Sony Online Entertainment has announced EverQuest II, the upcoming sequel to its groundbreaking massively multiplayer online role-playing game EverQuest. The new game will improve on its predecessor with a completely new 3D engine, new spells, quests, and events, and the option for characters to own real estate and command ships. It will also include a new branching character class structure, more customization options, and a new nonconfrontational character advancement system for new classes such as the tradesman.

EverQuest II will be set in Norrath, the gameworld featured in the original game, but it will take place during the Age of Destiny, a period in the future of the original game's gameworld. The game engine will support significantly more detailed environments and advanced graphics features such as per pixel lighting, dynamic environment mapping, and a programmable surface shader system. In addition, the game will have completely new combat, spell, and skill systems and a revised quest system.