EverQuest Articles

In preparation for EverQuest's fifteenth anniversary, the team has put a query out to players to help choose the next race / class combo that will be placed in the game. Each week, players will choose their favorite race/class from a preset bracket with winners moving on to the next level.

EverQuest players wanting to check out the next expansion to the game will be happy to hear that the open beta for Tears of Veeshan is now live. The open beta is live on the beta server and features several key updates and features, as well as new content.

EverQuest will be expanding soon with the unprecedented twentieth expansion when Call of the Forsaken goes live. We scored a developer walkthrough of the expansion and have an exclusive preview to share. Read on before heading to the comments.

The latest EverQuest expansion, Call of the Forsaken, has been delayed until October 8th. No specific reason is given but the assumption is that the expansion, introducing the mercenary system, needs a bit more time for polish.

During this year's SOE Live keynote, the next expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest 2 were both announced. Details past the break.

We were privy to a tour from SOE this week, and today we break down Heart of Fear, the latest major content update to EverQuest, in our latest preview.

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that the latest EverQuest update, Heart of Fear, is now live. The update features new missions, quests, dungeons and class-specific weapons among many other things.

John Smedley, long known for being a Twitter Tease, has sent out a picture that shows some early models from EverQuest Next. Further, he indicated that the team was very excited to show of EQN at this year's SOE Live in August.

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that this year's SOE Live event will feature the first information about EverQuest Next. After the keynote address, fans will have the opportunity to learn much more about the game via several panels featuring the development team.

Last week, Wayback Wednesday took a trip down memory lane with Thom Terrazas, SOE Producer for EverQuest; as well as first time guests Jonathan Caraker, Lead Designer for EQ; and Josh Augustine, Designer all of the EverQuest team. Check out what they had to say and some spiffy game play during the chat. Head to the comments to chat about it when you're finished!

As part of the events leading up to the fourteenth anniversary of EverQuest, the team has released the lasted game update. Called "Shadow of Fear", the patch features two new zones, raid content, new spells, and new quests and missions.

Garrett Fuller of MMORPG.com caught up with SOE's Dave Georgeson to talk the past, present, and future of the Everquest franchise: specifically the design philosophy behind creating EverQuest Next.

Garrett Fuller of MMORPG.com caught up with SOE's Dave Georgeson to talk the past, present, and future of the Everquest franchise: specifically the design philosophy behind creating EverQuest Next.

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that the EverQuest 14th anniversary celebration has begun. The fete includes in-game events, five player-created quests and epic weapons quests that will be a permanent addition to the game.

Now is a great time for current and former players to log into EverQuest. Sony Online Entertainment has created a plethora of 14th Anniversary events for players to take part in that will help celebrate the occasion in a big way. The line up also includes some player-inspired events that have been brought to life by the dev team.