daybreak games

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you turn real money into MMO money

Eliot Lefebvre - April 9, 2015 56

Two days ago, World of Warcraft launched the WoW Token service, which will kill the game forever. It thus joins the list of every...

The Stream Team: Building an H1Z1 fort

MJ Guthrie - April 8, 2015 16

It's survival of the fort-est! A huge part of succeeding in H1Z1 is having a safe place to stash all your survival needs. MassivelyOP's...

The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on MMO emulators?

Justin Olivetti - April 8, 2015 213

Emulators. They're a touchy, murky, grey-area subject for many people and one that we don't touch on a lot here on the site due...

DCUO releases new munitions power set

Jef Reahard - April 7, 2015 12

DC Universe Online released its 13th power set today. Munitions "allows players to master over-the-top explosives, powerful ballistics, and large weapons," according to a...

The Stream Team: EverQuest II-sday, EU edition

MJ Guthrie - April 7, 2015 3

If you've missed out on grouping with the MassivelyOP Minions because of time zones, today is your lucky day! MJ is introducing a European...

Daybreak dev muses about mobile Vanguard diplomacy game

Justin Olivetti - April 7, 2015 43

Vanguard's diplomacy system was always one of the most-talked about features of that late fantasy title, using a card minigame to simulate conversational conflict...

EVE Evolved: Four lessons sandbox MMOs can learn from EVE

Brendan Drain - April 5, 2015 112

The past few years have seen a resurgence of support for sandbox MMOs, both of the trying-to-be-minecraft creative kind and the hardcore nuke-it-from orbit...

The Stream Team: Hunting down a set of wheels in H1Z1

MJ Guthrie - April 4, 2015 2

Thanks to H1Z1's big patch, MassivelyOP's MJ can finally play someone with hair -- albeit still a male -- and she's going to take...

‘Big damn patch’ arrives in H1Z1

Justin Olivetti - April 2, 2015 22

There are patches, there are big patches, and then there are big damn patches. H1Z1 updated with the latter today, adding in several significant...

EverQuest II cuts expansions, debuts DLCs with Rum Cellar

MJ Guthrie - April 1, 2015 98

With everything that has happened over the last couple of months, players are understandably curious and concerned about of the future of Daybreak Games'...

A look at DC Universe Online’s gung-ho munitions powerset

Justin Olivetti - April 1, 2015 7

Not every superhero was bitten by a radioactive arachnid or born with jacked-up genes; some heroes must pull themselves up by their boostraps and...

Can't we go back to mushroom people? That'd be keen.

EverQuest II is testing class balance updates

Eliot Lefebvre - April 1, 2015 8

EverQuest II's latest producer's letter is a bit lower key than previous entries, perhaps, but no less vital for it. The letter outlines new...

The Stream Team: Dungeon diving in EverQuest II’s early zones

MJ Guthrie - March 31, 2015 1

There's never a shortage of things to do in EverQuest II, and -- better yet -- you don't have to be high level to...

Power whelming. Power with just the right amount of whelm.

The EverQuest team looks back on 16 years of bad ideas

Eliot Lefebvre - March 31, 2015 24

EverQuest has been running for a very long time, and the game's successes are pretty transparent to anyone who has been playing the game...

EverQuest’s new progression server could take you eight years to finish

Bree Royce - March 28, 2015 71

Back in February, Daybreak announced plans for a new classic EverQuest progression server and allowed players to vote on the future server's ruleset. Yesterday,...