Tag: Daybreak Games
Once hailed as one of the most important MMORPGs in gaming history, EverQuest is no longer being neglected. It is being deliberately dismantled. And the world finally saw proof when …
What if the “dream job” you applied for was never real? What if the company behind it had no intention of hiring you — only of reading your ideas? That’s …
In its desperate legal attack against The Heroes’ Journey (THJ), Daybreak Games accidentally revealed the one truth they’ve spent years trying to hide: EverQuest is dying. Deep inside their own …
In June 2025, Daybreak Game Company did the unthinkable. Rather than celebrate or support a fan-made EverQuest emulator built with care and passion, they sued its creators in federal court. …
In the early days of any online community, there’s a spark: shared enthusiasm, fresh ideas, and a sense of possibility. But as time passes, communities change. Some evolve, others ossify. …
Loyal EverQuest fans, brace yourselves for another dose of bitter disappointment. For over 18 months, Daybreak Game Company has dangled a Creative Director job for Darkpaw Games like a carrot …
For almost 20 years, I have been writing articles about MMORPG design. There is one particular intellectual property that I’m very much interested in: EverQuest. Released in 1999, EQ was …
A video of Darkpaw’s PAX East 2024 panel just dropped and the studio just revealed the sobering reality that a new version of EverQuest is still in an internal ideation …
Let the bells ring and the children sing! Ding dong the wicked lore man is gone! Steve Danuser is no longer working at Blizzard Entertainment. The man who presided over …
As the 25th anniversary of EverQuest approaches in 2024, it’s time to reflect on the state of the franchise. EverQuest was released in April of 1999 and was one of …
Darkpaw Games is an MMORPG studio that never ceases to amaze me with its brazen ineptitude and callous contempt for its long-suffering fans. Darkpaw was created in 2020 for the …
Recently the Massively Overpowered website incredulously awarded 2023 MMORPG of the Year to Standing Stone Games’ Lord of the Rings Online. If you had any doubt that the intelligentsia of …
