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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One Shots: Holding a torch for City of Heroes
No, you're not seeing yet another ancient screenshot from the late, great City of Heroes. No, this is something far more recent and special....
The Stream Team: Surviving the H1Z1 times
There's more to life than just surviving... unless you're in H1Z1, that is! MassivelyOP's MJ is delving back into the post-apocalyptic world to put...
EverQuest progression server transfers coming soon
The classic EverQuest progression servers have proven pretty popular, enough that the two servers are going to deviate from one another in terms of...
The Soapbox: An ode to MMO positivity
I had a strange thought the other day, at least as regards the MMO genre. I'm kinda having fun here. I know, it surprised...
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How's the weather over in EverQuest? Well there was a doozy of a storm that rolled through recently! I am going to admit that...
DC Universe Online’s Bombshells, Black Lanterns, and bases
While at E3 2015, we got to sit down with Jens Andersen, creative director for DC Universe Online, to chat more about the changes...
Smed nukes his own Twitter account
The Smed Twitter spigot is no longer dispensing tweets.
Daybreak President John Smedley is famous for his stready stream of Twitter dialogue with MMO gamers,...
The Stream Team: High-speed Heritage Questing in EverQuest II
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EverQuest II’s progression servers launch on July 21st
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H1Z1 postpones roadmap plans to focus on cleanup
Sometimes you just have to stop moving forward and take a little time to get things cleaned up. The team working behind the scenes...
Sword and Bored: Re-trolling
The nefarious underwear ninjas KaptianKuddles and DrL0v3 continue their griefing campaign. Mo's tanking buddy AnneSpanc co-stars.
MMO Week in Review: Daybreak’s defiance (July 12, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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DCUO celebrates The Flash’s 75th birthday
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The Game Archaeologist: The Sims Online
The Sims Online was one of the odder entrants into the MMO genre, an online iteration of an immensely popular game franchise that promised...
Daybreak slammed with apparent DDoS attack [Updated]
The most recent updates are toward the bottom of this post. This article is still being updated as of July 12th.
Daybreak is currently suffering...
Smedley isn’t backing down from tough talk about hackers
Daybreak CEO John Smedley generated a lot of press yesterday with a series of angry tweets directed at Lizard Squad's Julius Kivimaki. Today, Smedley...
Earn new EverQuest and Landmark rewards with the EQ Worlds app
It might be time to dig out that mostly-forgotten EverQuest Worlds mobile app, especially if you've been playing one of Daybreak's fantasy titles. The...
Smed calls out Lizard Squad e-thug convicted of 50,700 cybercrimes
The Finnish courts sentenced 17-year-old Lizard Squad member Julius "zeekill" Kivimaki today, but Daybreak's John Smedley isn't having any of it. Convicted so far of...
EverQuest II begins testing its new progression servers
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One Shots: Impossible architecture
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