Everquest II (EQ II), by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is the sequel to one of the first and most successful MMORPGs ever! You should think that a game of that scale, that already earned a lot of positive previews, should be presented in a big way on the biggest game show of Europe, the Games Convention (GC) in Leipzig, that took place from August, 19th until the 22nd.

Apparently, the European publisher of EQ 2, Ubi Soft, didn't think so: My team and I almost accidentally stumbled over the two small booths where the game could be tested out. Obviously, Ubi Soft thought that single-player titles like Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory or Brothers in Arms would interest the visitors much more – a grave mistake, in my opinion, since Everquest II is poised to be the only serious contender with "that other" MMORPG, World of Warcraft (WoW), which, by the way, was presented "big time" on the GC.