"EverQuest II" was nominated for "Best Massively Multiplayer Online Game" in GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2004 awards, and was runner-up for "Best Persistent World Game" in IGN's Best of 2004 awards, losing both to "World of Warcraft". "Computer Games Magazine" named it the seventh-best computer game of 2004, with its editors declaring it an improvement "upon not only its own predecessor, but just about every predecessor out there". GameSpy granted "EQII" the title of "Most Improved Game" during its 2006 annual PC awards due to the addition of PvP servers and the release of the "Echoes of Faydwer" expansion that same year. After adopting a free-to-play model in 2011, the title was named "Best Bang for the Buck" in Massively's annual awards that same year.