![]() “Daybreak itself is going to remain a publisher,” Jack Emmert told Polygon in a phone interview, “but it’s really going to take a back seat and it’s no longer going to be centrally directing its game studios. “By allowing the identities of each of these studios to thrive under their individual studios,” Daybreak said in a press release, “each team will have flexibility to continue their work developing current and upcoming games, recruiting new talent and building upon the legacy of their respective franchises.” ![]() Darkpaw Games, based in San Diego, California, will be led by executive producer Holly Longdale, and will maintain the EverQuest franchise and “the next innovation for the franchise.” Meanwhile, executive producer Andy Sites will be responsible for San Diego-based Rogue Planet Games and continue work on the Planetside franchise. The studio will focus on DC Universe Online and an unannounced new MMO project. Newly-minted Dimensional Ink Games will be headed by chief executive officer Jack Emmert and based in Austin, Texas. Absent from those plans is the studio’s youngest franchise, H1Z1. ![]() These studios’ efforts will focus on DC Universe Online and legacy franchises EverQuest and Planetside. The changes will push three different “franchise studios” to the fore. Rather than a single overarching studio, Daybreak will reorganize into three studios: Dimensional Ink Games, Darkpaw Games, and Rogue Planet Games. The company behind EverQuest, PlanetSide, DC Universe Online, and H1Z1, Daybreak Games, is making a big change. ![]()
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