Tag Archives: everquest II

Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 23:06 BST

Thursday Shorts II: Sales, AOEO, EQII, Harry Potter, Gods and Heroes,THQ

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The last day of the work week is almost here. Have some shorts to get you through until then.

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Wed, Apr 13, 2011 | 21:35 BST

Wednesday Shorts: Ghost Warrior, teleporting snipers, Sherlock, Ocarina 3D, SNES on the go

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Tiny nibbles, and bite-sized chunks of content after the break for your Wednesday.

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Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | 02:43 BST

SoE games offering Japan relief donation opportunities

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Sony Online Entertainment is offering players the chance to donate to a Japan relief fund by purchasing in-game items in a range of online titles.

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Fri, Mar 25, 2011 | 15:52 GMT

Thursday shorts – the sequel: Tanks, Divinity II, SWG, KZ3 contest

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The first bifurcation of shorts is here. Read the follow-up below. The only thing better, would be triplets.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 09:45 GMT

Thursday shorts, part 1: iPad2 “fantastic for games,” no dead children in Dead Island, tons more

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There’s a lot of words out there. Here’s all the smaller stuff coming out of GDC, coupled with loads of smaller stuff thatr isn’t coming out of GDC. It’s like a fusion of smaller stuff.

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Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 05:20 GMT

Everquest II Destiny of Velious expansion launches today

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History repeats today – depending on your time zone – as Everquest II benefits from the release of the Destiny of Velious expansion, based on the second add-on to the original game.

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Thu, Feb 10, 2011 | 23:48 GMT

Everquest II: Destiny of Velious screenshots are very cool

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The latest Everquest II expansion draws closer, and Sony Entertainment Online is ramping up the hype machine. Come through for another set of chilly screens from the frozen tundra.

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Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 22:22 GMT

Saturday shorts: Minecraft things, Kinect hacks, Zelda, other minutiae

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All those little pieces of weekend news. OCD sufferers could go spare. We’re here, luckily.

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Fri, Jan 21, 2011 | 22:32 GMT

SOE releases assets for EverQuest II expansion Destiny of Velious

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SOE has released a pre-order promotional trailer as well as some new screenshots for its EverQuest II expansion, Destiny of Velious.

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Fri, Jan 14, 2011 | 23:24 GMT

EverQuest II expansion Destiny of Velious to see a slight release delay

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SOE has announced over on its official forums that it has delayed the release of the Everquest II expansion Destiny of Velious.

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Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 17:45 GMT

SOE considering a “Cataclysm ” of its own for EverQuest II

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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.

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Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 09:23 BST

EverQuest II braces for November server-merge

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SOE’s confirmed that it’s to start merging EverQuest II’s servers, beginning November 16.

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Wed, Jul 28, 2010 | 14:16 BST

Free-to-Play option coming to EverQuest II

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SOE announced today EverQuest II would be going free-to-play as an option of sorts, and will be testing the new mode in a Beta starting August 17.

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Sat, May 22, 2010 | 20:07 BST

EQII’s Ulteran and Ethereal Prowler Mounts will cost you $25

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SOE has revealed three premium mounts for EverQuest II, and they’re prowlers.

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Sat, May 15, 2010 | 19:36 BST

Rumor – EQII expansion called Destiny of Velious

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If a trademark filing is any indication, SOE may have EverQuest II players returning to Velious sometime soon.

Don’t you just love speculation on what a company plans to do with its trademarks?

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Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | 20:08 GMT

EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate trailered, screened, detailed

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Sony has released screens, collector’s edition goodies, details, and a video for the sixth expansion of Everquest II, titled Sentinel’s Fate.

In it, players will explore the lands of Odus, go on epic quests, hack and slash through dungeons and tons more stuff.

It’s out February 16 at retail, followed by a digital launch on the 23rd and is an all-in-one compilation pack.

There’s also the EverQuest II Sentinel’s Fate Collectors Edition, which along with the contents of the normal package plus more, all detailed passed the break with the trailer and a ton of screens.

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Sun, Nov 01, 2009 | 20:37 GMT

Weekly MMO news round-up: Chinese gender-bending, Aion changes, Star Trek, AoC

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This was a rather large week in MMOs as far as news went, and not all of it was Halloween related.

Past the break you will hear all about how Ultima Online is still going strong, get familiarized with the new patch for Aion, read up on Cryptic’s Blood Moon event via a dev chat, PvP henchmen and Guild Wars, Alganon’s delay, China’s ban on males playing females in games, and many other bits of stuff that didn’t hit the front page during the week.

Also, we hope everyone who plays MMOs enjoyed the Halloween and Fall festivities that their particular favorites hosted. Loads had celebrations, more than likely every single one of ‘em. If we forgot to mention your particular game, head on over to the list through the link ther and add it in the comments section so that we may give it its proper shout-out.

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Sun, Oct 18, 2009 | 09:51 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up: Halloween comes early, free trials and welcome backs

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Loads of MMOs are planning Halloween and fall festivities for users, but some have already launched tricky goodness.

You can find out more about those past the break, but while you are headed that way you will also learn other sorts of stuff  like: Legends of Norrath’s eighth expansion has launched, CrimeCraft is headed to iPhone and Facebook, and having gone free-to-play D&D Online is doing great, apparently.

Also, Star War Galaxies is overrun with zombies. That’s right. Zombies.

It’s all there kids. Enjoy.

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Sat, Sep 19, 2009 | 22:57 BST

Weekly MMO round up: WoW’s Pirate Day, Aion provides a server listing, EVE is everywhere

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Loads of news this week in MMO land, kiddos.

Massively is giving away Beta keys to Star Trek Online, Aion dropped GameGuard and launched its first server, Pirates are everywhere, and Sony is giving you double station cash this weekend.

There is also news concerning Champions Online, EVE, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, Warhammer, Runes of Magic, and loads of other stuff you can find here instead of searching everywhere.

It’s all past the break.

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Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | 03:53 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up, August 29: Turbine suing Atari, The Green Lantern, LEGO subscription model

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Loads of stuff happened this week in MMO land, and some of it is posted for you after the break.

Should you choose to click on through, you will find why Turine is suing Atari, get caught up on The Green Lantern and DC Universe’s Beta status, hear about new goodies coming to EQII, lament the collapse of the bank in EVE Online, and there’s loads of other stuff along with news on a couple of MMOs you may have never even heard of.

Go on, hit the link. You know you want to.

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