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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DC Universe Online makes targeted adjustments to several specific artifacts in latest patch
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Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...
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Massively Overthinking: Is old-school MMO dungeon-camping ever coming back?
A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...
PlanetSide 2’s latest PC hotfix addresses particle effect framerate drops and client crashes
If you're a PC player of PlanetSide 2 who has been experiencing some performance problems with the online shooter recently, there's some potential good...
EverQuest II opens up Myths and Monoliths update on the test server for players
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Fan site compiles a list of every MMORPG rogue server and emulator still running
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Vanguard Saga of Heroes’ community-run emulator had over 100 players this past weekend
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DC Universe Online unleashes the Bat God Barbatos as an open world boss
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Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
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EverQuest II’s producer letter lays out plans for the game’s next major update, Myths and Monoliths
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 381: The Soulframe of the game
Justin and Bree discuss Warframe's new sibling Soulframe, Guild Wars 2's summer roadmap, LOTRO's producer's departure, SWTOR's creative director's departure, and WoW's Dragonflight alpha, with adventures in City of Heroes, RIFT, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on truly non-instanced open world design.
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Daybreak Games files a new trademark for something called Myths and Monoliths
Fashion your fanciest tinfoil hats and put on your spectacles of assumption because we've got some trademark filing news to chew on. Daybreak Games...
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PlanetSide 2’s water-centric Surf and Storm update launches on PC July 13
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