EverQuest Press Release
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It's your world now EverQuest® pen and paper fantasy role-playing game
Atlanta, GA - White Wolf Publishing and Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
announce a summer 2002 release of a pen and paper role-playing game,
based
on the immensely popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game,
EverQuest®.
The new EverQuest role-playing game will be released by White Wolf's
Sword &
Sorcery design studio as a series of three hardcover core rulebooks
beginning with the EverQuest Role-playing Game: Player's Handbook this
June.
Based on EverQuest's richly detailed fantasy world of Norrath and
featuring
pen and paper rules that are fully compatible with the most popular
existing
pen and paper fantasy rules system. The EverQuest role-playing game will
open up new avenues of play to both EverQuest players and veteran pen
and
paper fantasy role-players.
"We¹re thrilled to be working with the creative minds at White Wolf to
bring
the world¹s #1 online role-playing game, EverQuest, to a wider
audience,"
said John Smedley, COO and senior vice president, Sony Online
Entertainment.
"For many table top game fans who don¹t play PC games, this is the
perfect
opportunity to experience the game that has captured the hearts of
millions
of fans worldwide."
With an active global EverQuest subscriber base comprised of players
from
various countries throughout the "real world", including the United
States,
England, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany,
Italy
and Australia, EverQuest proves to be the largest fantasy world ever
created
online. More than 410,000 EverQuest players will be able to easily
convert
their online characters to EverQuest role-playing game characters and
explore the world of Norrath in a whole new and exciting way.
For additional information on this product and the many other White Wolf
releases, visit us at www.eqrpg.com
What is Sword and Sorcery Studio?
White Wolf's Sword & Sorcery Studio produces fantasy role-playing games
that
are fully compatible with the d20 System and are published under the
Open
Game License. Its product lines include the popular Scarred Lands
campaign
setting and the EverQuest roleplaying game.
www.swordsorcery.com
About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), the online gaming division of Sony
Pictures Digital Entertainment, is a worldwide leader in massively
multiplayer online gaming. Headquartered in San Diego, California, SOE
develops, publishes and distributes entertainment for the PC and online
markets. With more than 11 million registered users, SOE¹s
award-winning
website, The Station® (www.station.com) hosts a variety of entertaining
games and player communities spanning all genres. In addition to
blockbuster hits EverQuest® and Jeopardy! Online, SOE has an array of
cutting-edge online games in development such as PlanetSide, Star Wars
Galaxies and Sovereign.