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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 found new employment. Smedley will head up the San Diego office of Amazon Game...
By Jason Winter - 6 years agoSmedley 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 can tell everyone what he really thinks about free-to-play and microtransactions.
By Jason Winter - 7 years agoWe 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 H1Z1 -- has been up to since leaving Daybreak Games.
By QuintLyn Bowers - 7 years agoJohn Smedley Steps Down As Daybreak CEO, Will Take Hiatus Before Returning In New Role
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.
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoJohn 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...
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoSmedley 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 only item with any specific time frame mentioned is the addition of professions, which Sm...
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoJohn 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 and hackers has been going on in H1Z1 since its early access launch, with DBC...
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoSmedley 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 afternoon. The plan is simple - We are going to be taking Planetside 2 to where it needs to be ...
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoGoing 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 as part of the company's focus on its rebranding, which in...
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoDid Sony Sell SOE Because It Wasn't "Mobile" Enough?
That seems to be the conclusion reached by industry analyst Michael Pachter...
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoH1Z1 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.
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoH1Z1 Early Access Announcement Coming Monday
The headline pretty much says it all, doesn't it?...
By Jason Winter - 8 years agoSmed Dishes On H1Z1 Monetization
Reddit regular John Smedley laid out a six-pronged approach to monetization for SOE's upcoming F2P zombie survival MMO.
By Michael Dunaway - 9 years agoGoing 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...
By Michael Dunaway - 9 years ago