We don?t know when that launch will be?no release date has been announced for EQ Next, which, like all SOE games going forward, will be free to play. It?s in a playable state now, but not quite populated with all of Georgeson?s dreams of giant floating islands, castle sieges, orc bandits, burning barns, and goblin wars. I?d wager that it has a ways to go.
EQ Next?s companion game?EverQuest Next Landmark, a creative voxel building environment which players can harness to help build EQ Next along with SOE?however, will be available before the end of the year. Really, that could have been the only announcement and I would have still lost my eyebrows?read all about it here.