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See: Sony Online Entertainment, now Daybreak Game Company

Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks, "What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...

MMO devs pay tribute to Smedley

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Former Daybreak CEO John Smedley may have been a polarizing figure to MMO gamers, but several high profile devs have spoken up in the...

John Smedley relinquishes his post at Daybreak

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VentureBeat is reporting that John Smedley has stepped down as President of Daybreak Game Company, the studio behind multiple MMOs, including the entire EverQuest...
Bears.

H1Z1 targets bear AI, goes on sale for $8

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As impossible as it might have seemed, H1Z1's next patch is going to be improving bear AI to make the ursine contingent of the...

The Stream Team: Starting over on EverQuest II’s progression server

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The EverQuest II progression server doors have opened! As crazy as it may sound, MassivelyOP's MJ is excited to leave all her riches and...

A surprise awaits EverQuest II progression server players

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Back at E3 2015, Producer Holly Longdale revealed an exciting tidbit of information that may very well put a smile on EverQuest II players' faces....

One Shots: Holding a torch for City of Heroes

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No, you're not seeing yet another ancient screenshot from the late, great City of Heroes. No, this is something far more recent and special....

The Stream Team: Surviving the H1Z1 times

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There's more to life than just surviving... unless you're in H1Z1, that is! MassivelyOP's MJ is delving back into the post-apocalyptic world to put...
Everything old is... still old, but a newer sort of old.

EverQuest progression server transfers coming soon

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The classic EverQuest progression servers have proven pretty popular, enough that the two servers are going to deviate from one another in terms of...

The Soapbox: An ode to MMO positivity

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I had a strange thought the other day, at least as regards the MMO genre. I'm kinda having fun here. I know, it surprised...

EverQuesting: Holly Longdale was right about casuals and raiding

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How's the weather over in EverQuest? Well there was a doozy of a storm that rolled through recently! I am going to admit that...

DC Universe Online’s Bombshells, Black Lanterns, and bases

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While at E3 2015, we got to sit down with Jens Andersen, creative director for DC Universe Online, to chat more about the changes...
wheeeee

Smed nukes his own Twitter account

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The Smed Twitter spigot is no longer dispensing tweets. Daybreak President John Smedley is famous for his stready stream of Twitter dialogue with MMO gamers,...

The Stream Team: High-speed Heritage Questing in EverQuest II

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Have you been missing EverQuest Two-sday? Well, it's back! And there are so many different adventures MassivelyOP's MJ wants to get to before the...

EverQuest II’s progression servers launch on July 21st

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Norrathians eager to start life from the beginning again on EverQuest II's upcoming time-locked servers have only one more week to wait. Producer Holly...
We are coming undone

H1Z1 postpones roadmap plans to focus on cleanup

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Sometimes you just have to stop moving forward and take a little time to get things cleaned up. The team working behind the scenes...

Sword and Bored: Re-trolling

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The nefarious underwear ninjas KaptianKuddles and DrL0v3 continue their griefing campaign. Mo's tanking buddy AnneSpanc co-stars.

MMO Week in Review: Daybreak’s defiance (July 12, 2015)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! Following...

The Game Archaeologist: The Sims Online

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The Sims Online was one of the odder entrants into the MMO genre, an online iteration of an immensely popular game franchise that promised...

Daybreak slammed with apparent DDoS attack [Updated]

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The most recent updates are toward the bottom of this post. This article is still being updated as of July 12th. Daybreak is currently suffering...

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