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14 Dec

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
Hey Survivors,
The holidays are here and the spirit of Christmas has descended upon Chernarus and Livonia. We’re mixing it up this time with yet another celebration: DayZ’s 10th anniversary. Christmas events will run from December 14 to January 9. Let’s jump right into what you can expect.



The classic and much-beloved singing Christmas trees are making a comeback this year. They can be found in the center of town in both Chernarus and Livonia. Gift boxes will spawn around the trees and serve as hotspots with high engagement rates. The boxes will offer loot from various tiers and double as reusable wrapping paper, so you can embrace the spirit of giving by sharing the joy with fellow survivors.


Infected Santa and his sleigh will be crashing into forests and rooftops. Please note that they won't be replacing normal dynamic helicopter... Read more

12 Dec

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
Hello, Survivors!

As the cold winds howl and winter blankets the post-apocalyptic landscapes, the chilling savings emerge with The Day After Survival Sale! DayZ & Icarus, are braving the winter storms and offering a frosty discount on both games. Gear up, tighten your laces, and seize this icy deal to plunge into the heart-pounding realm of real open worlds!

We're thrilled to announce a monumental partnership for all you survival and action enthusiasts out there. For a limited time, immerse yourself in two of the most adrenaline-pumping titles on Steam at incredible discounts!

Icarus:

ICARUS is a PvE survival game for up to eight players. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Survive the Open World, complete timed Missions or build your Outpost. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter!

DayZ:
There are no map markers, daily quests, ... Read more

07 Nov

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct


Greetings, Survivors!

Update 1.23 is now live on Steam! We’ve brought highly anticipated changes to Vybor Air Base on Chernarus (commonly known as NWAF), the sky has gotten a massive visual upgrade, and spawning into the game has changed. Check out our change notes (Steam, Consoles) for all the details, or keep on reading for an overall summary of what you can expect.

One of the update’s most exciting changes is the way the day and night skies look. Clouds are generally a lot more defined now, and the transition between day and night is smoother than ever before. We even developed a custom sky setup for Chernarus and Livonia so now they feel different from each other. We truly hope these changes will help make you feel more immersed in the environment.

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26 Oct

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
Hello, Survivors!

As the moon rises and shadows grow, the spook-tacular savings emerge from the dark!
DayZ & Dying Light 2 Stay Human are creeping into the Steam Halloween Sale, offering a hauntingly good discount on both games. Gather your survival gear, tie up your parkour laces, and grab this chilling deal to dive into the heart-pounding realm of the post-apocalypse!

We're thrilled to announce a monumental partnership for all you survival and action enthusiasts out there. For a limited time, immerse yourself in two of the most heart-pounding, adrenaline-pumping titles on Steam at incredible discounts!


Dying Light 2 Stay Human:

Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night. Show no mercy, for ... Read more

18 Oct

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
Hey Survivors,

Fall is here, and the spooktacular end of October is imminent. Our annual Halloween
celebration has returned. We have set the duration from 17th of October the 7th of November.
During this time, we're not just reintroducing seasonal assets and scenery changes but adding
some exciting twists. Let's briefly discuss them.
The beloved spooky zones are back, so make sure you're dressed warmly with good insulation,
as the temperature can significantly drop, casting an eerie blue tint over your surroundings.
Keep your senses sharp, for these spooky areas are now haunted by the lingering spirits of
the departed.



The seasonal infected types, from the pumpkin-infected to the formidable mummy variants,
will be spawning in spooky zones and cemeteries, respectively. Of course, we're also
br... Read more

05 Oct

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📢Hello, survivors!

We're thrilled to announce that the experimental phase for the much-awaited game update 1.23 has begun. For those on Steam, dive right in and experience all the enhancements we've made. From major additions like player spawn groups to quality of life improvements in the server browser, this update promises an enriched gameplay experience. Check out the full change notes[forums.dayz.com] on our forums, and join us in shaping the future of DayZ.



One of the major additions in this update are player spawn group... Read more

29 Aug

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Greetings, Survivors!

