Daybreak Games Sold And Has A New Owner

The revolving door of owners for Daybreak just got another name attached.

The Daybreak Game Company will be acquired by EG7 Global, following a deal announced earlier today that’s worth $300 million (cash and debt-free). EG7 had just acquired Piranha Games, developer of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and MechWarrior Online, for $24 million.

On behalf of the Daybreak team and all of our players, we are elated to be joining the EG7 family. The combined companies are strategically positioned to expand Daybreak’s unique and iconic portfolio of live games and will help amplify our passion for making great games for our awesome communities. I look forward to working closely with the team at EG7 to continue to deliver incredible experiences for our players around the world. Jason Epstein, Executive Chairman of Daybreak

Daybreak Games has an incredible legacy, an impressive portfolio of game franchises and the most incredible community of players combined with EG7, we are better positioned to expand on those amazing IPs, grow its development teams and player communities and fund exciting future games. Ji Ham, CEO of Daybreak

We are thrilled to be welcoming Daybreak into the EG7 family today. Daybreak is a company that I have the utmost admiration for, not only for their games but the teams behind those games and services. Together we have bold and exciting plans for the future and I look forward to making those dreams a reality for gamers all over the world. Robin Flodin, CEO and Co-founder of EG7

If you need your memory jogged just a bit, the company was previously known as Sony Online Entertainment, until in early 2015 Sony sold it to Jason Epstein, who renamed it Daybreak Game Company.

Daybreak is the publisher for DDO.  Executive Producer Severlin posted over on the forums about this having zero impact on LOTRO

Greetings! As our players have read, Enad Global 7 (EG7) entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Daybreak Game Company today. We are excited about EG7 and we welcome them into our family. We are also excited to be part of such a great collaboration. We just wanted to let our players know that this will have no impact on the development of Dungeons and Dragons Online, The Lord of the Rings Online, and operations for us at Standing Stone Games. Our teams are working as hard as always to bring new and exciting things to our games in the months and years to come.

We’ve been encouraged by your support this year, and we’re hard at work planning 2021 and beyond. We’ll have a more forward-looking Producer’s Letter in the new year, and that is where we’ll talk about our next classic pack, a new event, and a whole lot more.

From everyone at Standing Stone Games, we wish you and yours well throughout this season of holidays around the world.