Video Gaming News - February 2003
San Diego, CA (February 12, 2003) - Sony Online Entertainment (SOE)
Inc. announced that EverQuest Online Adventures, exclusively for the PlayStation
2, hits retail stores nationwide today.
"EverQuest Online Adventures truly is the adventure of a lifetime, giving
people the power to be who they want to be in an amazing fantasy world from the
comfort of their couch," said John Smedley, president, Sony Online
Entertainment. "This game reiterates our leadership in online gaming, as 430,000
subscribers to PC EverQuest can attest, and our commitment to creating high
quality interactive entertainment that reaches new audiences."
From Sony:
The launch of EverQuest Online Adventures marks the first time ever that
North American PlayStation 2 owners can experience a persistent and vast living
virtual world filled with thousands of other players from the "real" world.
EverQuest Online Adventures includes a free 30-day trial and gives players what
they've been looking for with non-stop action, the opportunity to explore an
exciting new land, a world of fun and interesting people to meet and play with,
quests, combat and more.
EverQuest Online Adventures has a suggested retail price of $49.99, which
includes a 30-day free trial to the game's online world, and all that it has to
offer. Additionally, the game carries a monthly subscription fee of $9.99 per
person for continuing access to the game world. Players can subscribe for
additional months using a credit card, or by purchasing EverQuest Online
Adventures Game Cards, which open the world of Norrath to PlayStation 2 owners
that choose not to subscribe with a credit card.
EverQuest Online Adventures gives you the power to unleash the unique
adventurer within and personalize your in-game character from 9 races, 14 player
character classes, and a number of hairstyles and facial characteristics. As you
progress in the game completing challenging and thrilling quests, interacting
with new friends, and discovering powerful items that you've only dreamed about,
your character grows and develops as the world evolves. EverQuest Online
Adventures also features:
- Action is always only a few steps away with fast and tactically rich
combat with special abilities and spells for each character
- Thousands of monsters from lowly rats to immense dragons each posing a
unique challenge for the player
- An enormous game world offering gamers more than 320 square miles to
explore
- A strong storyline and universe filled with compelling quests and
intriguing subplots that will pull you into the story and allow you to choose
what comes next
- Thousands of non-player characters with which to interact
- Hundreds of spells and special abilities that give your character the
unique skills you need to be a hero
- Thousands of powerful items to discover, rewarding those who have what it
takes to finish epic quests and defeat the mightiest foes
- Support for dial-up and broadband, with seamless gameplay on a 56K modem
Using the PlayStation 2 system's Network Adaptor, EverQuest Online Adventures
connects seamlessly via modem or broadband to the Internet, directing players to
dedicated EverQuest Online Adventures servers. Gamers simply insert the disc and
the adventures of Tunaria are just a few button pushes away.
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