Everquest - Champions Of Norrath Announced

Thanks to several readers for pointing out a Sony press release announcing Champions Of Norrath: Realms Of Everquest for the Playstation 2. This action RPG, being developed by Snowblind Studios, who also made Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, promises "..a deep, single-player campaign, but it also includes a free online multiplayer component, allowing up to four friends to adventure together using their own Internet connections." As this title will clearly be using the engine from the well-received BG:DA, this could be a very useful addition to the console action RPG canon.

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Taken from the press release, the playable characters are:

Barbarian Warrior, Dark Elf Shadow Knight, High Elf Cleric, Erudite Wizard, Wood Elf Ranger

Sounds pretty close to the lineup for Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2. In fact, Champtions of Norrath sounds so identical to BG:DA2 that it'll be like comparing Gauntlet Legends to Gauntlet Dark Legacy. ...and yeah, sucker that I am, I'll probably get both, unless the offline portion of Champions of Norrath is as skimpy and bland as the offline portions of the Phantasy Star Online games.