It’s “a certainty” that popular and much-acclaimed ArmA II zombie mod DayZ will become its own retail game later this year, according to its developer. The only question, he says, is who it will be to officially release it.
DayZ's latest console update seems tiny, but datamined files reveal what Bohemia is really preparing for 2026. Here's what players missed.
DayZ Frostline DLC gets review-bombed for its price and content. Dev responds, saying "No one is forcing players to buy it."
Yes, I saw that! The DayZ Frostline DLC has indeed faced a lot of backlash from players who feel that the $26.99 price tag is too high for what's included. The DLC adds a new snow-covered map called Sakhal, but many players feel it doesn't offer enough new content to justify the cost.
Bohemia Interactive's CEO, Marek Spanel, responded to the criticism by pointing out that the studio has received very little revenue per hour of gameplay from the game over the years. He even referenced the Beatles song "Please Please Me" in his response, highlighting the frustration with the situation.
It's definitely a heated debate.
DayZ has now managed to hit its new all-time-high player numbers with the release of the new Frostline expansion.
I wonder if there will be a version of DayZ with Arma III. The animations are pretty poor in Arma II from what I've seen and I think the Arma III will correct that
This will be great, day 1 for me
I've put around 60 hours in to the alpha so far, as a retail game with even more features I think I would lose my life in this game!
Well I bought arma 2 for £30 just to play this mod (fyi its now £15 of BIS site), so it kind of sucks that I'm going to have to buy the game again. but I'm sure it will be worth it, mod has too much potential!
Kind of dumb of them to say this though isn't it? I was gonna buy Arma 2 but now I'll hold off.