游戏工作室Daybreak游戏公司已经取消了EverQuest Next，这是一个即将推出的免费MMO，它应该是众多EverQuest游戏的继承者。在该工作室网站上发表的一份声明中，Daybreak游戏公司总裁罗素·尚克斯（Russell Shanks）说，这个游戏名根本没有达到特许经营的标准。

“当我们把这些片段放在一起的时候，我们发现这并不好玩，”香克斯写道在最后的回顾中，我们不得不面对这样一个事实：EverQuest Next无法满足我们——以及你们所有人——对诺拉斯世界的期望。”

这对EverQuest的粉丝来说是个不幸的消息，但也可能意味着整个游戏行业的期望值正在改变。本周早些时候，微软宣布，作为狮头工作室可能关闭的一部分，它将停止开发免费播放的寓言传奇。也许F2P对制片厂来说并不像以前那么有吸引力了。

以下是Shanks的完整声明：

To Our Daybreak Community,

I’m writing today to let you know that, after much review and c***ideration, Daybreak is discontinuing development of EverQuest Next.

For the past 20 years EverQuest has been a labor of love. What started as a deep passion of ours, as game creators, grew into a much larger passion shared by you, milli*** of players and Daybreakers alike. Watching EverQuest’s ability to entertain and bring people together has inspired and humbled us. It’s shaped our culture and has emboldened us to take aggressive risks with our game ideas and products. When we decided to create the next chapter in the EverQuest journey, we didn’t aim low. We set out to make something revolutionary.

For those familiar with the internals of game development, you know that cancellati*** are a reality we must face from time to time. Inherent to the creative process are dreaming big, pushing hard and being brutally honest with where you land. In the case of EverQuest Next, we accomplished incredible feats that astonished industry insiders. Unfortunately, as we put together the pieces, we found that it wasn’t fun. We know you have high standards when it comes to Norrath and we do too. In final review, we had to face the fact that EverQuest Next would not meet the expectati*** we – and all of you – have for the worlds of Norrath.

The future of the EverQuest franchise as a whole is important to us here at Daybreak. EverQuest in all its forms is near and dear to our hearts. EverQuest and EverQuest II are going strong. Rest assured that our passion to grow the world of EverQuest remains undiminished.

Yours truly,

Russell Shanks

President, Daybreak Games