Our latest coverage of daybreak games.
Enad Global 7, the owner of Daybreak Games (think EverQuest, Dungeons & Dragons Online, DC Universe Online, etc), announced today that they acquired Singularity 6, the developer behind the free to play 'cozy' farming simulator Palia. No terms were disclosed, but Enad Global 7 did say they would fund the acquisition with cash on hand, which stood at ~$9m last [...]
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It’s a dark day for superheroes and villains alike as DC Universe Online studio Dimensional Ink Games becomes the latest victim of the ongoing job cuts in the video game industry. The layoffs appear to have also included senior staff members as confirmed by art producer Andy D. and narrative designer Lynnea Glasser, both of whom were laid off after [...]
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It looks like Daybreak Games is finally working on another MMO following its failed attempt at EverQuest Next 7 years ago. The company recently posted a job listing for a creative director with experience developing MMOs and pre-existing IPs to oversee a new unannounced game. There’s speculation that the unannounced title could be the long-rumored and highly-awaited EverQuest 3 since [...]
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Gamers who were disappointed about Daybreak Games’ cancelled Marvel MMO will probably be even more disappointed once they see what it was supposed to look like. Once of the artists on the project recently shared screenshots of the character creator that they were working on and it looks awesome. The game would have had comic book-like visuals and art similar [...]
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When Dimensional Ink Games CEO Jack Emmert jumped Daybreak’s ship to head up NetEase’s first U.S. studio earlier this month, there have been worries about what that might mean for his untitled Marvel MMO. Well, the time worrying is over as Enad Global 7 has just revealed in their Q1 2022 financial report that its already canceled the game. EG7 [...]
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Dimensional Ink Games CEO and Cryptic Studios Co-founder Jack Emmert has taken the reins of a new NetEase Studio called Jackalope Games. The new studio is based in Austin, Texas and is NetEase’s first owned studio in the U.S. “Jackalope Games will be creating new and exciting PC and console games as a first party studio of NetEase Games. Jackalope [...]
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Enad Global 7 saw its best quarter to date and a significant boost to its revenue over the last twelve months following its acquisition of Daybreak Games towards the end of 2020. The Swedish video game holding company’s Q4 2021 financial report shows a net quarterly revenue of SEK 573 million, or roughly USD 60 million. This translates to a [...]
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When Aliens: Fireteam Elite came out last week, most of us were surprised to find out that Cold Iron Studios, the game’s developer and co-publisher, was in fact a subsidiary of Daybreak Games. The press release announcing Daybreak’s acquisition of the still back in August 2020, however, suddenly vanished a few days ago around the same time that Daybreak CEO [...]
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Earlier this month, Enad Global 7 announced that they were in the process of acquiring Daybreak Games to the tune of $300 million. The deal has just been finalized and EG7 is now officially the proud owner of Daybreak Games, its subsidiaries, and their respective IPs including DC Universe Online, EverQuest, EverQuest 2, PlanetSide 2, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and [...]
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Earlier this year, Daybreak Games founded three new spinoff studios: Darkpaw Games, Dimensional Ink, and Rogue Planet Games. Each of these studios was tasked with exclusively handling the EverQuest franchise, DC Universe Online, and the PlanetSide franchise respectively, while H1Z1 remained with Daybreak. Today, we have word that Daybreak registered the trademark for another studio called Wandering Monster Games courtesy [...]
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