Project 1999, Daybreak, and Velious
 

It’s been a busy year for Project 1999 and we have some exciting news we’ve been really anxious to share with all of you. As some of you may be aware, in the past there has been both confusion and concern over the status of Project 1999. We have recently entered into a written agreement with Daybreak Game Company LLC that formally recognizes Project 1999 as a fan based, not-for-profit, classic EverQuest emulation project. The agreement establishes the guidelines that we as a project must follow, but it will allow to us continue to update the game without risk of legal repercussions. As a show of good faith to support the efforts of Daybreak Games, we have decided to reschedule our expansion release as to not conflict with the upcoming new progression server being released in the coming weeks.

We would like to personally thank all the folks at Daybreak and acknowledge how awesome it is for a company to work with and embrace the creations of their fans. This is really something that’s unique in the gaming industry.

The Velious release has been rescheduled to the following dates:

Saturday, August 1st for the Project 1999 PvP Server.
Sunday, August 2nd for the Project 1999 PvE Server.

We would also like to sincerely apologize to those of you that have already established plans for a May release. We know many of you had scheduled time off from work and even planned parties or trips. I hope you can understand the importance and necessity of the decision we have made and we encourage those of you waiting in the meantime to enjoy the Daybreak Progression Server when it is released.

inb4 someone freaks out

:O

Very interesting news, quite groundbreaking to make an agreement with them :) nice job.

I'm extremely happy that Daybreak has decided to formally allow you and staff to run this project.

And as far as the Velious release date being pushed back, I'm just happy it's actually being released. Thanks Rog, Borg, Sirk, and the other staff members for their continual support for this game.

Also, nice sig change Rog

Winter isn't coming until later this summer yall.

I like the sound of this. Are there any more details we can have about what this means? A little more elaboration. And maybe some details or a link to more information about this Daybreak progression server?

better make up for this with simmed repops
I feel bad for people who already took work vaca off
jesus
atleast the project will live on forever, keep up the good work

I'm interested in what those guidelines we must follow are.