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Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley discusses the transition to a free-to-play company and the future.

EverQuest helped pave the way for the modern MMORPG market and the game’s visionary Brad McQuaid talks about how it happened.

At SOE Fan Faire of this year, Benjamin J. de la Durantaye logged onto the Fippy Darkpaw server with EQ developer Ngreth to answer some burning questions from the players.

EverQuest is celebrating its twelfth anniversary, and Ten Ton Hammer is dancing in the streets of Freeport along with the other fans of all things EverQuest. Several members of the staff have taken to playing on the progression locked servers to recapture the magic of entering the world of Norrath for the first time once again, and they began to wonder about what lies ahead for the EverQuest franchise and of the journey taken over the last 12 years. To that end, our own Benjamin J. de la Durantaye sat down with other interest players at a roundtable discussion with EverQuest’s John Smedley (President of SOE), Alan VanCouvering (Assistant Lead Designer), and Harvey Burgess (Associate Producer).