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• DayZ Standalone: Hall discusses 'depressing' development pressure

  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.

• War Z update charging players for instant respawn, Valve investigating policy

  The War Z has seen a controversial launch on Steam, with many listed features on the game’s product descriptor being unavailable at release. It gets worse however, as respawning in the game used to take anywhere up to 60 minutes. Following an update patch it now takes up to four hours – unless you pay […]

• War Z beta launch will include Halloween content, map size doubled

  The War Z goes into beta phase from today, and developer Hammerpoint Games has thrown some Halloween-themed content into the mix. Get the details below.

• The War Z suspected of snaffling League of Legends' legalese

  Eagle-eyed early adopters of The War Z have turned up what looks to be an embarrassing bit of copy-pasta.

• The War Z alpha testing live for Pioneer or Legend option pre-orders

  The War Z has gone into alpha testing, and if you pre-ordered the Pioneer or Legend options of the game, you can jump into the fray. Alpha kicked off yesterday and runs throughout the month. Closed beta testing starts on October 31. October 31st. The open-world MMO’s alpha roadmap can be found here. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

• The War Z beta kicks off on Halloween

  The War Z will open its doors to select testers on October 31, an appropriate date for the zombie survival MMO. Details on how to secure your place through the break.

• The War Z MMO "is not an an objective based game" in the traditional sense, says developer

  The War Z’s executive producer, Sergey Titov, has said above all else in the zombie MMO, the key gameplay is really just about survival – and that’s it.

• Zombie survival MMO The War Z announced

  Hammerpoint Games and Arktos Entertainment have announced a zombie survival MMO in the works called The War Z.