EverQuest Next

EverQuest Next’s NPCs have minds of their own (interview)

EverQuest Next’s designers would like to put role-playing game questgivers out of business.

Sony Online Entertainment is partnering with Storybricks, an A.I. company, for the next installment of EverQuest, the venerable massively multiplayer online fantasy RPG. This installment is a bit of a reboot for the series, so while traditional races, roles, and regions will return, the story is being written from scratch — and in some cases, on the fly by intelligent NPCs.

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