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DayZ going stand alone
Posted 10:54am 08/08/12 by: Joaby
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Last night, Dean "Rocket" Hall announced that Day Z - the incredibly, ridiculously popular persistent world mod for Arma 2 that might be my favourite game... ever - will become its own game, built alongside the mod by Bohemia Interactive, with Hall at the lead. Rocket announced it in a post on the new official site for the stand alone version - and while it is currently fairly empty, updates are promised soon.




The game is being developed under what Hall calls 'the Minecraft model' - in other words, you can pay a discounted price before the game is finished, which gives you access to the alpha and beta builds along with the full game upon completion. If you recall, GameArena revealed this to be the plan way back in June - because we were ground floor on this stuff. No word yet on how much it will cost exactly, but can you really put a price on being terrified of fellow human beings and watching zombies run about in circles on all fours? No. You can not.

Mod development will continue, as pointed out in the announcement post,

Development and updates of the mod will continue in parallel with the development of the game, so anyone who is playing the mod now will be able to continue to do so. The project will follow the Minecraft development model; fast iterations with the community alpha available for a heavily discounted price.


The stand alone game announcement follows on from some other excellent news about the mod yesterday, which has passed 1 million unique players since its debut only four months ago. This is a stark rise from its count 1 month ago, where it was bustling around the half million mark - no doubt the recent Summer sale on Steam had something to do with it and because of the mod's success ARMA 2 Combined Operations has been in the top ten selling games for the past three months.

These are great achievements for the New Zealand born Hall, a talented and dedicated developer who has put a lot of effort into the project. GameArena has started a DayZ Vodcast called the Day Zed Show - you can watch the second episode here, and if you're after more DayZ mod footage be sure to watch Abzolutely Fabulouz.
Comments on this Article
Wed 08 Aug 12, 11:25am
Audi
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 11:25am

1st

Wed 08 Aug 12, 12:07pm
HDogg
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 12:07pm

Good news.

Wed 08 Aug 12, 12:32pm
sligh
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 12:32pm

Great news. I want that picture in wallpaper size.

Wed 08 Aug 12, 1:27pm
Phyaran
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 1:27pm

This is gonna be badaaaaaaaaaass.

Wed 08 Aug 12, 3:54pm
Joaby
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 3:54pm

If it comes out before December I can give it Game of the Year. That's all I really want. That's all anybody really wants, isn't it?

Wed 08 Aug 12, 4:11pm
soap1125
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 4:11pm

Game of the century for me.

Wed 08 Aug 12, 5:26pm
Xutech
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 5:26pm

Now all they have to do is get it to work.

Wed 08 Aug 12, 9:17pm
Tyoson
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 9:17pm

I'm actually pissed off. I bought Arma 2 for no reason now. Knew I should've waited.

Wed 08 Aug 12, 10:59pm
Phyaran
Posted: Wed 08 Aug 12, 10:59pm

Can rack up plenty of hours of DayZ in 3 months.

Thu 09 Aug 12, 12:20am
squidassist
Posted: Thu 09 Aug 12, 12:20am

Any word on the single player? Or do I still have to put up with the general community killing something beautiful? :(

Thu 09 Aug 12, 9:20am
Joaby
Posted: Thu 09 Aug 12, 9:20am

Squid I know you are trolling me but I will bite anyway. No word. I've lined up an interview at Gamescom so I'll let you know.

Thu 09 Aug 12, 12:24pm
squidassist
Posted: Thu 09 Aug 12, 12:24pm

I'm not EXACTLY trolling you, cos the primary question is valid and my point of interest... It's just the additional information that's utterly needless and hurtful. I don't know why I did it... I still love you.

Fri 03 May 13, 12:09pm
detain
Posted: Fri 03 May 13, 12:09pm

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