Yesterday Sony Online Entertainment announced that EverQuest, the mother of today's MMOs, celebrated its ten year anniversary.  A lot has happened in ten years, and yet EQ still runs servers with a rabid, if limited, following.  

“This year marks a major milestone for SOE and the entire interactive entertainment industry,” said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. “While it was hard work and a dedicated vision that brought EQ to fruition, without our loyal fans, EQ would not be the game that it is today. This year’s Fan Faire will definitely celebrate our players and their integral contribution to the EQ legacy!”  

The Fan Faire John-boy mentioned there is the yearly celebration of all things SOE.  This year they are holding it in Las Vegas between June 25th and June 28th.  You can bet there will be a forest of elf ears and more than one set of armor to be seen.

In order to commemorate EQ turning ten, the city of San Diego named March 16th as "Sony Online Entertainment Day," although I think "EverQuest Day" would have been cooler.  How awesome would it be to have a game immortalized forever in the annals of the mayoral seat of San Diego?  I suppose SOE day will have to do, even if it does sound like a juice drink.  

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Arturis

I spent many, many, many hours running around Norrath (and Luclin, for that matter) back in the day, and have a treasure trove of fond memories that I will carry with me the rest of my life.

That being said, the game itself is not as good as my memories make them out to be, and advances in Quest Design, UI, and User Experience have completely forsaken it. I will readily admit that I am spoiled by the overall polish of WoW, and attempting to play EQ again is a lesson in masochism. Last time I tried, I swore that I will never fall in to that trap again, and snapped the Install CDs in half.

sameer9

The game is still going very strong. It's still one of the mainstays of our revenue. I don't give out numbers, but it's still very profitable for us, and it's also coming up on its 10-year anniversary on March 16. We're still doing expansion packs for it; we've still got a live team on it. We've managed to keep the costs in line.a new feature that challenges YOU to get crazy and creative with the character creation tools in your favourite MMO! Each issue will bring a new celebrity to clone, and ocassionally prize rounds will occur. For the debut of Re-Rolled we have selected Barack Obama.
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