Tag Archives: Daybreak

Late last year, it was confirmed that Daybreak Games had begun working on a new Marvel MMO as one of several new projects currently in development. The first concept art for the game appeared to leak just a few weeks ago, but it seems Daybreak's parent company, EG7, has decided …

Enad Global 7 (EG7), the parent company of DC Universe Online developer, Daybreak Games, appears to have unveiled a major new Marvel game. Recently, the publisher confirmed to investors that it is working on a new MMO game based on the Marvel IP.  EG7 owns several studios capable of taking …

It has been over five years since Sony sold off its Sony Online Entertainment studio, which then rebranded as the Daybreak Game Company. Since then, Daybreak has split into three studios, announced Planetside 3 and continued maintaining its MMOs like Everquest, Planetside 2 and DC Universe Online. This week, the …

Back in 2015, Sony officially sold off Sony Online Entertainment and the studio re-branded itself as Daybreak Games. Now as we enter the 2020's, Daybreak is going under another big change, splitting up into three separate studios as part of a new ‘franchise first' initiative.  Daybreak Games will now be …

After the positive feedback that Planetside 2 received, Daybreak decided to expand the franchise with Planetside Arena, a battle-royale set in the Planetside universe. It seems that wasn't enough for Daybreak, with the company now announcing Planetside 3, with Planetside Arena as its “stepping stone”. Followed by a recent series …

Update (07/03/19): Back in September, Daybreak games announced that H1Z1 would be going through another branding change. This change has now occured as part of a major update for the Battle Royale title, which aims to bring back ‘the glory days'. H1Z1 has been through plenty of changes over the …

Back when H1Z1 first launched on Steam Early Access, it was pitched as an open-world survival game with zombies spread across the map. This brought the game its initial success but over time, the focus shifted to Battle Royale and H1Z1 was split into two games. Now, Daybreak Studios will …

Shortly after leaving Early Access and transitioning over to the ‘free to play' model, the studio behind H1Z1 has had to cut its staff down. Daybreak, formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment, has confirmed this week that it has undergone a round of layoffs. In an email sent out to …

Back when H1Z1 was in its early stages of development, it was revealed that the plan was to eventually have the game transition to a free to play model. The years passed as development continued and when H1Z1 left Steam Early access just over a week ago, the game still …

After a good long stint on Steam's Early Access program and plenty of changes over the course of development, H1Z1 has officially launched today. The game has hit version 1.0, bringing it out of Early Access, as part of today's big update, Daybreak has also launched a new game mode …

John Smedley has stepped down from his role as CEO of Daybreak, the company behind H1Z1, with plans to take a break before returning to a lower profile role, following an extended campaign of personal and professional attacks against him by hackers. A Daybreak spokesperson wished him all the best and …

Earlier this week, Daybreak Studios CEO, John Smedley, went on a bit of a Twitter rant directed at a cyber criminal responsible for calling in a bomb threat on one of his flights last year alongside a series of other personal attacks. While on Twitter, Smedley made a few legal …

Daybreak CEO John Smedley is the man who's flight was downed last  year when hackers called in a bomb threat and leaked his personal information. So you can understand that now one of those responsible from Lizard Squad have been convicted, he's rather pleased. What he isn't happy about though is that …

Daybreak Studios, the former SOE developer and creator of H1Z1, is taking an interesting approach to cheaters in the game. The studio's president, John Smedley has said that if any of the 25,000 recently banned hackers issue a public apology, they will be allowed back in the game. Last night, …