Tag: John Smedley
Amazon Game Studios Calls On John Smedley To Run San Diego Office
19 months after leaving Daybreak Game Company and just a month after shuttering the doors of his indie startup Pixelmage Games, John Smedley has...
Smedley Doesn’t Like Microtransactions, “Hated Defending” Them
Now that he's not bound by a PR department and can say what he wants, former SOE/Daybreak and current Pixelmage Games CEO John Smedley...
We Know What John Smedley’s Been Up To
The mystery has finally been solved; we finally know what John Smedley -- best known for his work with free-to-play games like EverQuest and...
John Smedley Steps Down As Daybreak CEO, Will Take Hiatus Before Returning In New...
I'm not normally in the habit of writing news articles an hour before midnight, but this one seems significant enough to break that trend....
John Smedley’s Twitter and Reddit Accounts Deleted (UPDATED With Smed’s Farewell)
If you've enjoyed Daybreak Game Company President John Smedley's social media accounts for its game updates, industry insights, and the occasional rant... well, you're...
Smedley Opens Up About H1Z1’s Future
Daybreak Game Company President John Smedley has gone back to Reddit for a long post on what he envisions for the future of H1Z1. The...
John Smedley Wants H1Z1 Cheaters To Apologize On YouTube
You have to admit, Daybreak Game Company President John Smedley does like to do things differently from time to time. The fight against cheaters...
Smedley Talks About PlanetSide 2, v2.0
John Smedley's got a lot to say about PlanetSide 2's future, and he expounded on all the major points on a Reddit post Thursday...
Going From Sony To Daybreak Is A “Fresh Start,” Says Smedley
Daybreak Game Company's chief executives, President John Smedley and Senior VP of Global Sales and Marketing Laura Naviaux chatted with GamesIndustry earlier this week...
Did Sony Sell SOE Because It Wasn’t “Mobile” Enough?
That seems to be the conclusion reached by industry analyst Michael Pachter, who's quoted as saying "Unfortunately, free-to-play is growing most rapidly on phones and...
H1Z1 Goes Into Early Access January 15
True to his word, Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley today spilled the beans on H1Z1's early access date and other sundry details. He...
H1Z1 Early Access Announcement Coming Monday
The headline pretty much says it all, doesn't it? John Smedley gave us all the scoop Saturday morning via Twitter: H1Z1 Early Access date is...
Smed Dishes On H1Z1 Monetization
Reddit regular John Smedley laid out a six-pronged approach to monetization for SOE's upcoming F2P zombie survival MMO. The list is not exhaustive and...
Going Viral: SOE Announces Zombie-Survival Game H1Z1 (Updated w/Monetization Talk)
It had been hinted at for some time that Sony Online Entertainment was working on... something sandbox-flavored. Today, we finally got confirmation and some...