File this one beneath “didn’t see this coming in one million years but additionally not unhappy about it in anyway”: Dawn has acquired Palia studio Singularity 6.
“Our crew is completely thrilled to be becoming a member of forces with Dawn Recreation Firm, a subsidiary of Enad International 7 AB (EG7), identified for publishing and supporting a few of the world’s hottest and profitable on-line multiplayer franchises, similar to EverQuest, H1Z1, The Lord of the Rings On-line, and extra,” S6 introduced this night. “The acquisition offers us with some unimaginable assets and help to proceed growing Palia and elevate the product to satisfy the gold customary that our gamers count on, together with partaking new content material, impactful social options, and quality-of-life enhancements throughout the board.”
Singularity 6 says that it’s going to “proceed working independently” beneath its co-founders and that its “imaginative and prescient and artistic course will stay intact,” which might typically be a kind of traces in a press launch like this that causes eyerolls, nevertheless it may truly be plausible on this case, given how Dawn has dealt with Standing Stone Video games for the final a few years now.
Dawn, after all, was based again in 2015 utilizing the bones of SOE, nevertheless it was itself acquired by EG7, and since then, it’s mainly taken over EG7 from the within out. It’s truly carried out pretty effectively for EG7 over the previous few years, although it dipped on the finish of 2023, offered off the PlanetSide IP, and relinquished improvement of PlanetSide 2. Shopping for an current studio and sport truly aligns slightly properly with EG7’s acknowledged targets of operating constant mid-tier MMORPG moneymakers.
S6 has been struggling for the final many months because it seemed to be struggling severe monetary difficulties and went via a number of rounds of layoffs in addition to its Palia beta obfuscation fiasco, so it’s laborious to see this as something however excellent news for people who needed to see Palia stick round to truly see its actual launch and/or see Dawn broaden and perhaps even return to its glory days of bailing out floundering MMOs.
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