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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Here’s how to use a factory in the Divergence alpha
Divergence Online creator Ethan Casner published a new YouTube video yesterday that focuses on the sci-fi sandbox's factory implementation. Much like in the classic...
EverQuest provides progression server updates
Remember EverQuest's dual progression servers that were all the rage(fire) a few months ago? Well they're still rolling along, with player votes determining how...
Jukebox Heroes: An MMO Halloween playlist
Halloween is upon us, that spooky and magical time of year that exists both in real life and in many of our MMOs. While...
Steam’s Halloween sale includes The Secret World, ARK, and more
This week sees a big Halloween sale over at Steam, which includes several MMOs that you might want to pick up while they're at...
Take a walk on the abomination side in EverQuest II’s Kralet Penumbra
The various residents of EverQuest II's Terrors of Thalumbra expansion are not necessarily pleasing to the eye. That having been said, the Abominations of...
The Scream Team: Storming EverQuest II’s Nektropos Castle
The time has finally come for MassivelyOP's MJ and the Minions to storm Nektropos Castle! The group has many EverQuest II Heritage Quests that...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer soloing or grouping in MMORPGs?
As we belatedly covered yesterday, the developers of upcoming indie MMO Saga of Lucimia believe that group-centric play is the solution to a problem supposedly created by the...
EverQuest II previews the Stygian Threshold
Those familiar with EverQuest II might expect that an area with a permanent portal into the Underfoot plane would be a kind of unpleasant...
The Stream Team: Haunting Halloween builds in Landmark
If you ask MassivelyOP's MJ, Halloween is the best time of the year! And she can't wait to see how people have decorated their...
Supergirl gets an updated look in DC Universe Online
October 26th is the premiere date for the new Supergirl television series on CBS. That's good news for fans of Kara Zor-El, definitely, but...
Massively Overthinking: WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and MMO raiding in 2015
Here we are in October, sandwiched between WildStar's F2P conversion and Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns launch, and it seems as if we're...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Online games and internet addiction
Massively OP's overview of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate last month was just the beginning of our coverage of the...
EverQuest II: Terrors of Thalumbra scoots into beta testing
EverQuest II's underground expansion has gone into beta testing in preparation for its launch next month.
Daybreak said that any player who pre-orders Terrors of...
Here is Daybreak’s Halloween event schedule
Daybreak has always been a huge proponent of Halloween, and this year is no different. Returning, new, and revised events are happening in pretty much...
The Stream Team: Exploring EverQuest II’s pre-expansion and killer bunny events
October is most definitely a time for events, and EverQuest II upped the ante with three at one time! Not only is the Halloween-inspired...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 34: Rollbacks and breakups
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, WildStar, GW2, RuneScape, Marvel Heroes, Black Desert, Nexon/NCsoft, WoW, and Wakfu, with mailbag questions on expansion pricing and horizontal gameplay.
EverQuest II shows off deities and infusions
There's more to the next EverQuest II expansion than simply exploring new areas; players are going to have new systems to help along the...
Take a look at EverQuest II’s City of Maldura zone preview
Fantasy cities manage to have far more intense problems than real-world cities. Sure, there are plenty of real-world cities with crime problems, but how...
The MOP Up: Heart of Thorns countdown (October 18, 2015)
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...
The Daily Grind: How would you mix MMO features to create the best one ever?
Today's Daily Grind question -- more like command! -- from Massively OP Kickstarter donor Tim is short and sweet:
Mix features to create your perfect MMO.
It...