Sony Online Entertainment Announces The Serpent's Spine™ Expansion for EverQuest®

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, today announced EverQuest® The Serpent's Spine™, a new expansion for the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), EverQuest. EverQuest The Serpent's Spine will only be available via digital download beginning in September for the suggested price of U.S. $29.99.

"In an ongoing commitment to introducing new features into EverQuest, The Serpent's Spine introduces the Drakkin, the first new player race since the Frogloks were added to the game seven expansions ago," said Chris Sturr, Senior Brand Manager, Sony Online Entertainment. "In addition to the new race, players of all levels will benefit from this expansion, as we are including content for levels 1 to 75."

Players will also be able to explore a new starting city, Crescent Reach, which contains merchants, quests and combat. As in the last expansion, there will be new dynamic features such as auras, traps and destructible terrain. Players will be able to reach level 75 with new spells, raids and abilities.

About EverQuest The Serpent's Spine

Nestled in a great ravine in the Serpent Spine Mountains is an ancient abandoned ogre city now called Crescent Reach, which is home to a new race born to protect the future of dragon kind, the Drakkin. Six dragons defied the council of the ancient dragons of the Nest and chose to create a new race to protect their future. The Drakkin are borne of humans touched by a dragon's blood and their colors and appearance represent the dragon that created them. Rapidly aging and reaching maturity in only months, the Drakkin forget their human beginnings and make their pilgrimage to Crescent Reach, the home of their dragon creators and the rest of their kind. EverQuest The Serpent's Spine features the following:

  *  New Player Race: The Drakkin have been created from both human and
     dragon blood to protect the future of all dragon kind.  Several colors
     and customizations will be available to make each Drakkin character
     unique, such as elegant scale markings and horns.

  *  Level Cap Increase: Players can now reach level 75, complete with new
     spells, abilities, raids and quests for greater power.

  *  Content for Levels 1 to 75: Play through every level of the game
     without ever leaving the Serpent Spine Mountains.

  *  New Starting City: Crescent Reach is a fully functioning city with all
     that is required to learn and thrive in EverQuest, including merchant,
     quest, combat and tradeskill areas.

  *  Dynamic Features: New zones, NPCs, destructible and interactive
     objects.

  *  New AAs, Spells: Experience new spells and Alternative Advancement
     abilities.

The EverQuest base game is required for this expansion. For more information on EverQuest The Serpent's Spine, please visit: http://everquest.station.sony.com/ss/

About Sony Online Entertainment

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold Legends™, and PlanetSide®, as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, and Taiwan, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games in development. SOE is owned by Sony Pictures Digital and Sony Computer Entertainment America.

SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. Untold Legends is a trademark of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Sony Online Entertainment

CONTACT: Katie Uhlman, +1-858-577-3167, kuhlman@soe.sony.com, or Chris
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Entertainment

Web site: http://everquest.station.sony.com/ss