EverQuest to get the first digitial card game

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it will be release an online trading card game bases on the EverQuest franchise. The game will be titled Legends of Norrath and will be playable within MMORPGs EverQuest and EverQuest II. Yep, it is a game within a game. Not o much a minigame as a full card game inside a must larger game. The announcement was made today (August 8, 2007) by SOE president, John Smedley during his Fan Faire Community Address.

EverQuest I & II subscribers will receive free “Oathbound” 55-card starter decks on August 28, 2007, and be allowed to play prior to the game’s official launch on September 4, 2007. Starter decks will be available for $9.99 plus tax and booster packs will sell for $2.99.

The game will be launchable using…