If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

SOE considering a "Cataclysm " of its own for EverQuest II

eqii

John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, has said the developers of EverQuest II have been considering a a game-wide reset for the game for quite some time now.

Speaking in and interview with Kotaku, Smedley said what Blizzard is doing with WoW and Cataclysm is like hitting a "reset button".

"We are looking at it closely, we have been for a number of years now," he said. "Is it something we would do within the next expansion cycle? Probably not. But I think it's interesting.

"I think World of Warcraft is looking great. I think it's going to bring a lot of people back into the game; they hit the reset button. We have five years of World of Warcraft experience behind us to know that people that play EverQuest II don't play World of Warcraft. We don't see big dips in concurrency. We see a tiny drop for awhile.

"The reason I respect Blizzard so much is that they don't make massive mistakes. They have the goods and they know it. So why not take a risk like that?

"We've been reluctant to do that in the past but the size of their user base means that more risk could make their game potentially larger."

EverQuest II was released in November 2004.

Sign in and unlock a world of features

Get access to commenting, homepage personalisation, newsletters, and more!

In this article

EverQuest

PC

EverQuest II

Video Game

Related topics
About the Author
Stephany Nunneley-Jackson avatar

Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

News Editor

Stephany is VG247’s News Editor, with 22 years experience (with 15 of them at VG247). With a brain that lacks adhesive ducks, the ill-tempered, chaotic neutral fembot does her best to bring you the most interesting gaming news. She is also unofficially the site’s Lord of the Rings/Elder Scrolls Editor.

Comments