former EverQuest titles will reappear in EverQuest Next. Omeed Dariani is joined by Bill Trost to discuss who players can expect to find in the newest adventures in the EverQuest franchise.

Omeed Dariani and Terry Michaels have taken to the airwaves to answer the question posed to the EverQuest Next community recently about what they would like to see at SOE Live 2014. The short answer is "panels" with specific regard to EQN. Check out the video to find out more details!

The latest video Developer Diary for EverQuest Next and Landmark has been released. In the new video, the team discusses how lore of the earlier series titles are being brought into the newer games. It's an interesting look at how lore is crafted. Give it a viewing and let us know what you think!

Nothing says, "Everquest is awesome!" quite like a picture of Omeed Dariani riding the 1970s Batmobile. Everquest has come a long (really long) way since Omeed and his Batmobiling ways. In one sense, this is because Omeed now has his very own Everquest Live loveseat, and also because Everquest has grown in its own way over time, culminating in the development of Everquest Next Landmark and Everquest Next.

According to an updated version of the Sony All Access Pass FAQ, all Sony Online Entertainment titles, including both EverQuest Next and EverQuest Next: Landmark, will be part of the "one subscription, all games" model that will be put into place in April.

Despite my best efforts, I find myself to be a horrible builder. I can craft wonderful ideas in my head, describe them with epic scale in an essay, but end up making balls of dirt on my claim. Luckily, the February 18 Everquest Next Round Table Response gave me hope that I can actually play the game in a way that seems to make sense to me as someone who's horrible at free-form creation: getting other people to help me!

I was planning on writing an article relating to what I've been able to do in the game, but a recent blog post by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) president John Smedley just made me throw out my plans and focus on it. Smedley discussed SOE's vision of the sandbox, and why the sandbox model of MMORPGs is looking like the way forward for the industry. It's a great look at why Everquest Next made a shift in its development cycle to become a sandbox MMORPG (or two).

Aside from an update to the Everquest Next: Landmark alpha requirements, one of the other notable discussion topics this week was the weekly Roundtable, where Omeed Dariani and Jeff Butler discuss how grouping and individual contributions might work within Everquest Next.

EQNextFans.com has posted a nice digest of Smed's recent AMA with regard to both EverQuest Next and EverQuest Next: Landmark. Users were able to ask questions about the two forthcoming games, divided into several sections.