{"id":4656,"date":"2015-02-03T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T11:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ps4pro.eu\/?p=4656"},"modified":"2016-02-14T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T09:14:22","slug":"sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surprising news indeed: in a sudden move <em><strong>Sony Online Entertainment<\/strong><\/em> announced today on their forum that they\u2019ve been bought by investment management firm <em><strong>Columbus Nova<\/strong><\/em>. The company is now an independent game development studio and it even changed its name to <em><strong>Daybreak Game Company<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ps4pro.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4658\" src=\"https:\/\/ps4pro.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_1.jpg\" alt=\"ps4pro.eu_SOE_1\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_1-90x59.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s important to gamers everywhere is that <em><strong>Daybreak Game Company<\/strong><\/em> will no longer focus on <em><strong>Sony<\/strong><\/em> products exclusively. The forum post says that Daybreak can produce content for <em><strong>Playstation, Xbox,<\/strong><\/em> mobile, and more. As for existing properties, they will continuing operating as normal.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sony Online Entertainment<\/strong><\/em> released <em><strong>H1Z1<\/strong><\/em> earlier this year to some mixed results, but we\u2019ll have to see how this acquisition will affect upcoming projects (and what platforms they appear on).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprising news indeed: in a sudden move Sony Online Entertainment announced today on their forum that they\u2019ve been bought by investment management firm Columbus Nova. The company is now an independent game development studio and it even changed its name to Daybreak Game Company. What\u2019s important to gamers everywhere is that Daybreak Game Company will no longer focus on Sony products exclusively. The forum post says that Daybreak can produce content for Playstation, Xbox, mobile, and more. As for existing properties, they will continuing operating as normal. Sony Online Entertainment released H1Z1 earlier this year to some mixed results, but we\u2019ll have to see how this acquisition will affect upcoming projects (and what platforms they appear on).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born! - theGeek.games<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born! - theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aniko.angyal.54\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-02-03T11:58:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-02-14T09:14:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"870\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Angyal Anik\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theGeek2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theGeek2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Angyal Anik\u00f3\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Angyal Anik\u00f3\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/63ce33ed5b52a1f8ce39db09ffc8f728\"},\"headline\":\"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born!\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-03T11:58:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-14T09:14:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/\"},\"wordCount\":132,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General news\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/\",\"name\":\"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born! - theGeek.games\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-03T11:58:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-14T09:14:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"theGeek.games\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":870},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/\",\"name\":\"theGeek.games\",\"description\":\"theGeek is an online magazine about video games and movies news, reviews and more.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization\",\"name\":\"theGeek.games\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png\",\"width\":960,\"height\":960,\"caption\":\"theGeek.games\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/theGeek2019\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/38149867\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/63ce33ed5b52a1f8ce39db09ffc8f728\",\"name\":\"Angyal Anik\u00f3\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aniko-2-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aniko-2-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Angyal Anik\u00f3\"},\"description\":\"Anik\u00f3, our news editor and communication manager, is more interested in the business side of the gaming industry. She worked at banks, and she has a vast knowledge of business life. Still, she likes puzzle and story-oriented games, like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes &amp; Punishments, which is her favourite title. She also played The Sims 3, but after accidentally killing a whole sim family, swore not to play it again. (For our office address, email and phone number check out our IMPRESSUM)\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aniko.angyal.54\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/author\/aniko\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born! - theGeek.games","description":"theGeek.games","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born! - theGeek.games","og_description":"theGeek.games","og_url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/","og_site_name":"theGeek.games","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aniko.angyal.54","article_published_time":"2015-02-03T11:58:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-02-14T09:14:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":870,"url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Angyal Anik\u00f3","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@theGeek2019","twitter_site":"@theGeek2019","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Angyal Anik\u00f3","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/"},"author":{"name":"Angyal Anik\u00f3","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/63ce33ed5b52a1f8ce39db09ffc8f728"},"headline":"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born!","datePublished":"2015-02-03T11:58:48+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-14T09:14:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/"},"wordCount":132,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg","articleSection":["General news","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/","name":"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born! - theGeek.games","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg","datePublished":"2015-02-03T11:58:48+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-14T09:14:22+00:00","description":"theGeek.games","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ps4pro.eu_SOE_nyito.jpg","width":1000,"height":870},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2015\/02\/03\/sony-online-entertainment-is-no-more-daybreak-game-company-is-born\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sony Online Entertainment is no more, Daybreak Game Company is born!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/","name":"theGeek.games","description":"theGeek is an online magazine about video games and movies news, reviews and more.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization","name":"theGeek.games","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png","width":960,"height":960,"caption":"theGeek.games"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/","https:\/\/x.com\/theGeek2019","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/38149867\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/63ce33ed5b52a1f8ce39db09ffc8f728","name":"Angyal Anik\u00f3","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aniko-2-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aniko-2-96x96.jpg","caption":"Angyal Anik\u00f3"},"description":"Anik\u00f3, our news editor and communication manager, is more interested in the business side of the gaming industry. She worked at banks, and she has a vast knowledge of business life. Still, she likes puzzle and story-oriented games, like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes &amp; Punishments, which is her favourite title. She also played The Sims 3, but after accidentally killing a whole sim family, swore not to play it again. (For our office address, email and phone number check out our IMPRESSUM)","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aniko.angyal.54"],"url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/author\/aniko\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}