Daybreak Game Company · MMORPG · Role-playing

EverQuest Next

PlayStation console exclusive

Planned MMORPG for the EverQuest franchise. In 2016 it was announced that Everquest Next had been cancelled.

Released: —
Platforms: PlayStation 4 Windows
Genres: MMORPG Role-playing
Developers: Daybreak Game Company
Publishers: Daybreak Game Company
Series: EverQuest
Modes: Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Fantasy
Engine: Forgelight Engine
Country: United States
Composers: Jeremy Soule

About

EverQuest Next was a planned massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), meant to be the successor to EverQuest, EverQuest Online Adventures and EverQuest II. The game was in development by the Daybreak Game Company, but the project was terminated in 2016.

The game was not planned to be a sequel or prequel to any of the games in the EverQuest franchise; it was planned to present to players a "parallel world" of Norrath, one in which some of the locations and characters may be familiar, but specific relationships and events can diverge from the official storylines of the other games. The developers had stated an intention to return to a style of gameplay more like the original EverQuest, while retaining the advances in MMORPG design that have developed in the years since that game first launched.

Keywords

assassin
orcs
wizards
guild
elves
voxel
pets
religion
undead
traps
teleportation
dwarves

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

The first indication that a new game was in development appeared in a chapter written by EverQuest creative director Rich Waters in the EverQuest 10th Anniversary Book (2009).

At the Sony Online Entertainment Live 2012 event, John Smedley stated that EverQuest Next has been completely redeveloped: "What we are building is something that we will be very proud to call EverQuest. It will be the largest sandbox style MMO ever designed... We are remaking Norrath unlike anything you've ever seen, but you'll recognize it". During Sony Online Entertainment Live, John Smedley mentioned that EverQuest Next will attempt to keep the free-to-play model for as long as possible. This means that once a player has purchased the game, they will not be required to pay a subscription fee in order to continue to play.