Daybreak Game Company

Daybreak Game Company LLC
Formerly	Sony Online Entertainment Inc.; (1997–2006); Sony Online Entertainment LLC; (2006–2015);
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	December 17, 1997
Headquarters	San Diego, California, U.S.
Key people	Jason Epstein (chair); Ji Ham (CEO);
Products	Massively multiplayer online games
Number of employees	307 (2024)
Parent	Sony Computer Entertainment; (1997–2015); Sony Pictures Digital; (2006–2008); Inception Acquisitions; (2015–2020); Enad Global 7; (2020–present);
Subsidiaries	Darkpaw Games; Dimensional Ink Games; Cold Iron Studios; Rogue Planet Games; Singularity 6;
Website	daybreakgames.com

Daybreak Game Company LLC is an American video game developer and publisher based in San Diego. The company was founded in December 1997 as Sony Online Entertainment (a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment) but was spun off to an independent investor in February 2015 and renamed Daybreak Game Company. On December 1, 2020, Daybreak Game Company entered into an agreement to be acquired by Enad Global 7.

They are known for owning, maintaining, and creating additional content for the games EverQuest, EverQuest II, The Matrix Online, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies, Clone Wars Adventures, Free Realms, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2, H1Z1: Just Survive, and H1Z1: King of the Kill, along with more recent acquisitions Dungeons & Dragons Online, Magic: The Gathering Online, The Lord of the Rings Online, and Palia.