Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues actor Steve Carell dropped into ITV's
Daybreak studio today, helping out / hindering weather presenter Laura Tobin in typical Brick Tamland fashion.
Not exact matches
Morale at
Daybreak remains low, according to the source who was laid off from the
studio two weeks ago.
In late April, as
Daybreak was telling press that it was not actually owned by Columbus Nova, the game
studio was also laying off staff.
Over the past few weeks, as the
studio laid off staff amidst a declining audience for H1Z1,
Daybreak has distanced itself from Columbus Nova, deleting said press release from its website and telling reporters that it had not actually been purchased by the investment firm, but in fact by businessman Jason Epstein.
As both the developer's employees and player base worried over the future of the
studio,
Daybreak dropped a bombshell.
Daybreak might have been one of the first
studios to get a battle royale game on the scene, but it was soon shoved aside in favor of two other titles this year.
Last year, John Smedley, head of
Daybreak Game Company (formerly Sony Online Entertainment), bid adieu to that
studio and struck out on his own.
The hashtag #DaybreakJobs is circulating on Twitter, bringing game
studios and former
Daybreak employees together.
Announced today, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is to become an independent
studio, the
Daybreak Game Company.
Sony Online Entertainment has been sold by Sony to investment firm Columbus Nova, and will now operate as an independent game
studio called
Daybreak Game Company.
Daybreak agrees that the item examine screen has grown too «cluttered,» and as such, the
studio will be streamlining it for this month's content update.
According to the spokesperson, all of
Daybreak's
studios were affected, but none of the games will be — that includes H1Z1, whose PC development and recently announced PS4 port is still scheduled to continue.
A
Daybreak spokesperson has confirmed to me that the layoffs were not isolated to one
studio (as speculation is currently running).
As part of a strategic decision to rationalize the business,
Daybreak Game Company announced today that it will eliminate positions in both its San Diego and Austin
studios.
Yeah, it's Columbus Nova, the firm that claimed it acquired MMORPG
studio Daybreak back in 2015.
For the past couple of days, the
studio Daybreak (formerly called SOE) has been getting hit by Distributed Denial of Service attacks that have rendered games like PlanetSide unplayable.
Formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment (SOE),
Daybreak Game Company is now an independent game
studio, as it was acquired from Sony by investment firm Columbus Nova..
Daybreak's new
studio president John Smedley recently tweeted he's excited to begin development on Xbox One games, confirming rumours the developer would begin creating video games for the competing Xbox One platform.
The developer is set to operate as an independent game
studio under a new name,
Daybreak Game Company.
Lateness became part of the myth: of an underdog determined to make it the hard way; an artist working from
daybreak to sunset in a
studio so small it could hold only a single canvas; a secretive man who kept neither diaries nor notes, nor even talked to his wife about his work.