Daybreak Game Company LLC

Daybreak Game Company was founded as Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), as a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Digital Inc.. On 1 April 2008, when it merged with Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (SCEI).

The company mainly developed massively multiplayer online games (MMO's), with major franchises such as EverQuest and games like PlanetSide. They also created Star Wars Galaxies, an MMORPG based on the Star Wars universe.

On 2 February 2015, the company branched off from the Sony corporation after being acquired by investment firm Columbus Nova and took multiple studios and intellectual properties with it. On 1 December 2020, it was acquired by Enad Global 7.

The company is headquartered in San Diego, California. As of July 2024, it has the following additional development studios:

• Darkpaw Games (San Diego, California)
• Dimensional Ink Games (Austin, Texas), formerly SOE Austin
• Rogue Planet Games (San Diego, California)
• Standing Stone Games (Boston, Massachussetts), formed from MMO staff of Turbine
• Singularity 6 Corporation (Los Angeles, California)

Former subsidiaries include:

• SOE Denver (Denver, Colorado), formerly Worlds Apart Productions, acquired 2006
• SOE Seattle (Seattle, Washington)
• SOE Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)
• SOE Tuscon (Tuscon, Arizona)
• SOE Taiwan
• Platform Publishing (short-lived publishing label)
• Verant Interactive (San Diego, California)