<s>
Landmark	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Daybreak	O
Game	O
Company	O
(	O
originally	O
Sony	O
Online	O
Entertainment	O
)	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
original	O
name	O
was	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
Landmark	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
was	O
switched	O
to	O
Landmark	B-Protocol
in	O
March	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
purpose	O
for	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
Landmark	B-Protocol
was	O
mainly	O
as	O
a	O
player	O
content	O
creation	O
tool	O
for	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Landmark	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
playable	O
until	O
the	O
servers	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
February	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
purpose	O
for	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
Landmark	B-Protocol
was	O
mainly	O
as	O
a	O
player	O
content	O
creation	O
tool	O
for	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
Dave	O
Georgeson	O
,	O
director	O
of	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
series	O
,	O
told	O
Polygon	O
in	O
the	O
interview	O
that	O
"	O
Sony	O
Online	O
 [ Daybreak ] 	O
wo	O
n't	O
ever	O
be	O
finished	O
making	O
Landmark	B-Protocol
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Daybreak	O
Game	O
Company	O
shifted	O
its	O
focus	O
of	O
development	O
from	O
Landmark	B-Protocol
to	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
"	O
any	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
Landmark-only	O
are	O
lower	O
in	O
priority	O
and	O
will	O
have	O
to	O
wait	O
until	O
we	O
have	O
time	O
to	O
come	O
back	O
to	O
them.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Daybreak	O
Game	O
Company	O
president	O
Russell	O
Shanks	O
announced	O
that	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
an	O
announcement	O
on	O
official	O
Landmark	B-Protocol
forums	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
an	O
executive	O
producer	O
of	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
and	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
II	I-Protocol
that	O
Landmark	B-Protocol
would	O
be	O
launching	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
