The Creative Director of PlanetSide 2 Matthew Higby is leaving PS2 and the Daybreak team.
As Higby writes in a reddit forum post, he has been considering this step for some time. The recent restructuring has now prompted him to leave PlanetSide 2. The 4 years at PS2 have been the highlight of his career, he writes, but now it’s time for a change.
In recent days, there has been a lot of excitement about Daybreak Gaming Company. After the sale of the former SOE team to the investment firm Columbus Nova and a renaming, they have parted ways with several employees across the various MMOs. It became clear that the former SOE team was apparently in a financially difficult situation.
In recent months, there has also been trouble with PlanetSide 2 and a stronger monetization of implants in the cash shop. SOE’s president John Smedley stated at that time that PlanetSide 2 has only been profitable for a few months.
