DayZ
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Bohemia Interactive says it isn't being acquired by Tencent, despite recent reports
"We remain an independent studio."
"Hundreds of thousands" of us are playing DayZ since it joined Xbox Game Pass
"It confirms that DayZ still remains an unmatched and unforgettable survival experience."
DayZ joins Xbox Game Pass lineup in May
Along with Final Fantasy 9, Fractured Minds and more.
Bohemia Interactive says it isn't being acquired by Tencent, despite recent reports
"We remain an independent studio."
"Hundreds of thousands" of us are playing DayZ since it joined Xbox Game Pass
"It confirms that DayZ still remains an unmatched and unforgettable survival experience."
DayZ joins Xbox Game Pass lineup in May
Along with Final Fantasy 9, Fractured Minds and more.
Weed isn't usable in DayZ, but it's got the game banned in Australia
Nipped in the bud.
DayZ physical release refused classification, effectively banned in Australia
Despite digital version having been out for 5 years.
Long-in-development zombie survival shooter DayZ is finally out on PS4
Four years after it was announced for the console.
DayZ leaves Xbox Game Preview and gets full Xbox One release at end of March
Bohemian rhapsody.
Inside Xbox returns next week with "exciting news" about Halo: Master Chief Collection
Plus DayZ, Game Pass, and more.
DayZ finally leaves early access next week on PC
After nearly five years in development.
Five years on, DayZ finally hits beta
Aiming for 1.0 release before end of year.
DayZ gets an Xbox Game Preview release date
Yes, it's still in Early Access on PC.
DayZ studio Bohemia announces a new survival game set in 90s Norway
Coming to Xbox Game Preview very soon.
DayZ will be out of Early Access, and on Xbox, next year
"We're serious about it."
DayZ just got its most meaningful update in months
Denser forests! Ambient sounds! Wind! More!
DayZ creator Dean Hall to show new game at EGX Rezzed
And it's playable on the show floor.
Feature | Is DayZ still coming out on console and, you know, WTH is going on?
Answers from the creative director.
Dean Hall of DayZ fame is making a big new multiplayer game
"I need to be deliberately coy..."
DayZ forums hacked: usernames, emails and passwords compromised
New security measures are being implemented.
DayZ in 2016: aerial vehicles, predators, animal companions, more
"We understand the frustrations and difficulties of public development..."
Private DayZ servers can now be monetised
Just "a test run" for now.
DayZ creator Dean Hall announces new game Ion
UPDATE: "It's now about me proving I have learned lessons and we deliver on stuff."
The best PC games
Old and new, this is our pick of the PC games you should play today.
DayZ reaches 3m sales on Early Access
In only 13 months on sale.
Feature | DayZ without Dean Hall: What now?
A big interview for a big new year.
Dean Hall highlights impressive DayZ live action film
Friend or foe?
DayZ creator Dean Hall's new studio is called RocketWerkz
Initially based in Dunedin, NZ.
DayZ standalone now due in 2016 for €40
Reveals update plans for 2015, price increases next week.
Video | Video: Watch us play Mini DayZ from 4.30pm GMT
See the officially recognised spin-off in action.
DayZ creator Dean Hall rumoured to be on his way to the UK - not New Zealand
UPDATE: Dean Hall says nope.
DayZ fan's free 2D tribute now hosted by Bohemia
Top-down MiniDayZ playable in your browser.
EGX | Xbox One? "DayZ is definitely going to be a multi-platform title"
2015 release depends on console Early Access program, Hall says.
DayZ producer moves to calm concern about development
"You are not playing DayZ, you are playing development builds."
DayZ announced for PS4
Finally.
Feature | Steam and Early Access: To curate or not curate?
We ask the question.
Should Early Access DayZ be in Steam's Summer Sale?
Dean Hall "shocked" Bohemia put it there.
DayZ dev Dean Hall: "I want to make a Valve in the South Pacific"
Hall talks DayZ on console and his Tycoon style game.
