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.
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Global Chat: What can MMORPG devs do to foster community?
One of the neat aspects of the MMO blogosphere is how writers will often interact and collaborate with each other. Recently, four bloggers ganged...
DCUO launches on Xbox One, previews the next three episodes
Surprise! After announcing at PAX East that DC Universe Online was coming to the Xbox One, Daybreak is launching the title on the console...
The Daily Grind: How would canceled MMOs be doing right now if they were still operating?
Many of us have our private (or not-so-private) sorrows regarding shuttered MMORPGs. Yes, we wish that they were still alive and often opine that...
Zek is reborn as EverQuest II launches GU100 for members
If you've been looking forward to seeing EverQuest II's Zek in a whole new way, GU100 has delivered up a tasty treat to All...
EverQuest brings back nine years of anniversary events
After 17 years of operation, EverQuest has racked up quite an assortment of anniversary events stretching back to the pre-smartphone era of humanity. You...
Dragon’s Prophet EU squashes dungeon bugs
Although Dragon's Prophet was shuttered in North America last year, the game is still flapping its wings in Europe. The Spring Awakening patch 3.0.1592...
PlanetSide 2’s massive construction patch has deployed
PlanetSide 2's big patch today introduces a brand-new construction system for those patient enough to wait out the extra-long maintenance downtime. Entering the MMO...
Landmark NPCs can talk your ear off after today’s patch
Are you ready for another whopper set of patch notes for Landmark? Today's hotfix will see combat tweaks, equipment rebalancing (along with a slower...
The Stream Team: EverQuest II’s flight of the Fury
While MassivelyOP's MJ and crew have been spending time working through Heritage Quests, the rat has gotten all of the attention; MJ's Fury has...
PAX East 2016: Hands-on with NCsoft’s Master x Master
Master x Master might very well be the MOBA that I learn to love in spite of any and all preconceptions.
I am not, categorically,...
Daybreak exec on early access, e-sports, VR, EverQuest Next, and the future of EverQuest
GamesIndustry.biz has published a lengthy interview with Daybreak chief publishing officer Laura Naviaux Sturr on the evolution of the MMORPG studio over the last year....
PAX East 2016: Brad McQuaid on Pantheon’s startup, development focus, and old-school nature
The development history of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen could be generously described as "checkered." The title went through several forms of failed crowdfunding...
The MOP Up: Richard Garriott’s new book (April 24, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
PAX East 2016: DC Universe Online’s Xbox One trailer
Daybreak has just posted a new trailer for DC Universe Online's Xbox One release. The company announced the Xbox One edition back in January;...
The Stream Team: Looking for Landmark dungeons
With the beginnings of Landmark's storyteller system in place, MassivelyOP's MJ is on the prowl for some player-made dungeons to dive! She's already had...
Massively Overthinking: The ‘next’ EverQuest
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Patreon donor Roger, who fully admits he still has EverQuest Next on the brain.
"Since we won't...
EverQuest II sends its members on a tricky treasure hunt
Feeling the itch to open some treasure chests and help yourself to some shiny booty? Not so fast there, EverQuest II player! You've got...
H1Z1 is building an improved eight-square-kilometer map
Don't get too comfortable with the current zone layout in either version of H1Z1. A new map, code-named "Z2," is currently in development and...
EverQuesting: Daybreak is on the right side of the MMORPG legacy server debate
WoW is stupid. Yes, I said it. World of Warcraft is dumb. More accurately, I should say Blizzard is stupid. The reason? Its stance...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why SWTOR gamers are so stoked for the return of Vette
The first two chapters of Knights of the Fallen Empire after the break kind of left the Star Wars: The Old Republic fanbase feeling...
