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Producer’s Letter: Enter the Den of Darkpaw Games

Postby fendaann » Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:49 pm

https://www.everquest.com/news/darkpaw- ... etter-2020

Producer’s Letter: Enter the Den of Darkpaw Games
Holly “Windstalker” Longdale welcomes Norrathians to the new EverQuest franchise studio

Welcome to our first bark as Darkpaw Games!

Unsurprisingly, our motto is “Never Give Up” given that our studio name is borne from our beloved in-game character, Fippy Darkpaw – the gnoll that won’t quit. For over 20 years he’s been fighting the good fight for his tribe. Same goes for our studio, our games, and our tenacious players.

We are the OG. The passionate. The dedicated. And the proud! Grrr….Bark Bark…Grrr.

I’m sure you want to know what this change means…

Darkpaw Games will operate autonomously and focus on the EQ franchise, its community, and its future. I will be at the head of Darkpaw and Daybreak will be our publisher with its incredible support and operations teams we’ve come to know and love over the years.

We will work toward expanding the franchise and invest in our future as a studio.

Currently, nothing will change for your accounts and membership. No worries there.

Our staff has grown a bit and we’ll continue to adjust as Darkpaw evolves and grows into its development strategy and vision. What’s that, you ask? To create immersive entertainment that is socially driven and diverse, enriches lives and fuels imagination.

That vision comes from decades of working with and listening to our communities about how EverQuest games have impacted, changed, and enhanced their lives. We want to continue it. It’s what we do best.

Immediately, and in practical terms, our focus is on the fans and investing in our current games and the business of starting new ones. We’re already executing on the plans we had for 2020, like expansions and events for EQ and EQ2.

[b][color=#FF00FF][color=#FF00FF][u]We’ll start evaluating the interest in, and logistics of, a fan faire and move forward with that as soon as possible. [/u][/color][/color][/b]

More than anything, we want to deliver on what players love and go even further. We are going to think outside the box a bit, so hold onto your tails!

This month, [u][b][color=#FF00FF]we plan to sell a limited run of our EverQuest 20th and EverQuest II 15th anniversary shirts on Amazon[/color][/b][/u]. If it goes well, we’ll keep exploring official product ideas. We’ll send out links and details as soon as we have them!

[color=#FF00FF][b]EverQuest’s first anniversary in its THIRD decade will come in March and we’ve got plans for that[/b][/color], so stay tuned! EverQuest II has its own plans that will roll out soon – Yeehaw!

Now, with all my heart, thank YOU! We hope you continue to embrace us as we grow into our indie paws. We want to communicate in new ways with our own Darkpaw voice, too. Many of you are familiar with our personalities and we want to live our best life as gamers and developers with you.

Join the pack! More news as it comes!

Sincerely, as ever,

Holly “Windstalker” Longdale

Executive Producer, Darkpaw Games

“Never Give Up”
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Re: Producer’s Letter: Enter the Den of Darkpaw Games

Postby fendaann » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:17 am

Daybreak Games Reveals Three New Franchise Studios
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... k4EJNSJHeQ
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Re: Producer’s Letter: Enter the Den of Darkpaw Games

Postby fendaann » Fri Jan 24, 2020 12:59 pm

not sure yet if they would move the forms to the new link?

https://www.darkpawgames.com/home
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Re: Producer’s Letter: Enter the Den of Darkpaw Games

Postby Samanna » Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:13 am

This sure sounds like good news.
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Postby fendaann » Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:25 pm

Community Letter: A Note from Jennifer Chan
https://www.everquest.com/news/jenn-cha ... -letter-eq\

An introduction and looking ahead

Greetings Norrath, and well met.

Before we take steps into the Plane of Knowledge for my first community letter. I have to say, it is with great honor and gratitude to have been appointed the next steward of EverQuest and EverQuest II. I follow a line of legends before me, and I intend to lead by example and carry on the torch to the best of my ability.

I look forward to us getting to know each other more. Prior to stepping into my role as current Head of Studio at Darkpaw Games, I’ve been the Technical Director the last 6 years for EverQuest and EverQuest II, and before that, I was programmer for the franchise between 2008 and 2013.

I want to reassure you that the change of guard does not mean change of plans in EverQuest. We are moving full steam ahead on our road map for the year with lots of new and additional fun content in store.

We know that many of you have been looking at Overseer and sharing information about your experiences on the Test Server. Overseer will be releasing with our patch today, and we can’t wait for you to get your hands on it and start helping to maintain the balance in the world of Norrath between the forces of Order and Discord. This major new feature is incredibly exciting for us as we continue to look forward to the future of Norrath.

As part of our 21st Anniversary celebrations we’ve added a new mount and other fun items to the jubilant merchant, unlocked Veteran Reward AAs for All Characters, all All Access members will receive a Heroic Character unlock for their accounts, and two player designed missions will make their appearance as anniversary quests!

Now, there are a few more things that we will be discussing soon, like more information about the upcoming Time Locked Progression servers and server merges, along with a few additional surprises we have in store, including a possible hint about our plans for a fan gathering in 2020.

All in all, I am very excited for this year and the things we have planned for EverQuest, and what we have in store for the franchise. Thank you for embarking with us on this new chapter in the grand epic that is EverQuest.



Yours Truly,



Jennifer “JChan” Chan

Head of Studio, Darkpaw Games
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