January release likely for EverQuest Next Landmark alpha

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Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley has pinned the EverQuest Next Landmark alpha as happening next month. “It’s looking like [the alpha] is going to start sometime in the last half of January,” he tweeted. That’s naturally subject to change, but, fingers crossed.

“He warned us. Sorta. Not a surprise to see this. :)” responded director of development for EverQuest David Georgeson.

Now that I know what Landmark entails, I’m so down for this. The creation tools appear quick enough — and the end results pretty enough — that I actually want to build stuff for once.

@j_smedley [Twitter via Massively]