Daybreak Games' President Russ Shanks has recently announced the
Cancellation of Everquest Next, while some information on the game was released in the past years
it seemed promising. 
In the letter the main reason for the game's cancellation was that "It just wasn't fun"
Russ Shanks states in an open letter:

To Our Daybreak Community,

I’m writing today to let you know that, after much review and consideration, Daybreak is discontinuing development of EverQuest Next.

For the past 20 years EverQuest has been a labor of love. What started as a deep passion of ours, as game creators, grew into a much larger passion shared by you, millions of players and Daybreakers alike. Watching EverQuest’s ability to entertain and bring people together has inspired and humbled us. It’s shaped our cu

New end game content update to be released in two weeks!
You’ve mastered your skills, fought through terrifying encounters, and conquered Poharan herself. There’s no rest for a warrior on the pathway of vengeance, and your adventure continues in just two weeks—on February 10—with the release of Rising Waters, an update including three challenging new pieces of max-level PvE content, and new ways to increase your martial prowess.

Bloodshade/Nightshade HarborAvailable as a 6- or 4-player Heroic (purple) dungeon, Bloodshade Harbor (and its 24-player version, Nightshade Harbor) offers max-level players new challenges against the Blackram pirates, and Poharan’s boss, Admiral Hae Mujin himself.



Mushin’s Tower – Floors 1–7
Ascend each level of Mushin’s Tower—a single player Heroic dungeon—for increas

Waiting for the 2nd closed beta date announcement and want to create a character?Look no further as Daum Games have released a character creation client separate from the game.Create a new character, update your old one and save them to use in the next beta test!Choose from all the classes available and options, or just fiddle around with all the hairstyles. The possibilities are endless!

Download the client and get creating!

Name Reservation for Disciple and Master Pack founders have officially begun
yesterday, and despite the recent drama surrounding it, people clamored to reserve their names.
It's been confirmed for a while that new colors and hairstyles would be added come the
Western release of the game, and I took the pleasure to show off the colors and styles (old and new)
Watch the video below to get a glimpse!


Now before you get out your pitchforks, torches and rocks, hear me out on this.
Yes, there were changes made to Blade and Soul's Western release.

Western Changes:
~Female underwear
+Changed from lace Cheongsam (Gon)
+Changed from silk Teddy (Jin)
+Changed from silk two piece (Lyn)
+Changed race name and white slip top (Kun to Yun due to sounding similar to the racial epithet "coon")

All now wear a...