Tag Archives: DayZ

Bohemia Interactive drew inspiration from CCP in conceptualising DayZ’s base building, which it envisions as similar to EVE Online’s capital ships.

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Dean “Rocket” Hall has taken a holiday from development of the standalone version of DayZ, but the rest of the team is hard at work on new features, including radios.

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DayZ creator Dean “Rocket” Hall is pretty sure the zombie survival sim will come to consoles, and wants the master race to know this isn’t going to do them any harm.

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DayZ creator Dean Hall gave a lecture at GDC last night, in which he argued that complexity and a lack of hand-holding is positive. Letting players figure things out for themselves is a cornerstone of the game’s appeal, and will live on in DayZ Standalone he explained.

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DayZ Standalone will go into Alpha sometime after a development review in June, Dean Hall has told Joystiq.

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A devblog showing some in game footage of DayZ Standalone has been released. It discusses a solution to the “zombie zig zag”, “server side mass zombie spawns, and loot spawning inside wrecks.” While the video pretty much touches on everything mentioned on the blog side of things, if you prefer to read, you can scan for information on: the inventory system, crafting, expanding the health system, the Chernarus expansion, loot spawning, and more. Video is below.

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The DayZ ArmA 2 mod has been updated with the usual pile of new content and fixes. Interesting highlights include resuable arrows; breakable arrows; and quivers. Alarmingly, zombies will now be slowly drawn towards players even when they’re not altered. Full patch notes are available on the mod’s forum. The mod version of DayZ was recently added to Steam; it’s frequently updated with new content, something Bohemia Interactive hopes to continue with the standalone release.

It’s always nice to slaughter zombies on a Friday. Dean Hall recently confirmed the DayZ standalone will feature new content every week, and has released a video highlighting the upcoming title’s motion-capture development.

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Bohemia Interactive has released a pile of new character and environment images for the standalone release of DayZ. Once expected to be a simple conversion of the existing mod, the project has since blown out to a full remake, and it’s paying off, as the new assets show. Check out the images through the break. The accompanying developer update promised new content every week.

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ArmA 2 mod DayZ has been patched, adding a ton of new features. There’s a collection of weapons and food, two new vehicles and the ability to catch viruses and flip ATVs (good luck with that, Dan), for example. Zombies can now damage your vehicle, pull you from it, or even spawn inside unoccupied vehicles, and will be attracted by the sound of trees being felled. Plus a huge pile of fixes; full patch notes are available on the DayZ forums, where incidentally you’ll also find plenty of people chatting about the first DayZ standalone release footage.

Thanks, PCGamer.

DayZ’s standalone release is really happening, you guys, as this video of it in action confirms.

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DayZ developer Dean “Rocket” Hall has no issues with ArmA 2 mod DayZ: Origins, despite his dislike of certain other competitors.

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Dean Hall has posted new screenshots of the stand-alone version of DayZ.

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Dean Hall, creator of DayZ, has once again visited Reddit in order to answer questions about his game and The War Z. As expected, he doesn’t pull any punches when giving answers. Hall discusses the responsibility of consumers, his anger towards The War Z, and accusations from his family in decent length.

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Part two of Sam Clay’s video interview with DayZ creator Dean Hall is live. In the second part of this interview from late last year, Hall talks about living and breathing DayZ, engaging fans via social media and the open nature of DayZ’s development.

Part one, in which Hall discusses development pressure, is here.

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Day Z Standalone clearly didn’t make its 2012 release date, but is very near to closed beta testing, with developer lead Dean “Rocket” Hall explaining the delay with good news for fans.

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DayZ creator Dean Hall has responded to a Reddit thread dedicated to giving Hall’s team some breathing space as it crunches on the game’s development. Hall has also added that he was – at one point – considered calling time on his involvement with the project.

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Hotline Miami, Chivalry and FTL are just some of the highlighted gems in IndieDB’s third annual top 100 indie game list. The shortlist champions the cream of the independent scene and public voting is now open to determine this year’s ultimate winner. Get involved now below.

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DayZ Standalone developer Dean Hall has confirmed his high hopes for a console port in a new interview, but stressed that it all depended on development of the PC build. Hall has also discussed the game’s new engine and release window. Get the details below.

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DayZ Standalone will launch on Steam, with plenty of Steam-specific features bundled, according to a new update from creator Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall. Check out what to expect from his expanded survival title below.

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