Update 1.22 is here! While it may be light on the content side, the update offers a bunch of interesting fixes, changes, and additions. As usual, you can find the full list on our official forums[forums.dayz.com]

The biggest highlight of this update is the addition of new low tier bags, as well as a major rebalance pass of existing backpacks. We’ve always felt that the early game was lacking in variety, and we’ve tried to fill that gap with this update. Additionally, bigger backpacks are now more rare than before.

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27 Jul

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
📢Greetings, Survivors!
We’re excited to announce that game update 1.22 is now available on experimental branches on Steam!
We’ve got a lot of new bugs bags and backpacks – coming in this update. We won’t dive deep into what they are or how they look, but let’s just say that our focus was on increasing the variety in lower tiers. That’s because we felt there weren’t enough options, and it was fairly easy to obtain a high-capacity backpack early on in the game.



Next on the menu is a major balancing pass on melee combat. We introduced the mace and sword in update 1.21 and observed that it was fairly difficult to balance how these weapons behaved against each other. As a result, we did some balancing on both the attacking and defending side of things, and tried to do a better job distinguishing between tools and weapons in th... Read more

23 May

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Greetings, survivors!

DayZ update 1.21 has just been released on all platforms! We’ve got something unique for you this time around because we’re traveling back to medieval times! What does that mean exactly? Let’s dive right in and find out.



We’re introducing the crossbow in this update, which happens to be DayZ’s first ever spring-powered weapon. The crossbow is a ranged weapon that can shoot deadly bolts and fit a variety of sights and scopes. The bolts are recoverable, though they will suffer a loss in durability every time they hit their target. In case you can’t find your bolt after you’ve shot it, you can always create improvised ones to replenish your supply.

... Read more

11 May

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
📢Dear Survivors,
We are deploying a special mission for this Experimental update.
You will spawn inland up north with sufficient gear and armed with crossbows. (Bolts included)
Read more about this Below.

PC servers will go down at 13:00 CEST
The downtime is approx. one hour.
Patch notes: https://t.co/X2yIvMXNYX

We're embarking on a special mission to gather valuable feedback and insights on our Experimental servers, and we need your help to make it happen. We're aiming for high-populated servers to ensure best analytics and feedback.
Your feedback will play a crucial role in refining and improving the gaming experience for 1.21
Gather your fellow gamers, invite your friends, and spread the word. The more players we have, the richer the feedback we can gather.
To ensure that your feedback reaches us directly and ... Read more

20 Apr

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Greetings, survivors!

We are happy to announce the start of the experimental period for game update 1.21! We’ve got a really interesting theme for this update. This time around we’re getting medieval and traveling back to the Middle Ages!

One of the new additions we’re introducing is the crossbow – DayZ’s first ever spring-powered weapon. It can load a variety of bolts and be fitted with a number of sights and scopes. Legacy players may recall this model originally having a quiver, a characteristic we decided to scrap in order to focus on the behavior of bolts. Our aim is to make the projectiles recoverable, as well as animate them with every entity you hit. The ballistic properties of projectiles, along with their recoverability, are the most complex parts of the crossbow, and we are interested to see how they behave on... Read more

14 Feb

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Greetings, Survivors!

We have released our first update of 2023 today! Say hello to update 1.20!



We’ve already started gearing up for a full year of DayZ support and felt it would be wise to spend a bit of time tackling various issues and addressing all the feedback we received during our very busy developmental phase last year.

You might find update 1.20 lacking in the content department, but it certainly makes up for that with a wide variety of fixes and changes. There are far too many to mention them all here, but some of our favorites include more vehicle fixes, a resolved ADS bug, connectivity indicators, and improvements to the third-person camera. If you’d like to learn more about everything update 1.20 brings to the table, head on over to our official forums and check out the change notes... Read more

19 Jan

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Hello Survivors, we are kicking 2023 off fast with our first experimental update of the year - EXP Update 1.20

The primary focus of this update is to provide more stability and set foundations for future updates.
While the focus is mainly on bug fixing and stability, we were able to include some new assets to enrich cosmetic choice and playstyle.



