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The Everquest II team has announced the release of the Dungeon Finder tool. Saying, "You asked. We delivered.", the new feature is live across EQ II servers as of today.

More Information about Dungeon Finder:

• Players must be level 20 or higher to use this feature.
• Mentoring cannot be used with the Dungeon Finder.
• If a group finishes a Dungeon Finder dungeon, the group leader can queue for another dungeon using the "queue group" button.
• If a player's critical mitigation value is lower than the dungeon's recommended value, the dungeon will be grayed out and they will not be able to queue for that dungeon.
• If a player has a lockout timer on a dungeon, that dungeon will also be grayed out and they will not be able to queue for that dungeon.

Read the full blog post on the Everquest II community site.

Everquest II players will want to head in game to update their clients with Update 61: War of Zek. Among other things, War of Zek includes dynamically scaling dungeons, a house rating system, a new dungeon and raid and much more.

• Dynamically Scaling Dungeons: * "Sabaron's Palace" and "Silent City: The Delving Dead" provide dynamically scaled content for adventure groups between levels 60 – 90. The encounters found within are randomized to create a unique play experience each time through. # Plane of War Heroic Dungeon and Raid: * The Plane of War has both heroic and raid versions. Players can challenge Rallos Zek, the God of War, and foil his plans to steal the power of the twin swords to bring about the destruction of Norrath itself.
• House Ratings System: Now you can publish your house in the House Rating System for all to visit and enjoy! Listed houses can be rated by visitors earning trophies, titles and bragging rights.
• Dungeon Finder Match Maker System (to be released in the next week): The new Dungeon Finder interface allows players or their group to queue up and find more players to join for dungeon grouping at any level (within the same server). Choose More >

MMORPG.com's Drew Wood recently attended the SOE Fan Faire in Las Vegas. During the opening presentation, fans were treated to a first look at the latest Everquest II expansion, Age of Destiny. Age of Destiny is poised to bring a lot of new and exciting features into the game and Drew had the opportunity to chat with Executive Producer Dave Georgeson about them. Read more and then let us know what you think!

The addition of the Beastlord as the 25th class in EQII was something that we saw a lot of people buzzing about at the actual show. It was something that people had been requesting to see in the game for a long time and the players were quite jazzed to discuss the addition. I decided to ask Dave about the motivation behind adding the Beastlord at long last and what we can expect to see from it that may set it apart from Everquest's class of the same name.

Read more of Drew Wood's Everquest II: Age of Discovery Bringing BIG Changes.

One of the more compelling advances in the MMORPGs that we play is the advent of 3D graphic technology. At E3 2011, MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh talked with Everquest 2 Lead Programmer Greg Spence about the recent introduction of 3D technology into the game. Read on to discover more about Everquest 2's 3D Update.

Lead Programmer Greg Spence was at E3 to show off the game in 3D, saying that the stereoscopic 3-D code was already live for gamers who wanted to enjoy the option. In fact, there were players playing the game in 3D, using the nVidia 3D Vision system. They were showing off the 3D effects at E3 in conjunction with the Sony Vaio hardware release of the F-Series laptops and L-Series PCs, all with 120Hz monitors and shutter glasses.

Read more of Carolyn Koh's Everquest 2: E3 2011 – The 3D Update.

Sony Online Entertainment has announced the sixtieth update to Everquest II. Called "The Children of War", the update is scheduled to go live on May 17th. Devs also announced that from April 14-21, all inactive accounts will be reactivated to give former players a chance to log in and check out the changes since their last play session.

The plans of Rallos Zek are beginning to come to fruition and the mighty Fortress of Drunder, which once sat within the Plane of War itself, has appeared on Norrath, and now rests high above the Kromzek city of Kael Drakkel. From Drunder, Rallos Zek plans to rally his war parties, scale the massive sheer cliffs leading to the Western Wastes, and execute his plan to steal the power of Roehn Theer. It will take bold and daring adventurers to enter the fortress itself, unlock the secrets to the salvation of Norrath, and thwart the destructive agenda of the God of War.

Read more here.