The next iteration of the EverQuest franchise, EverQuest Next, is no longer in development, Daybreak Game Company announced on its official site today.
Daybreak president Russell Shanks said the game, which was announced in 2013, simply wasn’t fun and didn’t live up to the EverQuest franchise’s standards.
“In final review, we had to face the fact that EverQuest Next would not meet the expectations we — and all of you — have for the worlds of Norrath,” Shanks said in a letter.
You can read his full statement below:
As Shanks notes in his letter to the EverQuest community, the original EverQuest andEverQuest 2 will continue development. In an interview with MMORPG.com, Shanks said that EverQuest Landmark, the online sandbox tool that lets players build and explore the world of EverQuest — originally with the intent that that content would transfer toEverQuest Next — will continue.
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