Saturday, January 25, 2003 - Sony Online Entertainment announced today that EverQuest Online Adventures, its massively-multiplayer online role-playing game exclusively for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, has gone gold.

EverQuest Online Adventures has a suggested retail price of $49.99 and is scheduled to be available at North American retail stores on February 12. No official release date was announced for Europe and the rest of the world.

"In just a few short weeks, PlayStation 2 owners will get to experience the magical world of EverQuest, which is one of the most amazing fantasy universes ever created," said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. "With nearly endless replayability in a living, changing game world, the likes of which have never been seen before on a console, people from all across North America will find the adventure and community they seek in EverQuest Online Adventures."

Monthly Fee and Requirements

• Players must pay a monthly subscription fee of $9.99.
  
• Everquest Online supports both broadband and modem users.
  
• Playstation 2 Network Adaptor needed.
  

Features

• Personalize your in-game character from 10 races, 14 player character classes, and a number of hair styles and facial characteristics.
  
• Interact with new friends, and discovering items, your character grows and develops as the world evolves.
  
• Fast and tactically rich combat, with each monster posing a unique
  challenge for the player.
  
• A gameworld offering gamers more than 323 square miles to
  explore.
  
• Lots of quests and subplots.
  
• Thousands of non-player characters with which to interact.
  
• Hundreds of spells and special abilities.
  
• Thousands of items.
  

More info about Playstation 2 Online Gaming can be found in our online FAQ.