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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Former Daybreak and H1Z1 vets Anthony Castoro and Jace Hall raise $9M for a ‘genre-defining metaverse’
The last time we heard the name Jace Hall, it was just about two years ago, when the version of H1Z1 esports he was...
The Stream Team: Blasting to the past through EverQuest II’s Chronoportals
Sure sure, there's still an expansion to play through in EQII, but how is Massively OP's MJ supposed to pull herself away from all...
Five pioneering game titles that laid the groundwork for MMORPGs
The easy (and tired) joke to make is that WoW was the first MMO, but there were plenty of ambitious multiplayer games that predate...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Lessons Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons can learn from previous expansions
Any expansion announcement for any MMO is always a cause for excitement, but it's been four years since Guild Wars 2 shipped a new...
Daybreak’s Z1 Battle Royale is enjoying another renaissance
Remember last year when Z1 Battle Royale -- the retitled version of H1Z1 that Daybreak still appears to operate -- saw an astonishing increase...
PlanetSide 2 announces delays for PTS testing and release for Chapter 3
For those players of PlanetSide 2 who are eager for Chapter 3's release, there's some bad news. The game's lead designer has reported that...
Aliens Fireteam devs discuss City of Heroes’ lasting popularity and Cryptic’s canceled Marvel MMO
Earlier this month, we finally got some hard info on Cold Iron's Aliens Fireteam, the Alien-franchise shooter that's been under wraps for six years...
Perfect Ten: 10 ways that MMOs kind of used to be worse
Believe you me, I know quite well the arguments that have been rehashed over the years about how the MMORPG genre and these online...
The Stream Team: Frolicking Frogloks as EverQuest turns 22 today!
Do you remember playing EQ back when it launched? If so, you probably might be feeling old now as EverQuest turns 22 today! But...
EverQuest marks its 22nd anniversary with events, producer’s letter
Wake up sheeple! If you thought today was going to be a normal, ordinary day -- you're dead wrong! It's the 22nd anniversary of...
EverQuest II’s PvP server eyes beta in early April, GU 117 beta starts March 17
The most recent Kander's Candor podcast, by Kander's own admission, was more of a general one for the most part as it brought along...
DC Universe Online rolls out its second Survival Mode season and its St. Patrick’s Day event
Sometimes you just want to run a gauntlet. DC Universe Online is letting you do precisely that with the game's second season of Survival Mode,...
Massively Overthinking: Picking the ‘wrong’ MMORPG class
Last month, the MMORPG subreddit slept on a good thread about picking classes in MMOs. Let's wake this sucker up. "Am I the only...
DC Universe Online ushers in St. Patty’s Day event and brutal survival mode
Little green-clad men offering magical riches may not seem that out of place in DC Universe Online. We have to imagine that nobody in...
The world is vanishing, and only DC Universe Online heroes can help
No matter what your level of stoic cynicism is these days, I think we can all agree that having the world vanish is a...
The Stream Team: Barrels of beer (and fun) in EverQuest II’s Brewday
Having already missed Erollisi Day, Massively OP's MJ is not going to miss out on EverQuest II's Brewday! Who knows how much beer her...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 312: Written in the stars
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online Flames of Ambition and Update 29, WoW Classic, Daybreak's Aliens Fireteam, and City of Heroes, with listener mails and recordings on MMOs that are more fun to play than watch, a 2010 time capsule, Blizzard's Mac thing, and out-of-touch pockets of MMO fans.
Interview: Camelot Unchained lays out its innovative alchemy system
One of the major slices of content being worked on in this current 90-day quadrant of Camelot Unchained development is its crafting system, specifically...
EverQuest II brings back Brewday with a new quest and new items
The adventurers of EverQuest II work hard, so if their preferred method of taking the edge off from all of that heroic work is...
Massively Overthinking: ‘Dead games’ in the MMO space
I had a laugh a while back when I spied this tweet in my feeds from a Bungie CM who was suggesting people mute...
