All Posts Tagged With: "everquest II"

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Epic MMO Recap: Deals and Events for Thanksgiving Holidays

Here’s our yearly round-up that makes it slightly easier for you to decide where to spend your Thanksgiving in-game.

25Nov2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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EQII art director talks inspiration, execution of new Freeport

EverQuest II art director Timothy Heydaar explains the overhaul sweeping the original evil starting city.

1Nov2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Dungeon Finder finally opens in EverQuest II

The long-overdue EverQuest II Dungeon Finder – a matchmaking system that creates automatic dungeon teams for level 20 players and up – goes live today.

7Oct2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Sony hires ex-Homeland Security semi-boss as new MMO protector

After it suffered from a monumental security breach this summer that saw its online network melt down and MMOs go offline for two weeks, Sony has conscripted a former Homeland Security deputy to toughen up its cyber borders.

9Sep2011 | Mick James | 2 comments | Continued
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SOE Authenticator begins blocking Station Account hackers

TweetShareLast month, SOE announced the launch of an authenticator token for its family of MMOs with such enthusiasm that you’d think they were the first instead of one of the final few to implement what’s become a standard security feature. Now that it’s finally here – we can’t help but join the back-patting.

15Aug2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Epic MMO Recap: Where to Have a Firecracking Good Time

TweetShareA few MMOs brought out the big bangs for Independence Day, from dye-filled blowouts in Aion to the annual pyrotechnics show in World of Warcraft. But while others went all out, some took a breather in this all-American holiday. Read on to see which games you should be checking out for their patriotic shindigs. 

5Jul2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Epic MMO Recap: The week of making waves

TweetShareMMOs this week made a big splash, whether through literal water-themed content in RIFT or a more figurative tsunami of hype as what Star Wars: the Old Republic did on the E3 show floor.

10Jun2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Epic MMO Recap: The week of Show Me the Money!

Millions of dollars changed hands this week as Blizzard fans emptied their wallets for another cash shop mount, while Perfect World paid roughly $50M to become the new majority owner of Cryptic Studios.

3Jun2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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EverQuest II: The Children of War Out Now – See the Trailer and Screenshots

TweetShareAll out war erupts today in Norrath as the Children of War update hits the EverQuest II servers, unleashing revised battleground mechanics, and new instances that span from the Crystal Caverns to the Fortress of Drunder.

2Jun2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Epic MMO Recap: The week of restarts, redress and rethinking

TweetShareMMOs from the Sony Online Entertainment family are back in business and throwing everything but the kitchen sink as freebies to appease their fans, while over at neighboring Cryptic Studios a big change is brewing as its parent company Atari announced plans to sell the developer off ASAP.

20May2011 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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