Sony Teases EverQuest Sequel: EverQuest Next

August 9, 2010 By Ryan Fleming

Sony Online Entertainment surprised fans at Fan Faire by announcing a new EverQuest title, “EverQuest Next.”

At Sony Online Entertainment’s annual Fan Faire event, SOE President John Smedley surprised fans by debuting the first in-game art on the next Everquest game, currently being developed under the working title of EverQuest Next.

After revealing details of the upcoming EQII Extended, discussing the next EverQuest expansion, “House of Thule”, and confirming that EverQuest II fans would need to wait until February 8 for the “Destiny of Velious” expansion pack, Smedley launched into a presentation titled “The Future of EverQuest”.

According to vg247, EverQuest Next will be a reimagining of the series, rather than a true sequel, and there will be a more stylized look. The new game will retain content from both current games, but it was designed from the ground up with new combat mechanics, and different method for telling the story.

“We haven’t announced the game because it’s still early in development,” Smedley said. “We haven’t even decided on raid and group sizes.”

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RyFry at 9:28pm 11th August 2010 I agree with the previous comment. I would love to just have them revamp the original. I bet everyone would lvoe that. Have all the old guild buddies get together on all the old servers.
Seraphina Silverwing at 1:25pm 10th August 2010 I would be so stoked if they came out with a re vamped of the original series. It was so much fun, the lands and stories were awesome. I still miss trampsing around in old everquest. If they updated the graphics, speed and mechanics, I am there in a flash !