EverQuest The Planes Of Power Hits 200,000 Sales Mark

EverQuest^®
The Planes Of Power(tm) Hits 200,000 Sales Mark

EverQuest The Planes Of
Power, the latest expansion
pack for the online gaming phenomenon EverQuest^®, has surpassed the
200,000 unit sales mark in less than three weeks.  The numbers reinforce
EverQuest’s popularity and brand dominance in online gaming.  EverQuest
currently has more than 430,000 active subscribers and regularly experiences
sessions involving more than 100,000 simultaneous players.

Developed by Sony Online
Entertainment, the experts in massively multiplayer online gaming,
EverQuest The Planes Of Power is the fourth expansion to the original
game, and introduces high-level EverQuest gamers to an arching storyline that
takes players on an adventure of epic proportions. With hundreds of powerful new
weapons, spells and creatures, 20 action-packed zones, and an increased level
cap maximum to 65, players can become more powerful than ever before.

About EverQuest

EverQuest, developed and
published by Sony Online Entertainment Inc., launched in 1999 and has since
become a gaming and cultural phenomenon. Continuing to grow with award-winning
expansions The Ruins of Kunark(tm), The Scars of Velious® and The Shadows of
Luclin(tm), EverQuest proves to be the largest 3D fantasy world ever created
online.  During peak periods, more than 100,000 simultaneous adventurers have
explored the fully detailed fantasy world of Norrath filled with dragons,
knights, wizards and more. The active global EverQuest subscriber base is
comprised of players from more than 40 different countries including the U.S.,
England, Canada, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, France, Italy and
Australia.