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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Daybreak layoffs totaled 140 in San Diego
It's been almost a month since Daybreak (formerly SOE) laid off several of its employees following its acquisition by Columbus Nova, but we're only...
Daybreak posts new Landmark blueprint
Daybreak has published an outline for Landmark development over the next few weeks. The next update, likely dropping somewhere between March 18th and 25th,...
Daybreak now has two G.I.R.L. scholarships for 2015
After this week's Storybricks drama and today's brutal cutbacks of customer service and forum support, the company formerly known as SOE could really use some good...
Daybreak constricts gamemasters in EQ and EQII
A Massively Overpowered reader named Nick recently alerted us to a new EverQuest II customer support policy he'd been sent in-game in response to...
Here’s what’s happening in EverQuest for the next few weeks
What's on tap for EverQuest over the next few weeks? Quite a bit, according to a forum post by Daybreak's Johnathan "Prathun" Caraker. EQ's...
Storybricks has closed down
It's been but a week and a half since we heard official word that Daybreak Game Company was cutting ties with Storybricks, and the...
Omeed Dariani takes new post directing the community for NCsoft
Omeed Dariani, who resigned from SOE back in September before the studio's buyout and big transition to Daybreak Games, is back working with the...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten facts of EverQuest life circa 1999
MMOs change. We know that, but we also tend to forget it as well. The games that we play today can often be light-years...
The Stream Team: Shoot-em-up in PlanetSide 2
Last time MassivelyOP's Mike Foster played PlanetSide 2, he died a bunch while providing little value to his team. Tonight should be no different,...
Here are the progression servers up for vote in EverQuest
Classic EverQuest's dev team casually announced last week that it has plans for new progression servers, signalling that at least Daybreak isn't planning on...
EverQuesting: Is EverQuest Next in trouble?
You know me: I've been quite the supporter of EverQuest Next and Landmark for a good long while. Even before writing about EQN these...
DCUO cracks down on Hades raid exploit
Players who took advantage of an exploit in the new DC Universe Online Hades raid faced the ire of the Daybreak Game Company this...
EverQuest Next may not be F2P
SOE Daybreak has been all about "F2P your way" for a couple of years now, but comments by EverQuest Next senior producer Terry Michaels and...
H1Z1 eyes battle royale season pass
Would you pay for a season pass to H1Z1's popular battle royale content? And if so, how much would you shell out for it?
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Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable?
Are you over the Daybreak Game Company layoffs shock yet? Nope, neither am I. But my shock is compounded by dread over the fate of the...
Daybreak teams reassure MMO players, deflect DDoS attacks
More assurances are coming your way from Daybreak Games, this time from reps of each of the studio's games.
"Absolutely nothing" has changed, according to...
The Soapbox: Has F2P worked for SOE?
The MassivelyOP staff was discussing the SOE Daybreak armageddon recently, and given the total absence of public data relating to who or what was...
PlanetSide 2 Creative Director Matt Higby resigns from his post
EverQuest Next might be safe according to the head honcho of Daybreak, but PlanetSide 2 is in for a rocky time: PS2 Creative Director Matt...
DC Universe Online launches Amazon’s Fury part II
Are you ready to go head-to-three-heads with Cerberus, guard dog of the Underworld? Because that's what you'll be doing when you pop into the...
Former PS2 producer: ‘Don’t hate on Daybreak’
After yesterday's news it's understandable that fans of Daybreak Games' software lineup might be somewhere between nervous and upset. Former PlanetSide 2 producer David...
