EverQuest®: Dragons of Norrath Launches
SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT
LAUNCHES EVERQUEST®: DRAGONS OF NORRATH™
A Beautiful World and Nostalgic Storyline Featuring New Dragons, Challenging
Quests, and Brand-New Features for Guilds and Casual Players Awaits
SAN DIEGO, CA – February 15, 2005 – Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a
worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online gaming, today announced that
EverQuest®: Dragons of Norrath™, the next expansion for the incredibly popular
PC Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), EverQuest®.
EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath is now available at retail and via digital
download from Sony Online Entertainment for U.S. $29.99.
“EverQuest continues to expand and thrive, and the addition of EverQuest:
Dragons of Norrath builds upon the legacy of EverQuest,” said Michael
Lustenberger, vice president of marketing, Sony Online Entertainment. “In
preparation for one of the most epic adventures yet, EverQuest: Dragons of
Norrath offers players challenging new content, a beautiful new world enhanced
by the power of the new graphics engine, and a brand-new storyline that returns
players to the nostalgic beginnings of one of the greatest games ever.”
EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath returns EverQuest to its original foundation with
appearances from a familiar cast of characters who find themselves at the
forefront of events transpiring across the world. With enhanced graphics, bold
storylines, updated creatures, and all-new guild management tools, EverQuest:
Dragons of Norrath is the next great expansion pack for the fantasy adventure
that is EverQuest. Explore the world with the new interactive map, use
your potion belt to access your inventory quickly, and quickly swap from Sword
and Shield to Great Sword using the bandolier. Plus, with the all new
guild management tools you can easily get your guild ready to encounter anything
that comes your way! EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath is bursting with new
adventures and features for players of all levels.
About EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath
A series of events has transpired across the world of Norrath and the familiar
faces of Firiona Vie and her nemesis Lanys T’Vyl return to find themselves at
the forefront of these events. Unbeknownst to them, a dark influence has
seeped into the world of Norrath causing new tensions to arise and conflicts to
intensify as the dawn of a new age emerges. The Age of War is upon the
people of Norrath and heroes return in this ultimate, unending battle between
good and evil. EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath includes the following features:
Feature Set:
New Zones, Creatures and Content - From The Broodlands to the Thundercrest
Isles, adventure in graphically enhanced zones with all new themes. Brave
challenging new quests, discover new treasures, and battle new NPC’s, including
drakes, goblins and fierce dragons.
New Interactive World Map - A full color interactive map of the world allows
players to point-and-click from a world view down to a zone view of the
traditional line maps.
Player Barter System - Allows players to set up their own method of giving
platinum or items in exchange for other items.
Potion Belt - Allows for quick use of inventory items. }
Bandolier Equip - Lets characters have two sets of pre-arranged weapons for each
hand.
New Spells, Tradeskills, and Recipes.
All- New Guild Hall Management Tools:
Guild Halls - An instanced guild
hall for guild members to meet and prepare for playing.
Guild Bank - Bank slot for storage of items accessible by all designated members
of a guild.
Guild Stone - Allows guild members to easily port to the Instanced Guild Hall.
Mana/health Regen Pool - Allows players to easily regenerate their mana and
health in preparation for battle while in the guild hall.
Mass Corpse Summoning Altar - Allows guild members to summon guild corpses en
masse to the altar room.
Guild Portal - Allows guild members to purchase the ability to have a persistent
port to pre-determined areas around the world.
Guild Tradeskill Objects - Various tradeskill tools are located in the guild
hall for easy access by guild members.
Guild ‘Looking for Members’ Tool - Allows guilds to recruit by placing
persistent “ads” on bulletin boards, search for player characters who match
guild criteria and send in-game emails to those members.
Players ‘Looking for Guild’ Tool - Allows players to find guilds recruiting
members.
Buff timers – While in guild hall, all of your buff timers are suspended.
The new expansion is downloadable via the EverQuest Station Store for U.S.
$29.99 (plus tax where applicable). Additionally, retailers are offering a boxed
version that carries a suggested retail price of $29.99, which includes a
collector’s edition cloth map and in-game health, mana and endurance potions to
aid in your battles. For more information on EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath,
please visit:
http://www.dragonsofnorrath.com.
About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Digital
Inc., is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games,
with a subscriber base of over 800,000 active accounts around the globe. SOE
creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal
computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster
franchises, EverQuest®, EverQuest®II, Champions of Norrath™ and PlanetSide®, as
well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies™: An Empire Divided™, SOE continues to
redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player
communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms.
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin,
TX, and Seattle, WA, SOE has an array of cutting-edge online games in
development.
EverQuest is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
SOE, the SOE logo and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online
Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their
respective owners. All rights reserved.
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