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Before Blizzard Entertainment took over the top spot in the MMORPG universe with World of Warcraft and before Second Life became a media darling and found itself hosting embassies from Scandinavian nations, there was the game which started the MMORPG revolution: EverQuest. EverQuest is still around—reportedly boasting hundreds of thousands of active players—and will shortly be turning eight years old.
Sony Online Entertainment today announced the availability of new expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II. Both can be found in retail stores or purchased for download.
The EverQuest expansion, the eleventh, is known as the Prophecy of Ro. Features of this expansion pack include
Sony Online Entertainment yesterday announced a new boxed edition of their popular EverQuest massively multiplayer online gaming software, as well as a new website to enhance services to EverQuest players.
The software, called EverQuest Titanium, will be available on January 11, 2006 for $19.99. This latest edition will contain the original classic game, as well as all ten expansion packs: The Ruins of Kunark, The Scars of Velious, The Shadows of Luclin, The Planes of Power, The Legacy of Ykesha, Lost Dungeons of Norrath, Gates of Discord, Dragons of Norrath, Omens of War and Depths of Darkhollow.
Sony Everquest fans get ready – there’s a tenth expansion pack coming your way. Available now in retail and download forms for $29.99 is Everquest Depths of Darkhollow.
Set below the surface of Norrath, Sony Online Entertainment explained, Depths of Darkhollow offers players several new features. Monster Missions allows gamers to play as a monster instead of a normal character. Spirit Shrouds transform adventurers into a creature at any level below the character’s own, such as an Orc or Fairy. Evolving Items grow in experience as they are used, developing new powers and abilities.
“We expect (gaming) to drive increased demand for bandwidth,” said Kevin O’Hara, president and COO of Broomfield, Colo.-based Level 3.
In gaming parlance, EverQuest is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). These games typically take place in a virtual “world” on the Internet and can involve thousands of players who assukme the roles of characters. At peak times, EverQuest has more than 100,000 players participating at once.
In this new pact, Level 3 will provide Packet Ethernet, a data transport service that offers Ethernet, ATM and Frame Relay access into its managed wide area network.
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