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 II kicks off Secrets of the Sands, the prelude to its unnamed expansion
While the title of EverQuest II's upcoming 2022 expansion is still under wraps, players can start heading it its direction thanks to a new...
Massively Overthinking: Have you ever returned to an old MMO and fallen in love?
Earlier this month, MOP's Eliot penned a WoW Factor that doesn't quote but certainly does evoke the ol' Heraclitus quote about how you cannot...
Classic EverQuest introduces new level 100 advanced characters for around 40 bucks
Daybreak is boosting boosters in classic EverQuest, essentially raising the level of the advanced character players can buy. "New level 100 Heroic Characters are...
SWG Restoration launches 1.0 version on Saturday with Mustafar and Jedi unlocks
Among the many (many!) player-run rogue servers for the long-defunct Star Wars Galaxies is Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III, a hybrid CU/NGE server that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 388: Elyon descends through finite care
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Wrath pre-patch, New World's new servers, Elyon's sunset, Bless Unleashed's sunset, EVE Online Uprising, Star Trek Online's Wil Wheaton, and Temtem's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, with a lightning round of MMO questions from the mailbag.
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Ultima Online
Last week in The Game Archaeologist, we traced the history of Ultima Online’s origin, development, and testing -- not to mention one pesky in-game...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends has officially kicked off its 2022 abandoned housing pack-up event
Star Wars Galaxies deals with packing up abandoned player structures a bit differently. Instead of simply bundling up buildings and making them disappear from...
Massively Overthinking: The weirdest ways we’ve leveled in MMOs
One of my favor flavors of fluff post we do occasionally is report on folks who have accomplished fame by leveling "wrong" in MMOs,...
Global Chat: How can MMOs help us navigate better?
Contains Moderate Peril recently tackled a subject that is very near to my heart, which is the tools, difficulty, and art of navigating around...
PlanetSide 2’s lead designer confirms a slower cadence of content updates through the rest of the year
The year 2022 is about halfway over with, and Michael "Wrel" Henderson, the lead designer of PlanetSide 2, is taking stock of what's to...
DC Universe Online posts its fall development update and previews the Sins of Black Adam
Do you absolutely hate events in DC Universe Online? If so, we've got some bad news for you: You're going to get more of...
Perfect Ten: Recent promising MMOs that died before they were born
Is there anything more agonizing to an MMO fan than to get excited about a promising title and then see that title cancelled before...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends’ latest update brings GCW changes, ability updates, and more decor items
The latest summer update for rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends has arrived, and while it's not bringing anything particularly explosive to the game,...
The MOP Up: Witness the creation of a Dauntless behemoth
Dauntless shared a neat video of a collaboration between its players and artists: "Back in April, many of you joined us for a community...
MMO dev Raph Koster disambiguates sandboxes, themeparks, simulation, and stagecraft
Veteran MMO developer Raph Koster, who himself is working on a sandbox MMO couched in a metaverse, is back with another dev blog this...
PlanetSide 2 releases a ‘pre-war patch-up’ that fixes some issues for PC players
The bug fixing patch. We all know that it's something of a staple and necessary evil for MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer gaming. Such a...
Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....
DECEIVE INC is a new ’70s-spy-themed multiplayer shooter from Tripwire
Our use of the term "deceive-em-ups" to characterize stealthy multiplayer mystery titles just got a little more confusing with the reveal of a new...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO system you just do not understand no matter how hard you try?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by a blog from friend of the site Ocho over at Casual Aggro in which he chronicles his attempts...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends will let players relive the classic city-destroying Battle of Restuss on September 2
Star Wars lore nerds are probably familiar with the Battle of Restuss, which saw Imperial and Rebel forces fight over a new technology known...
