Our latest coverage of Daybreak Game Company.
Media and Games Invest Group, Gamigo’s parent company, have bought 8% of Enad Global 7, the company that now owns Daybreak Games. The purchase makes MGI the second largest shareholder of EG7 which, according to the former, gives them a strategic minority position in the company. Meanwhile, both MGI and EG7 have both been in the spotlight recently with Daybreak’s [...]
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Enad Global 7 continues to gobble up development studios as they announce their full acquisition of Daybreak Game Company (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) to the tune of $300 million. Daybreak owns a number of smaller studios and sub-studios and have a number of popular MMOs under their belot including EverQuest, EverQuest 2, PlanetSide 2, and DC Online Universe. According to [...]
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EverQuest is a 3D fantasy MMORPG set in the expansive world of Norrath, and is one of the oldest MMORPGs still active. Choose from sixteen races and sixteen classes to embark on a journey across a medieval landscape, with over 500 zones to explore and innumerable raids to conquer with other players. Publisher: Daybreak Game Company Playerbase: Low Type: MMORPG [...]
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The threat of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus has had a big impact on various industries around the world and the video game industry is no exception. The recently-concluded PAX East gaming convention in Boston was the first of many events to be affected by the coronavirus scare with a number of big-name video game companies backing out at the last [...]
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It's been a busy week in financial and industry news and to make it even busier Daybreak announced today that it received a strategic investment from NantWorks to develop H1Z1 and EverQuest for mobile. “NantWorks, a diversified holding company, today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Daybreak Game Company, a leading developer and publisher of multiplayer online [...]
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Daybreak Game Company has been hit hard with a round of layoffs affecting around 70 employees. Speculations later arose that the layoffs were due to the US Department of Treasury freezing assets of Russian oligarchs. Among those affected by the sanctions were Russian conglomerate Renova Group and its subsidiary Columbus Nova, which, just so happens to be the parent company [...]
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It's December 19th, which means that 2016 still isn't over and there's still time for shocking news. Remember how Turbine announced in July that they were planning to focus on the development of free-to-play mobile games? Well, today we found out what they are doing with their existing titles and I'm willing to bet that no one saw it coming. [...]
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Daybreak Games announced yesterday that Jack Emmert, co-founder and CEO of Cryptic Studios will now be heading their Austin Studio as CEO. Daybreak’s Austin Studio is responsible for DC Universe Online and will be part of Emmerts new responsibilities as its new head, along with the development of future titles. In a brief Q&A with Daybreak, Emmert is asked about [...]
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Daybreak may have just killed the dream of EverQuest Next, but they're already on to their next project. Two recent job listings show that the company is hiring a Senior Producer and a Creative Director for an "Unannounced Title" at their Austin, TX studio. Unfortunately, there is no indication of what the game may be. Each of the job listings [...]
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Daybreak Game Company announced today that it has hired former EA Vice President Larry LaPierre as its new Senior Vice President of Games. LaPierre previously worked at EA for almost 14 years, working on such franchises as Need For Speed, Skate, and SSX. He then spent time at Zynga, working as the company's General Manager. LaPierre had the following to [...]
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