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H1Z1’s senior designer maps out the next 12 months
H1Z1 senior game designer Adam Clegg hosts Daybreak's latest dev spotlight video. Clegg, who works mainly on world design, fields a number of community-generated...
MMO Mechanics: Navigating fast-travel systems
I'm delighted to resurrect the column that brought me to Massively-that-was, MMO Mechanics, for the ravenous readers of MOP. The column focused on the...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten more facts of EverQuest life circa 1999
A couple of weeks ago I shared with you several stories from EverQuest veterans about what life in the game was like back then....
EverQuest Next ditches lore and general discussion forums
Assuming that there will be a wealth of lore and backstory in EverQuest Next, you won't be finding out about it on the official...
PlanetSide 2’s Clint Worley departs Daybreak
Former PlanetSide 2 Executive Producer Clint Worley has left the team and studio, according to a brief announcement by him on Twitter. It is...
H1Z1’s latest patch buffs its Battle Royale mode
This morning's H1Z1 publish is now live with its overhaul of the Battle Royale system. Daybreak told followers on Reddit last night that the...
EverQuest springs ‘surprise’ patch today
Do you like surprises? As long as they're good, right? Well, EverQuest players can breathe a little easier once they realize that today's "surprise" patch...
The Stream Team: Braving the Brewday festivities in EverQuest II
It's that time of year again, when EverQuest II denizens raise a pint or 20 in celebration of Brewday! And as with most festivals...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO customer service repair player mistakes?
In the comments of our article discussing Daybreak's move to reduce gamemaster support for player "gameplay errors," I was surprised to see a few of...
Daybreak layoffs totaled 140 in San Diego
It's been almost a month since Daybreak (formerly SOE) laid off several of its employees following its acquisition by Columbus Nova, but we're only...
Daybreak posts new Landmark blueprint
Daybreak has published an outline for Landmark development over the next few weeks. The next update, likely dropping somewhere between March 18th and 25th,...
Daybreak now has two G.I.R.L. scholarships for 2015
After this week's Storybricks drama and today's brutal cutbacks of customer service and forum support, the company formerly known as SOE could really use some good...
Daybreak constricts gamemasters in EQ and EQII
A Massively Overpowered reader named Nick recently alerted us to a new EverQuest II customer support policy he'd been sent in-game in response to...
Storybricks has closed down
It's been but a week and a half since we heard official word that Daybreak Game Company was cutting ties with Storybricks, and the...
How Daybreak strives to avoid social media pitfalls
Tweeting or posting the wrong thing in the wrong tone can have serious consequences for a game studio, which is something that Daybreak Senior...
H1Z1 video goes behind-the-scenes with motion capture pros
Daybreak released a new behind-the-scenes video focused on H1Z1's motion capture this week. If you like seeing dudes in skin-tight lycra suits with little...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten facts of EverQuest life circa 1999
MMOs change. We know that, but we also tend to forget it as well. The games that we play today can often be light-years...
The Stream Team: Shoot-em-up in PlanetSide 2
Last time MassivelyOP's Mike Foster played PlanetSide 2, he died a bunch while providing little value to his team. Tonight should be no different,...
Here are the progression servers up for vote in EverQuest
Classic EverQuest's dev team casually announced last week that it has plans for new progression servers, signalling that at least Daybreak isn't planning on...
EverQuesting: Is EverQuest Next in trouble?
You know me: I've been quite the supporter of EverQuest Next and Landmark for a good long while. Even before writing about EQN these...
