daybreak game company

Daybreak Game Company, colloquially known as just Daybreak, is what remains of the formerly Sony-owned studio SOE. The company was renamed following its purchase by investment firm Columbus Nova in early 2015. It is known best for the EverQuest and PlanetSide franchises, as well as Star Wars Galaxies, DC Universe Online, H1Z1, Vanguard, Dragon’s Prophet, The Matrix Online, Free Realms, and Clone Wars Adventures.

Perfect Ten: EverQuest’s EverExpanding franchise

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When Daybreak announced last year that it was cancelling the highly anticipated EverQuest Next project, the series' forward momentum lurched to a halt. This wasn't...

Massively Overthinking: MMO ragequitting

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Ragequitting. Most of us have probably done it once or twice from groups or single-player games or even MMO sessions in our time. My...

EverQuesting: Falling for EverQuest II’s new progression server, Fallen Gate

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A new time-locked expansion server got rolling last week in EverQuest II -- are you on board? I wasn't initially planning to participate; my...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo

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The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...

DCUO’s summer event is nothing short of an Atlantean civil war

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Aquaman might still be dealing with the shameful vestiges of his poor Superfriends cartoon showing in the 1970s, but the underwater superhero is getting...

The Stream Team: Earning an EverQuest II kick in the pants on the new progression server

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EverQuest II is offering a unique event for the opening of its newest progression server, Fallen Gate. Everyone who reaches level 10 before July...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 125: Secrets, Mordor, and Argus

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Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, LOTRO, RIFT, Kritika, and Master X Master, with mailbag topics on MMOs like Star Wars Galaxies and following the MMO crowd.

Daybreak Game Company holds job fair, appetizers presumably delicious

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Next month, big things are happening over at Daybreak: Daybreak is holding a job fair in which the studio will seek potential candidates for hire. While the games...
Ladies, please.

Choose My Adventure: Launching new in DC Universe Online

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Looking at the the three big triple-A superhero titles, DC Universe Online has always felt like the odd one out. City of Heroes was...
I'm so drunk I can barely see, but it helps be get through another day!

EverQuest II kicks off new progression server after short delay

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Following a brief delay yesterday, EverQuest II's newest progression server is up and running. The time-locked expansion server will start subscribers over at the earliest...

The Stream Team: Lavastorm Heritage Quests in EverQuest II

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Massively OP's MJ has been slowly streaming through all of EverQuest II's Heritage Quests (slowly, because there are more than you can shake an...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Star Wars Galaxies’ birthday

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Star Wars Galaxies was the game that sucked Massively OP's MJ into MMORPsGs, so how could she not celebrate its birthday? The official game...

Leaderboard: Do you play Star Wars Galaxies’ emulator?

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Welp, here we are: Star Wars Galaxies would be turning 14 years old today, had it been allowed to live. SWG is much beloved around...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO daily quest you’ve ever done?

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My husband and I are in the process of introducing the concept of household chores to our five-year-old son. Not yet having realized life...
If you forget the fact that it was during the day and there were only the two of us and it wasn't outside by a wooden table it was exactly like this.

The Daily Grind: How much realism is too much in an MMORPG?

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In yesterday's comments on the Shroud of the Avatar AMA article, MOP reader squidgod2000 drew everyone's attention to an overlooked bit in the Q&A...
Time enough at last, only not.

Choose My Adventure: Cryptic’s Neverwinter in review

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My time with Neverwinter is done, and it's a game I find myself in an odd relationship with. It'd be fair to say that...

EverQuest II answers all of your progression server questions

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Next week, EverQuest II is opening up Fallen Gate, a new "time-locked expansion server" that's going to function a little bit differently than other...

The Stream Team: Sizing up EverQuest II’s solo Proving Grounds

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EverQuest II's Proving Grounds proved to be pretty difficult (as well as littered with bugs!). Even finding a full group was pretty challenging! With...

The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal group size for an MMORPG?

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During this week's Massively OP podcast (live this afternoon!), Justin and I tackled a detailed question about MMO group makeup, the trinity, and combat,...

EverQuest II creates a new type of progression server

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EverQuest II is no stranger to Daybreak's penchant for creating and operating progression servers. But after all of these years, is there a way...

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