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Will EverQuest III be Free Realms II?
Will EverQuest III be Free Realms II?
No, I don’t (to answer people on Twitter) actually know anything about EverQuest III. I don’t even know if it exists. And in this NDA-loving age, if I knew anything, I couldn’t write about it. Isn’t it grand that the only time someone can write about something these ...
EverQuest II Players - News - Article 3102
EverQuest II Players - News - Article 3102
eq2players.station.sony.com — We Have a New Senior Producer for EverQuest II! You know, the most awkward part of writing one of these is the introduction; it almost always comes across as clich . So, now that we have that out of the way… I am extremely pleased to join the ... (more) EverQuest II Players - News - Article 3102
Free Realms Hits 2 Million, None Could Be Reached For Comment
hgamer.blogspot.com — Free Realms, fresh off their first million players announcement, has announced that they've reached the 2 million mark . Today Sony announced that over 2 million unique users have registered to their new free2play MMORPG Free Realms. Of those users, ... (more) Free Realms Hits 2 Million, None Could Be Reached For ...
Why the hate? - An answer
tobolds.blogspot.com — If you mentally zoom out and have a look at the situation of the MMORPG market (which isn't easy to do, because most of us are too close to some game or other), you will notice that we live in interesting times. While World of Warcraft is still ... (more) Why the hate? - An answer
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Why EQ3 can’t work on the FR’s model
Ogrebear's Thoughts — So I’m pretty much contrasting Tipa post here. So I like the idea of having a full fledge MMO that I can log in to and start playing in a few minutes, but I do not believe it is currently practical with the current speed of bandwidth in the US and the current size of MMOs. The average MMO now is getting close to 8-10GB with some of the high end graphic ones topping 20GB. Breaking a 8-10GB game in to streamable chucks when the average US bandwidth is around 2mbps down is no easy task. On top of that there are still a lot of people in the US who only ...

Taking the best features for the next generation
Tobold's MMORPG Blog — Tipa of West Karana muses how SOE could use the Free Realms engine for Everquest 3. That might or might not happen, but it reveals an often overlooked truth: Even games you hate might contain some great features. ...

Everquest 3 Contrarian
Stropp's World — ... There’s been a little discussion of late about the nature of Everquest 3. Tipa has been proposing that ...

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