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 brings back Mister Mxyzptlk’s Mischief for St. Patrick’s Day
If it's the St. Patrick's Day holiday in DC Universe Online, then it's time for that nearly impossible to pronounce fifth dimensional trickster Mister...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Zion, the brainchild of Tad Williams and Ultima Online devs
It has almost become a running joke in MMO circles that pretty much every new studio and new title these days was founded by...
PlanetSide 2 releases St. Patrick’s Day cash shop cosmetics for PC, promises to discuss ‘a larger update’ next week
Yesterday saw the PC version of PlanetSide 2 get something of a measly update, unless you like the idea of spending money on St....
Jukebox Heroes: Six great remastered EverQuest tunes
Apropos of nothing, today I wanted to dive into my extensive backlog of unlistened MMORPG music and make a bit of a dent. One...
EverQuest II invites you to join the rowdy revelers for this year’s Brewday
St Patrick's Day is next week, which means all the Daybreak MMOs that celebrate the event are pulling out their festivities - and that...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
DC Universe Online’s GU122 is live with with Ultraviolet Nightmare world boss
It took a bit of extra time, but Daybreak's Dimensional Ink rolled out GU122 for DC Universe Online players yesterday. "Ultraviolet Sinestro has released...
SWG Legends tours its new Bespin apartments, SWG Empire in Flames adds new playable races
It's time to check the news out of the emulator servers for Star Wars Galaxies! We start first with the biggie, Legends, which granted...
The Daily Grind: What’s the quickest way to derail an MMO expansion?
I think that if I polled veteran MMORPG players about expansions that bombed, they'd probably point to Star Wars Galaxies' Trials of Obi-Wan and...
The MOP Up: Ravendawn wraps up ‘epic’ Alpha 4 test
The Ravendawn team reported that it recently wrapped up a successful and "epic" Alpha 4 test. Now all attention is aimed at Alpha 5...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO that you’re not playing?
The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....
EverQuest II reopens time-traveling portals to celebrate the franchise’s 23rd anniversary
What better way to celebrate an MMORPG's past by actually reliving it? That's the opportunity being granted to EverQuest II players once again as...
Choose My Adventure: Experiencing Zenith’s Blademaster and the overall sensation of VR MMO gaming
So, the Blademaster's way more fun.
Rolling a new character in Zenith ended up being a great decision all in all because the Blademaster class...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 362: Eternal Winter, Eternity’s End, End of Dragons
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, Black Desert Mountain of Eternal Winter, DDO's 16th anniversary, WoW's Eternity's End, EverQuest II's level-agnostic server, and Elder Scrolls Online's account-wide achievements, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, ESO, and Guild Wars 2, plus a voicemail on faction identity in MMOs.
Star Wars Galaxies Legends added apartments to Bespin to celebrate its sixth year as a rogue server
Last spring, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends dazzled Star Wars fans with the introduction of the planet Bespin and Cloud City, but...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is almost here
The first phase of Apex Legends Mobile's release is almost here, with the Android and iOS title becoming available for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,...
EverQuest II is now taking new applicants for its raid council until March 16
If you happen to be a raid-loving player of EverQuest II and want an opportunity to have your thoughts and feedback heard directly from...
Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?
To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...
An EverQuest dev details how a ‘simple’ bug fix is anything but
Any MMO gamer who plays old MMOs or listens to developers (or rogue server developers) talk about keeping those old games alive has probably...
EG7 Q4 2021: EG7 and Daybreak post huge revenues, bank future on MTGO, LOTRO
Overnight, Swedish gaming company Enad Global 7 posted its Q4 2021 financial report, which of course is useful to MMORPG players as EG7 has...
