Icarus breaks up the survival genre into smart session-based gameplay Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 24, 2021 2 min Icarus is the new game from developer RocketWerkz, which DayZ creator Dean Hall founded in New Zealand following his time at Bohemia Interactive. The... Continue Reading 2 min
Icarus is the new survival game from the creator of DayZ Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 13, 2020 2 min Icarus is the latest survival game from Dean Hall, the creator of DayZ (an early milestone in the genre). His team at Rocketwerkz is... Continue Reading 2 min
VR developers begin sharing some of the ‘hard truths’ of virtual reality’s rough economics Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 10, 2016 3 min It’s tough to make a virtual reality game, but it is even tougher to make a profitable virtual reality game. And now developers are... Continue Reading 3 min
Dean Hall on the lessons he’s learned from Day Z and losing your guts in Ion Posted byby GamesBeat June 17, 2015 2 min Day Z developer dishes on the pitfalls of Early Access ... and losing your guts Continue Reading 2 min
DayZ’s standalone version is a year old — developer Bohemia Interactive looks back with a video Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 16, 2014 2 min Dean Hall is leaving the project, but Bohemia is still looking to complete a number of features on the game. Continue Reading 2 min
This tiny version of DayZ plays in your browser, and it’s pretty darn cute Posted byby GamesBeat November 21, 2014 2 min Play MiniDayZ for free in your browser, and get mauled by cute 2D zombies. Continue Reading 2 min
DayZ still has two years of development ahead Posted byby GamesBeat September 10, 2014 2 min Producer Brian Hicks stresses that frustrated fans are still playing "early development builds." Continue Reading 2 min
DayZ’s standalone sales surpass 2 million even though it’s ‘only’ an Early Access game Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 1, 2014 2 min DayZ is still one of the top-selling games on Steam more than four months after its Early Access release. Continue Reading 2 min
DayZ creator plans to leave developer Bohemia Interactive Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 2 min Dean Hall will leave Bohemia later this year to start a new studio in his home country of New Zealand. Continue Reading 2 min
DayZ creator defends Steam Early Access games Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 22, 2014 2 min DayZ thinks gamers should consider the risks before buying something before it is finished. Continue Reading 2 min