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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Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson on ArcheAge, community management, and her new role at Trion
Linda "Brasse" Carlson is one of the MMO industry's most beloved community specialists, and genre fans everywhere boggled just a bit when Daybreak laid...
EverQuest’s new progression server wiped due to launch issues
It was a less-than-auspicious beginning for EverQuest's highly anticipated progression server.
The new server, Ragefire, came up yesterday and was immediately beset by several issues...
John Smedley talks smack to nearly 25,000 banned H1Z1 players
Do you like people who cheat in online games? Daybreak president John Smedley does not. After 24,837 H1Z1 accounts were banned for cheating (7,000...
Global Chat: What do you remember about Guild Wars?
Late last month, the classic Guild Wars transcended its 10th birthday and prompted a flood of nostalgic posts and shared stories. A few MMO...
DCUO’s Halls of Power, Part II releases today
Did you miss our interview with DC Universe Online head honcho Jens Andersen? Well, go read it and then come back!
Now that you're back,...
Tamriel Infinium: What we know about Elder Scrolls Online’s Imperial City
Even before the PC launch of the Elder Scrolls Online last year, there was something the community pined for: the Imperial City. In my first trip...
Landmark dev: Dungeoneering will become a large part of the game
Landmark is a sandbox MMO that allows players to engage in a number of non-combat activities, but playing as a pure pacifist might be...
One Shots: Nothing to see here, move along
Do you ever stop to realize just how much weirdness we see and dismiss every day as MMO gamers? If a fraction of the...
DC Universe Online: Halls of Power II and the end of DLC
If you are not a subscriber to DC Universe Online, you're still sitting back on the sidelines anticipating the release of Halls of Power Part...
The Daily Grind: Do you crave night-and-day cycles in MMOs?
Earlier this week, Daybreak's John Smedley told H1Z1 fans about a metric that startled me: An awful lot of post-apoc gamers are annoyed with night...
EverQuesting: Life after Landmark’s big wipe
It was just over a week ago that Landmark's servers went offline in preparation for a major upheaval that affected nearly every system in...
Perfect Ten: Future MMOs that I can’t wait to play
I imagine that most of us have a future bucket list of MMOs that we wish would get here already. It wasn't but a...
Raph Koster used MMO design to help revitalize a bar trivia game
You might know Raph Koster from his MMO legacy as a designer on Ultima Online or Star Wars Galaxies, or perhaps from his current...
The Stream Team: Caves of Landmark’s wonders
As pretty as the scenery can be topside, spelunking is where the action is since all the mobs were moved underground in Landmark. That's...
Tamriel Infinium: A guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s combat basics
I was looking back through some of my posts about the Elder Scrolls Online, and I noticed that I've mentioned combat quite a bit....
Elder Scrolls Online loses two key devs, WoW picks up Moorgard from EQ Next
The MMO industry is a vibrant market that's always shifting as developers move between projects. So who has gone where lately?
For starters, former EverQuest...
EverQuest’s progression server launches on May 20
Are you itching to turn back the clock with EverQuest's progression server? You don't have much longer to wait, as Daybreak has announced that...
Week in Review: WoW slips to 7.1M subs [May 10, 2015]
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
World...
Daybreak’s John Smedley: ‘Modders getting paid is an awesome idea’
Where do you come down on the subject of paying for game mods? While the reality of the issue might be off the table...
The Stream Team: Touring a whole new Landmark world
There isn't anything built in Landmark right now to gaze upon, but that's not really the point today, is it? With the newest landmasses to...
