Tag: EverQuest
Loyal EverQuest fans, brace yourselves for another dose of bitter disappointment. For over 18 months, Daybreak Game Company has dangled a Creative Director job for Darkpaw Games like a carrot …
Role-playing games (RPGs) have long been a bastion of fantasy escapism, providing players with immersive worlds built on medieval European traditions. These games offered heroic adventures, grand quests, and clearly …
The year 2024 A.D. was an important milestone in MMORPG History. EverQuest, the brainchild of Brad McQuaid and John Smedley had somehow survived for a quarter of a century. Over …
For almost 20 years, I have been writing articles about MMORPG design. There is one particular intellectual property that I’m very much interested in: EverQuest. Released in 1999, EQ was …
Daybreak Games recently emerged from their bunkers and rented out a presentation hall at Comic-Con 2024 in San Diego to highlight some of their top intellectual properties in the video …
One of the worst trends in the video game industry today is that developers feel the need to pander to people who suffer from the mental illness of gender dysphoria. …
A video of Darkpaw’s PAX East 2024 panel just dropped and the studio just revealed the sobering reality that a new version of EverQuest is still in an internal ideation …
Once upon a time, former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo was considered one of the smartest people in the video game industry. In 2006, he joined an elite club …
In the domain of fantasy virtual worlds and MMORPGs, the profound alignment of game content with the cultural, mythological, and historical ethos of its intended audience is crucial for deepening …
As the 25th anniversary of EverQuest approaches in 2024, it’s time to reflect on the state of the franchise. EverQuest was released in April of 1999 and was one of …
Darkpaw Games is an MMORPG studio that never ceases to amaze me with its brazen ineptitude and callous contempt for its long-suffering fans. Darkpaw was created in 2020 for the …
With no warning or justification, Daybreak Games and Darkpaw Games are engaging in the odious practice of race-swapping with the fictional world of Norrath. In EverQuest, elves have always looked …
