Accolades Everquest was named GameSpot's 1999 Game of the Year in its Best & Worst of 1999 awards, remarking that after the game's release in March, the whole gaming industry was grounded to a halt, that a least one prominent game developer blamed EverQuest for product delays, and that for several weeks GameSpot's editors were spending more time exploring Norrath than they were doing their jobs. The website would also include the game in their list of the Greatest Games of All Time in 2004. GameSpot UK would also rank the title 14th on its list of the 100 Best Computer Games of the Millennium in 2000, calling it "a technological tour de force" and the first online RPG to bring the production values of single-player games to the online masses. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences named EverQuest their "Online Game of the Year" during the 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, while Game Revolution named it the Best PC RPG of 1999. It was included in Time magazine's Best of 1999 in the "Tech" category, and Entertainment Weekly would include the game in their Top Ten Hall of Fame Video Games of the '90s. In 2007, Sony Online Entertainment received a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for EverQuest under the category of "Development of Massively Multiplayer Online Graphical Role Playing Games". During the 2nd annual Game Developers Choice Online Awards in 2011, EverQuest received a Hall of Fame award for its long-term advancement of online gaming, such as being the first MMORPG to feature a guild system and raiding.
accolades everquest was named gamespot's 1999 game of the year in its best & worst of 1999 awards remarking that after the game's release in march the whole gaming industry was grounded to a halt that a least one prominent game developer blamed everquest for product delays and that for several weeks gamespot's editors were spending more time exploring norrath than they were doing their jobs the website would also include the game in their list of the greatest games of all time in 2004 gamespot uk would also rank the title 14th on its list of the 100 best computer games of the millennium in 2000 calling it "a technological tour de force" and the first online rpg to bring the production values of single-player games to the online masses the academy of interactive arts and sciences named everquest their "online game of the year" during the 3rd annual interactive achievement awards while game revolution named it the best pc rpg of 1999 it was included in time magazine's best of 1999 in the "tech" category and entertainment weekly would include the game in their top ten hall of fame video games of the '90s in 2007 sony online entertainment received a technology & engineering emmy award for everquest under the category of "development of massively multiplayer online graphical role playing games" during the 2nd annual game developers choice online awards in 2011 everquest received a hall of fame award for its long-term advancement of online gaming such as being the first mmorpg to feature a guild system and raiding