Arma 3 sales pass the 1m mark
Combined with DayZ sales, that's a nice Czech.
DayZ Standalone sells 2m in just over four months
Not bad for a Steam Early Access game.
Feature | Why is hardship the new hotness?
DayZ, survival, and the glorious cult of cruelty.
Feature | Bohemia's war: the story of the company behind Arma and DayZ
From Operation Flashpoint to a Greek prison and back again.
Feature | Who is DayZ creator Dean Hall?
Starving, mountains, zombies: his incredible story.
DayZ sales figures, new studio acquisition revealed
And 2014 roadmap: Respawning loot! Fireplaces! Crossbows!
Video | Video: See DayZ played the hardcore way
First-person survival horror as Ian terrifies himself on DayZ's more challenging servers.
Video | Video: How a town is born in DayZ
Chernarus town planning.
Feature | DayZ interview: full release, console discussions, horses and Rust
"Boy, Sony and Microsoft love their meetings, eh?"
Dean Hall to leave Bohemia and step down as leader of DayZ
He explains why.
Video | Watch us play DayZ with Dean Hall
Yesterday's livestream in full.
Video | Video: Let's Play DayZ: Bromance turns to tragedy
Ian joins forces with James from Outside Xbox.
Dean Hall: "So much for the death of PC gaming"
DayZ hits 1m sales in one month.
Video | Watch us play DayZ - for five hours straight
Undead marathon kicks off at 1pm today.
Do not expect DayZ beta before end of 2014
But Bohemia promises "huge progress" this year.
EGX | Dean Hall planning "really special" DayZ presentation for EGX Rezzed
Developer session and live interview set for March event.
DayZ sells 800,000 copies in under a month
Bean a long time coming.
DayZ week-one sales rocket past 400,000
Had a very Merry Christmas indeed.
Review | DayZ alpha review
Hiking prices.
DayZ stampeded by 88,000 people in 12 hours
UPDATE: With over 172K copies sold in 24 hours.
Video | Watch us play the DayZ standalone from 12pm GMT
Alpha can you get?
DayZ sneaks up on Steam Early Access
Dawn of the dead.
Dean Hall issues warning about DayZ Early Access
"Buying early will be a recipe for disappointment."
Dean Hall posts a raw 10-min video of DayZ
"Viewer discrection is strongly advised."
Standalone DayZ: "I'm not saying it will definitely be weeks"
"We need performance."
Arma 3 developer Bohemia hacked
Change your password.
Feature | Have traditional MMOs had their time?
And what do we make of the shared-world games and MOBAs that have risen up to replace them?
EGX | DayZ standalone alpha release: "We've set a date now"
Dean Hall presents the latest build at Rezzed 2013.
Feature | The next-generation will be open-world
Ubisoft and more on connected freedom.
EGX | Rezzed developer sessions to be streamed online
Watch PC and indie panels, live demos and developer talks all through this weekend.
Dean Hall interested in bringing DayZ Standalone to PS4
Has already been approached by Sony and Microsoft, but is focusing on the PC version for now.
EGX | Full Rezzed developer session schedule includes DayZ Standalone, Hotline Miami 2
Plus panels with top developers, hosted by RPS. Full schedule for next weekend's PC event now online.
A console version of DayZ "is almost certain" and talks with Sony have already happened
"I don't think it necessarily has to hurt things."
DayZ Standalone zombies shown on video for first time
Plus, a poor diet will affect a character's long-term health.
DayZ Standalone: the first and extended gameplay video footage
Creator Dean Hall talks through some of the changes.
What Dean Hall thinks about DayZ Origins, an ArmA 2 mod he didn't make
Turns out he had his own plans for something called DayZ Origins.
New DayZ Standalone screenshots
Is she, is that, am I...?
When is DayZ Standalone out? "We don't know"
But Dean Hall feels "fantastic about the situation" at last.
Martin Pezlar: "Now I finally believe we are free"
Bailed ArmA devs arrive home to emotional scenes.
