A post on Massively Overpowered explores the fascinating situation surrounding developer and publisher Daybreak Games, which was formerly Sony Online Entertainment before being sold off. They note that the company that bought SOE back in 2015 was identified as Columbus Nova, as reported here at the time. Columbus Nova is apparently owned by Viktor Vekselberg, one of the Russian oligarchs whose assets were frozen by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for destabilizing activities, including possible interference in U.S. elections. Daybreak issued a statement to the site saying that this is fake news, claiming Columbus Nova is not actually their owner, asking us to believe their own press releases saying this was the case were in error. They claim the actual purchaser was Jason Epstein, a former senior managing partner of Columbus Nova. This seems like a stretch, and MassiveOP notes some Wikipedia shenanigans to try and scrub the company's history. The latest twist comes as VG247 reports layoffs at Daybreak, which the company has confirmed, calling them "workforce realigning." Workforces get realigned in this business all the time, but the layoffs also make sense in light of the theory that Daybreak's real owner has had his U.S. assets frozen. It bears noting that Columbus Nova was also named as the purchaser of Rock Band developer Harmonix back in 2010.