Kotaku's Luke Plunkett writes, "Diablo III may have all the marketing and hype as far as the PC market is concerned, but I'll be damned if anything, Blizzard-developed or not, is going to keep me from playing more DayZ this week. Yet in the past few weeks more newcomers have been exposed to ArmA II in a short span of time than ever before, all because the game's ruthless approach to realism and survival now includes zombies. To find out how the mod has impacted the game, and how they're handling the overnight renaissance in awareness, I spoke with Bohemia Interactive's Marek Španěl."
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.
DayZ hotfix 1.25 is finally out, but instead of fixing the oft-complained-about duping glitch, the issue still hasn't been addressed.
I think it's great that a mod can cause a game that I don't think a whole lot of people knew about to rocket up to widespread awareness.
I know I was tempted to buy Arma II after seeing this mod. I didn't even know the game existed until this mod though to be honest. o_o
My god!! this game came out in 2010!! It was all over N4G that time.
Good for them. The constant threat of betrayal in a zombie infested region with a tiny sliver of kindness among potential friends intrigue me very much.
Got Arrowhead installed this morning just moving onto getting the Dayz mod now ;).
Just add zombies! Its latest craze that never seems to get old. It does look like the mod needs some serious work though. If they can button down all the hatches and get this mod silky smooth for maybe ARMA III, they could have a bad ass game on their hands.