Tag: Daybreak Game Company
News Free Superhero MMO DC Universe Online Pows PS5
Life left in long-running game yet
Almost 15 years ago, this author received a press kit from Sony Online Entertainment for superhero MMO DC Universe Online on the PS3. Fast-forward to the present day, and the developer – renamed Daybreak Game Company, of course – is still supporting the game, with the free-to-play affair now available to...
News DC Universe Online Levels Up with Native PS5 Version This Holiday
Gameplay and quality of life improvements pledged
Superhero MMO DC Universe Online’s lifespan has been so long that it originally released as a PS3 console exclusive under the Sony Online Entertainment umbrella. The publisher was eventually spun off and re-established as Daybreak Game Company, where it continues to operate its licensed online open...
News Marvel MMO in Development at DC Universe Online Team
Marvelous
An investor presentation has prematurely revealed that the developer of DC Universe Online is working on a Marvel MMO. Dimensional Ink Studios, which is the Texas-based division of the Daybreak Game Company, is heading up the project, with ex-Cryptic Studios co-founder Jack Emmert leading the charge. Unfortunately, that’s all we know...
News H1Z1: Battle Royale Open Beta Is Available to Download Now on PS4
Last man standing
Can't get enough of being the last person standing? Then you're in luck, because there's another battle royale game for you to try on PlayStation 4. H1Z1: Battle Royale is now available to download from the PlayStation Store in open beta form, following on from its recent closed beta test run. "We redesigned H1Z1 on the...
News H1Z1: King of the Kill Is a PS4 Competitive Shooter No One Asked For
Tied to the survival game
Many thought that Sony's sale of Daybreak Game Company – formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment, of course – was a bad move, but considering the team's only just getting round to bringing H1Z1 to consoles, we reckon that it may have been a shrewd decision. The developer's not even porting the part that people were...
News After Attacks From Hackers, Daybreak's CEO Steps Down
Will be taking another job in the company
Daybreak Game Company, formerly Sony Online Entertainment, will be getting a new president. John Smedley, who was head of the firm for over a decade, is stepping down as president and chief executive officer, and taking on a new role in the company. Smedley's future position has not yet been made public, but...
War never changes – it just gets bigger
PlanetSide 2 is a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) war game that plays out from a Battlefield or Killzone-like first-person perspective. It's so big, in fact, that the PC version holds the Guinness World Record for the 'biggest FPS battle' with 1,158 players logged into a single skirmish. In truth, very...
News As H1Z1's Servers Come Back Online, Lizard Squad Continues Harassment
Now offering money for someone to deface CEO's father's grave
After the ridiculous drama that went down this week, Daybreak Game Company is starting to get its games' servers back online. Although PlanetSide 2 is still unplayable for many, H1Z1 appears to be back in working order. However, there's a lot more than video games going on right now. John...
Drama, drama, drama
John Smedley, the former Sony executive whose plane was landed after a bomb threat last August, took to Reddit last night to explain why he's disappointed with the loose sentencing that his plane's alleged caller has been given. "I normally don't weigh in on
News PlanetSide 2 Drops into Orbit on PS4 This Month
Ready, aim, fire
Fallout 4 may be the hottest topic of discussion at the moment, but let's take a moment to step back from the ensuing fallout and appreciate another hotly anticipated title coming to the PlayStation 4 this year: PlanetSide 2. Yes, after a long period of beta testing, Daybreak Game Company's sci-fi shooter will finally be causing...
News Free PS4 FPS PlanetSide 2 Securing European Beta Soon
Ready for deployment
Sony Online Entertainment may not be Sony Online Entertainment anymore, but it's business as usual at the newly renamed Daybreak Game Company. PlanetSide 2 has been in beta for a little while in North America, but according to the free-to-play first-person shooter's official Twitter account, it'll be coming overseas soon...
Reaction Why Sony Online Entertainment's Sale Makes Sense for Everyone
#Winning
Sony Online Entertainment is no more. As part of a shock announcement yesterday, the MMO developer confirmed that it had been acquired by a New York investment group named Columbus Nova, and would be rebranding itself as the Adrian Chiles-inspired Daybreak Game Company. This obviously came a
