Official Site:Â H1Z1
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â January 15, 2015 (Early Access)
Genre: It’s a Battle Royale game now.
Business Model:Â B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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H1Z1 zooms past 4.5 million downloads on PlayStation 4 and hands out free weapons
Remember how H1Z1 was riding high last Thursday off of the 1.5 million downloads on the PlayStation 4? The battle royale game has actually...
PUBG Corp sues Epic Games, claiming Fortnite plagiarized its UI and items
Last autumn, Bluehole and PUBG Corp locked horns with Epic Games over PUBG's assertion that Fortnite had all but ripped off PUBG's battle royale...
Betawatch: Dauntless strides into open beta (May 25, 2018)
It's certainly a daunting task to launch a game into its open beta, but the developers of Dauntless are undaunted as the title does...
H1Z1 has a huge debut on PlayStation 4 with over 1.5M downloads
Could H1Z1 be saved through the PlayStation 4? There is no doubt that Daybreak is banking heavily on the battle royale title striking big...
H1Z1 launches open beta for PS4, is swarmed with over 200K concurrent players
It's been a long time coming, but H1Z1 finally hit open beta on the PlayStation 4 last night. If you forgot the game was...
Daybreak promises a patch for Just Survive – but it’s also ending lockbox sales
When Daybreak's Columbus Nova fiasco and layoffs were hitting last month, most of the company's MMORPGs resurfaced without missing a beat, reassuring their playerbases...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online
Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.
Amazon Game Studios’ Greg Henninger hints about big news coming soon – is it New World?
Is Amazon Game Studios finally about to take the lid off of New World? Maybe, maybe not, but this might be a clue:Â AGS' Greg...
H1Z1 ditches inventory management for Playstation 4, Just Survive is ‘working on a plan to go forward’
Internal crisis or no, Daybreak is moving forward with plans to bring H1Z1 to the PlayStation 4. When it arrives, however, this version will...
Daybreak update: Renova boss questioned over Columbus Nova’s alleged payment to Michael Cohen
MMOs and politics once again collide this week as last night CNN broke the news that Robert Mueller's FBI team has zeroed in on...
Daybreak: Here’s where the EverQuest franchise, DCUO, PlanetSide 2, H1Z1, and Just Survive stand
Not counting Standing Stone's titles, Daybreak currently develops and publishes six of its once massive stable of MMOs: Both EverQuests, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide...
Betawatch: World of Warcraft moves Battle for Azeroth to beta testing (April 27, 2018)
We spent most of this week watching the slow-motion (and not-so-slow-motion) implosion of a well-known company, so it's easy for big beta news to...
EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose
How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 167: Daybreaking news
Justin and Bree host a special edition of the podcast focused entirely on the Daybreak denial and layoff story as it's unfolded.
Daybreak has now been hit with layoffs [Confirmed]
Daybreak has now confirmed the layoffs, and we've got lots more information from our own sources - see below for updates and context.
Multiple game...
Leaderboard: Does the Daybreak fiasco affect whether you play its MMOs?
Over the last couple of days, we've been covering the Daybreak scandal - specifically, how concerns over the impact of government sanctions on Daybreak's...
Daybreak update: Chief Publishing Officer Laura Naviaux has left the company
Yesterday, Massively OP put together a piece on MMO company Daybreak Games Company and its corporate overlords, chronicling the US government's asset freeze of...
Daybreak says it has ‘no affiliation’ with Columbus Nova, the company it said bought it in 2015
Note: We've updated this piece heavily at the end with Daybreak's statements and further links.
A chain of business connections could have a real and...
H1Z1 is finally coming to PlayStation 4
Did you think slipping player numbers were going to do in the battle royale grand-daddy? Nope. Free-to-play must have been a big boost, as...
H1Z1 patch optimizes client and tamps down on overenthusiastic celebrants
For those playing the now-free H1Z1 battle royale, a small Thursday patch might hold a few changes to improve your game experience.
It seems as...