Daybreak Games – H1Z1 developer fires around 70 employees as Christmas is arriving

Following reports that Daybreak Game is working on a battle royale game based on its PlanetSide IP, it was revealed by former CEO John Smedley yesterday that the studio has laid off around “70 employees”. Jobs were made redundant throughout…

H1Z1 – Mother of all battle royale games is now Free-to-Play

[Play free now] While PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the battle royale game which has been taking all accolades over the past couple of years, it was indeed H1Z1 which stated the genre.  Developer Daybreak Game Studio could be blamed for not…

H1Z1 – Tencent Games reveals new survival game for China market

As speculated a few days ago, Tencent Games today announced the arrival of H1Z1 in the China market. Tencent will provide developer Daybreak Game Company with support, including connection speed optimization, server expansion, and even share technology on how to…

H1Z1 – Tencent Games teases potential China server of survival MMO

As most of you would have already know, Tencent is the largest and richest games company in China, the world’s biggest gaming market. Apparently, obtaining the domestic publishing rights for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and the development license for 2 mobile games…

H1Z1 – Sony begins Early Access for sandbox zombie survival MMO

[Steam page] Sony Online Entertainment, developer of games such as the Everquest series and PlanetSide 2, announced the beginning of Early Access for its zombie survival MMO, H1Z1. Running on an in-house game engine, the studio is touting “a total sandbox…