DayZ devs taking time, beta not planned until close of 2014

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With over 875,000 copies of DayZ standalone sold in Early Access, the development team is going to take its sweet time getting to a final release version. In a recent update on the official DayZ development blog, the team said, "Please keep in mind that we do not expect to reach Beta status sooner than the end of 2014."

"The level of support and confidence we have received from the DayZ community makes us even more dedicated to the game than we were in the past 16 months of DayZ standalone development," stated the post. "In the short term, we're going to focus on the most critical problems you're experiencing [at the moment] and at the same time we're going to work on the road to the DayZ Beta."

Over the year, the team plans to continue working on "server performance, stability and security," along with hunting, gathering and "more complex interactions with the environment and crafting options."

The launch strategy publisher Bohemia Interactive and DayZ creator Dean Hall are using for the game isn't that much of a surprise. Hall told us last year at Gamescom the best thing that could happen is if DayZ, which started its undead life as a runaway mod success, fell off the radar for a while. Hall said at the time, "I think if DayZ has a soft launch it's the best thing that can happen to it." We don't know if having nearly a million sales is a "soft launch," but the team clearly isn't in a rush.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/08/dayz-devs-taking-time-beta-not-planned-until-close-of-2014/

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ZoidbergPosted:

I just bought DayZ for a friend of mine, paid $30 so he could get it... I'm kinda interested in playing it myself.

MawderzPosted:

FourStar
Kex
Caszech DayZ is such a great game.


I have to disagree, I don't like it at all


Well hopefully it will be more up to your standards when it is completed, also DayZ should really be played with friends to make it more enjoyable as it's hard to get used to it when riding solo.

Either way im glad they are taking there time because we don't wont it to be a half assed job like BF4 when that came out


I want to like the game, but in Alpha I ain't gonna happen. Maybe when it's fully complete, or even in Beta I might play it again.

KatsumiPosted:

Dreams do you need a beefy pc to run this game or will anything do?


Apparently your PC needs to be of quite high specifications

DreamsPosted:

do you need a beefy pc to run this game or will anything do?

FourStarPosted:

Kex
Caszech DayZ is such a great game.


I have to disagree, I don't like it at all


Well hopefully it will be more up to your standards when it is completed, also DayZ should really be played with friends to make it more enjoyable as it's hard to get used to it when riding solo.

Either way im glad they are taking there time because we don't wont it to be a half assed job like BF4 when that came out

neboPosted:

THENEXTBIGTH1NG The only thing I don't like is the fact that my character randomly gets deleted, and this weird bug where I teleport back to where I spawned (keeping all the stuff I picked up) and then the game just stops working. None of the controls work, and I have to close the game with the task manager. I know it's alpha, and yes there are a lot of bugs, but those two are the only ones that given me any trouble.


yeah my character would reset all the time too.

MawderzPosted:

Caszech DayZ is such a great game.


I have to disagree, I don't like it at all

THENEXTBIGTH1NGPosted:

The only thing I don't like is the fact that my character randomly gets deleted, and this weird bug where I teleport back to where I spawned (keeping all the stuff I picked up) and then the game just stops working. None of the controls work, and I have to close the game with the task manager. I know it's alpha, and yes there are a lot of bugs, but those two are the only ones that given me any trouble.

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Lia
-Mark It's amazing how fun this game is for only being in alpha. It has a great amount of potential and I can't wait to see what they do with it.

I don't regret buying it at all and I highly suggest it to anyone who is considering to purchase it.


It kind of reminds me of how Minecraft was when it was in it's early stages of development. I used to play it a ton when it was in Alpha and early Beta.


Minecraft Alpha and DayZ Alpha are very similar in their playability. Most of the other games that go into public alpha usually are not anywhere near this good.

DissPosted:

-Mark It's amazing how fun this game is for only being in alpha. It has a great amount of potential and I can't wait to see what they do with it.

I don't regret buying it at all and I highly suggest it to anyone who is considering to purchase it.


It kind of reminds me of how Minecraft was when it was in it's early stages of development. I used to play it a ton when it was in Alpha and early Beta.


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