EverQuest gets portable

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it will release a $20 portable EverQuest game around Thanksgiving. The portable version of the game, for handhelds running Microsoft's Pocket PC software, will feature many of the same characters and environments as the PC version, but it won't have online components or multiplayer capabilities, said Sean Kauppinen, a Sony spokesman.

He said the handheld version isn't necessarily targeted at current EverQuest players. "Definitely there will be crossover," Kauppinen said. "But this also gives us a little bit of exposure to a new audience. You don't have to have EverQuest on your PC to enjoy this."