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Former Daybreak Games president John Smedley will not return to company

It was believed that former Daybreak Games president John Smedley would return to the company at some point after he stepped down from his position as president of the company. That no longer appears to be the case.

Ozzie Mejia

August 21, 2015 4:59 PM

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Last month, former Daybreak Games president John Smedley abruptly stepped down from his position with the company. It was expected that he would take a break to clear his head before eventually coming back in another capacity. That no longer appears to be the case.

According to Game Informer, Smedley has started up an entirely new company. Daybreak issued a statement to the site wishing its former president well in his new endeavors. As for what those endeavors are, that is unclear at this time. Smedley later issued a statement that more would be revealed in the coming weeks.

Smedley originally stepped down from his position after an unfortunate bout of DDoS attacks that directly targeted Daybreak games, like PlanetSide 2, DC Universe Online, and the EverQuest series. Smedley had originally gone on a massive tirade against convincted cyberattacker Julius Kivimaki, who was convicted of over 50,000 cyberattacks, but was not given jail time, which many believe led to a new Lizard Squad attack on Daybreak servers.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?