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See: Sony Online Entertainment, now Daybreak Game Company

This was a thing.

Daybreak launches new site, triggers week of celebratory events

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Daybreak Game Company now has a new home and logo to make its transition from Sony Online Entertainment complete. "We are so proud of our...
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Koster’s final post-mortem: Did Star Wars Galaxies fail?

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Raph Koster has wrapped up his Star Wars Galaxies retrospective with a blog post that asks whether or not the sci-fi MMORPG failed. It's a...

The Saga of Lucimia focuses on ‘group-based emergent gameplay’

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The days of coddling solo players through a massively multiplayer experience are over -- at least according to one upstart indie MMO. Meet The Saga...

EverQuesting: Daybreak expounds on Landmark’s postponed wipe

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Some pretty big changes are on their way to Landmark, not the least of which is the final full character wipe and an extensive...
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The Game Archaeologist: What Star Wars Galaxies life was like before the NGE

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A decade after Star Wars Galaxies' "New Game Enhancements" hit the game, controversy, grumbling, and revelations still pop up about the notorious decision to...

EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s dungeons

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It's no secret that EverQuest II has a plethora of quests. The moniker surely fits: There are so many quests that it's impossible to...

Take a look at Landmark’s overhauled landmasses

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Landmark's landmasses are getting a major facelift in the sandbox's last big wipe coming up next week. Not only are more biomes (underwater, volcanic,...

Koster on Star Wars Galaxies’ combat and social connectivity ‘glue’

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MMO designer Raph Koster is back with yet another post-mortem on Star Wars Galaxies, this one the second part of his "living society" discussion. Get...

Raph Koster’s epic Star Wars Galaxies’ post-mortem

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Veteran game designer Raph Koster has been delivering a series of Star Wars Galaxies post-mortem posts over the past few weeks. We've rounded up...
Rated a really good decision in an internal poll.

EverQuest II explains Rum Cellar pricing

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Are you ready to head down into a cellar, get some rum, and become the lord or lady of rum in EverQuest II? Because...

How Star Wars Galaxies pioneered a ‘living society’

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Former Star Wars Galaxies Creative Director and current Crowfall consultant Raph Koster returned to his blog last night to pen the fourth in his...
I did a thing, now give me my stat boost.

Landmark shows off its upcoming achievement-based progression

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The next big update to Landmark will bring a major update to progression, and that means a major update to how the game's achievements...
Ominous? Does that have the same root?

EverQuest test server accidentally discounts cash shop items to pennies

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Let's try to walk through this particular sequence of events; it isn't pretty. EverQuest puts a new patch update on the test servers with...
I don't like this, but hey, someone did.

Koster on Star Wars Galaxies’ dynamic world

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Raph Koster isn't done talking about Star Wars Galaxies yet, and that's good news for fans, aspiring designers, or really anyone who realizes that...

MMO Week in Review: Star Wars Galaxies’ new narrative [April 19, 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! Raph...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why LOTRO needs a progression server

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At some point this year -- Turbine isn't saying when, yet -- Lord of the Rings Online will be making an effort to consolidate...

EverQuest switches to twice-a-year campaign DLC

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EverQuest Executive Producer Holly Longdale dropped a few info-bombs on the community today with an update letter on the game. The biggest news was...

How Jedi ruined Star Wars Galaxies

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Hope you're not tired of hearing about Star Wars Galaxies because Raph "Holocron" Koster's got SWG on the brain this week, and he's answering...
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H1Z1 gets bees, beeswax, and bandages made of honey

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Does your MMO have bees? H1Z1 does, thanks to today's patch. The notes posted on Reddit refer to bee boxes that players must craft...

EverQuest will run an open beta for its new progression server

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Plans are moving forward for EverQuest's new progression server, and to help fill in the community, Daybreak has posted a new FAQ that explains...

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