EverQuest II - 8 November - 26.10.04

Sony have issued a press release announcing EverQuest 2 for release on the 8th of November:

The 800-Pound Gorilla of Online Gaming is Ready To Play
[...]
"After more than four years in development, the wait for EverQuest II is
almost over," said John Smedley, president, Sony Online Entertainment. "We've
invested heavily on development of the game to ensure that EverQuest II has
the highest production values of any online game produced to date. We want to
deliver a game to our players that will provide an experience like nothing
they've ever seen."

Read the full press release

The kotaku gaming blog is sceptical about the reasons for this release date, since it's around the same time as the rumoured 22 Nov release date for World of Warcraft:

Would you pay $14.99 a month for this, especially when you know their main criteria for release is to be on the market before the competition and not the game being ready for release?

More info:
Official website
dek's EverQuest 2 Preview
EverQuest 2 Downloads on 3dgamers.com
World of Warcraft Release Date Rumour
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