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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EverQuest axes enforced raid rotations
Daybreak is ending enforced raid rotations in EverQuest. The firm says that doing so serves the best interest of its Ragefire and Lockjaw progression...
EverQuest emulator Project 1999 drops new patch, prepares for 6th anniversary with permadeath
EverQuest has evolved quite a bit over the years, but some folks prefer reliving the classic experience. Project 1999 -- recently given a written...
Divergence Online’s Ethan Casner on SWG 2.0, open PvP, and edgelords
Star Wars Galaxies-inspired indie sandbox Divergence Online busted out its third alpha and third crowdfunding campaign last week, prompting many of Massively OP's readers...
EverQuesting: EverQuest franchise expansion announcements erode more trust
Is it just me, or is Daybreak actively trying to make me dislike it? To force me abandon all hope when I enter? Because...
The MOP Up: All news must go!
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...
One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!
"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online
"The future in your hands."
This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...
The Stream Team: City life in Landmark
The last time MassivelyOP's MJ toured Landmark, she showed off a single city. But there are many more concrete jungles and impressive skyscrapers spread...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios host their own forums and wikis?
Massively OP Kickstarter donor DPandaren wants to talk about something every MMO player likely uses but most of us take for granted: forums and wikis.
"Do...
DC Universe Online’s GU52 is live
Game Update 52 went live in DC Universe Online earlier today, according to the superhero MMO's Twitter feed. Patch notes for the drop were...
Classic EverQuest is getting a new expansion with ‘level agnostic’ raids too
EverQuest players who felt a little green with envy at the news that EverQuest II was to be treated to a full-fledged expansion should...
Gamerz for Gamerz invites MMOers to a haunted Halloween party
Are you searching for a real-world community to bolster your MMORPG experience, something that's still around after your favorite game is gone or over? Gamerz...
EverQuest II’s 12th expansion will be a legit expansion
Daybreak's Holly "Windstalker" Longdale has just announced that EverQuest II's next major content will be a true expansion.
Our next expansion release is right around...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMO with antagonistic GMs?
Whenever we're reminiscing about the glory days of MMOs, we invariably bring up the prevalence of events and GMs in those classic games. What...
‘SWG 2.0’ Divergence Online hits alpha 3, launches Indiegogo campaign
If Divergence Online sounds familiar, that's because it's been in pre-launch testing for a few years already. This week, it's entered its third alpha and launched...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home
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...
One Shots: Purple haze
Blocky and stylized though it may be, World of Warcraft's visuals represent impressive work by artists who pull every trick out of their bags to...
DC Universe’s Episode 16 gets a quick trailer
Daybreak has released a short teaser for DC Universe Online's Episode 16 DLC. And when we say short, we do mean short, as the clip...
The Stream Team: H1Z1’s bad-news bears
Life after an apocalypse is hard, and even more so after a wipe! H1Z1 reset all the servers again, meaning MassivelyOP's MJ has to...
Global Chat: Money prison
What kind of prison charges you money to stay there? An MMO prison, obviously!
The Ancient Gaming Noob has a few insightful words to say...
