EverQuest Studio Daybreak Games acquired by EG7

EG7 today announced that it has acquired Daybreak Games, the best-known development studio for online role-playing games like EverQuest and DC Universe, in a deal worth $ 300 million.

EG7 is a group that contains over 170 developers, including the Sniper Elite Sold Out studio. Most of its development houses are smaller, which makes Daybreak Games an immediate star in its team.

Daybreak Games began in 1997 under the name Sony Online Entertainment. The studio helped create the MMO genre with 1999’s EverQuest. Since then, it has developed other notable MMOs like EverQuest II, Star Wars: Galaxies, Planetside, and DC Universe Online.

The MMO industry is not the heavyweight it once was. Some games have managed to maintain a large following, like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV, but other genres like battle royale (like Fortnite) and social experiences (like among us) have become the new popular destinations for gamers. online. But Daybreak still has games going with the following ones like EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Planetside 2.