DayZ's Dean Hall: "I am angry about the The War Z"
"I'm very angry."
DayZ creator Dean Hall feels "huge relief" as jailed ArmA 3 devs are finally given bail
"It's going to be very emotional for everyone when they are home."
Where is DayZ Standalone? Dean Hall answers
Seized chance to make game "we all dreamed it could be".
DayZ Standalone screenshots
Tables, broken windows, man in pants.
Feature | Games of 2012: DayZ
Diary of the dead.
DayZ standalone may slip from 2012 "if needed"
Things change, like humans into zombies.
Early DayZ standalone screenshots
Of fascinating building interiors!
Video | Watch Dean Hall's DayZ Standalone session from the Eurogamer Expo
Video recovered from down the back of YouTube's sofa.
DayZ standalone release this year, says Dean Hall
And gives his opinion on lookalike War Z.
Get ArmA 3 devs home: Bohemia Interactive wants your help
Hopes ArmA, DayZ fans will answer the call.
Bohemia "would be stupid" not to bring DayZ to consoles
Producer cites Minecraft's XBLA success, hints at digital release.
Impressive fake DayZ, Sleeping Dogs, BioShock, Secret World, Lollipop Chainsaw movie trailers
Spliced montages we recommend watching.
War Z gameplay footage: the DayZ comparisons continue
Video flesh from PAX.
EGX | Dean Hall presenting Eurogamer Expo dev session on standalone DayZ
Rocket propelled.
Feature | DayZ's Dean Hall: Rocket Man Rising
DayZ's creator on the mod's past, present and standalone future.
Bohemia feared the reaction to a standalone DayZ game
"They might feel it was not fair because they had to pay money for something that was initially free if they owned Arma 2."
Video | Day Z Video Diary, Day 5: The Best Laid Plans
In which James is tempted off course by a helicopter wreck.
Video | Day Z Video Diary, Day 4: First Blood
In which James is defeated by a hay bale, sees an unlikely bus stop, and takes his first shot in anger.
Standalone DayZ confirmed
Dean "Rocket" Hall hails "fairy-tale outcome".
Day Z hits over one million players
Zombie mod sure is infectious.
Video | Day Z Video Diary, Day 3: I'm a Survivor! (feat. Dean Rocket Hall)
In which James follows survival tips from none other than Day Z creator Dean Hall - and attempts a raid.
Video | Day Z Video Diary, Day 2: The Lost Art of Running Away
In which James meets a cow, dreams of an island paradise and accidentally dooms a friendly player.
Video | Day Z Video Diary, Day 1: Friend or Foe?
In which a clueless James stumbles into the zombie survival game and meets his first player. What happened next?
ArmA 2 1.62 patch notes: improves DayZ stability
"A lot" of fixes to multiplayer.
DayZ doppleganger The War Z announced
Dean Hall predicted it would happen.
Will Bohemia help Dean "Rocket" Hall build a standalone DayZ game or not?
One way or another, it's going to happen, Hall tells Eurogamer.
PC phenomenon DayZ hits 500,000 players milestone
That's how popular.
EGX | Watch Dean "Rocket" Hall's huge Rezzed Q&A for DayZ
On the standalone game, dogs and much more.
Video | Rezzed Sessions: Dean "Rocket" Hall talks DayZ
Huge and candid Q&A on the biggest PC game of 2012.
EGX | Just how popular is DayZ?
Plus, German Shepherds are coming.
EGX | DayZ designer Dean "Rocket" Hall to speak at Rezzed
Zombie survival sim also playable on show floor.
DayZ hackers slapped with global bans
"You just bricked your copy of ArmA2 in multiplayer."
DayZ servers infected by botnet security breach
Developers mull legal action against rogue forum admin.
The Future of DayZ
Creator Dean Hall on what's next for his extraordinary ArmA 2 mod.
Feature | DayZ: The Best Zombie Game Ever Made?
Welcome to the corpse run.