Please see all our efforts and new assets within the changelog.
Changelog here: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/254193-experimental-update-120-change-log/

Be sure to follow our socials for ongoing developments as... Read more

04 Jan

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
DayZ is currently on its winter Sales and last chance to pick up before the holidays end!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/221100/view/5921701621740028527?l=english

Hello Survivors!
2022 was a total blur. Now that the winter holidays are approaching, we’d like to take a moment and look back at what happened throughout the year.

What's new in DayZ in 2022?

  • 8 new/returning firearms
  • Huge Livonia update with underground area
  • Grenade Launcher
  • Several new dynamic events
  • Upgrade of vehicle simulation
  • Major character controller changes and fixes
    ...
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18 Oct

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Greetings, survivors!

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here! Highly anticipated game update 1.19 “The Secrets of Livonia” is now live on a stable branch. It brings with it some major changes and additions and is the biggest update we’ve released since the Livonia DLC. So let’s get to it!

Thanks to the Enfusion team, we were able to implement the latest version of vehicle simulation into the game. Our primary goal was to resolve long-standing issues with vehicle stability. We’d like to thank everybody who participated in the experimental phase, as it helped us test the vehicles in a live multiplayer environment. We’re still tracking a few lingering issues, but we believe we’ve taken a giant step forward in improving the driving experience in DayZ. The update to the vehicles was quite a substantial one, s... Read more

22 Sep

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Greetings, survivors!

It’s been a busy 3 months but we made it. Allow us to present the first experimental build of upcoming game update 1.19 - live right now on Steam. This update is definitely one of our biggest since we released the Livonia DLC. It was hard to hide our excitement, which you probably noticed during the various teasers and streams we provided in the past few weeks.

It's impossible to cover everything in this announcement, but we will outline the most important parts of the build, along with our intentions behind some of the changes. As usual, if you’re interested in checking out the full list of additions, changes and fixes, head on over to our forums where you can find the patch notes. ... Read more

23 Jun

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
Hello Survivors,

There's no better way to celebrate the remaining days of #Autumn than with a sale.
You can now get #DayZ and #Livonia with up to 40% off as part of Autumn Sales!


Chernarus (DayZ Standalone)
The post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of hu... Read more

14 Jun

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Greetings survivors!

The time has come for update 1.18 to be released to a stable branch. We’d like to thank everyone who joined the experimental servers and helped us by playing and providing their feedback. We’d also like to offer some info regarding the update to the vehicle simulation. While internal testing is in progress and the results look promising, we were unable to include it in the build for 1.18. we'll keep the community posted on the progress of Experimental servers in near future.



Now let’s get to the rather explosive content of this update.

We are very excited to introduce the first grenade launcher to DayZ – the legendary M79. This single-s... Read more

19 May

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct
Dear survivors
We’re excited to announce that the experimental build of update 1.18 is now live on Steam. We’ve got a lot of new tools to discuss this time around, changes, and fixes.
Head on over to our forums for the official change notes:
Change Notes[forums.dayz.com]

First off, there are plenty of new explosives to be found and made. There’s the Claymore, a directional mine found in high-tier military areas which can be detonated remotely. Next we have a powerful plastic explosive that can be found in industrial areas and combined with a new remote detonation unit, which is meant to be detonated from a safe distance. Finally, all you crafty survivors out there can also create an improvised explosive device from a protector case. This device accepts a variety of explos... Read more

19 Apr

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    scottyb on Steam - Thread - Direct



Greetings, Survivors!

Update 1.17 just went live on Steam! While we’re already hard at work on the next update, this text will elaborate on the most important aspects of 1.17. Our primary focus this time around was on the themes of accessibility and crafting. If you’re interested in seeing a full list of the update’s additions, changes, and fixes, See link at bottom of the post.

One of the key parts of update 1.17 is the addition of new sensitivity settings, which offer players the ability to adjust the sensitivity of their controls in different scenarios such as aiming, moving, and steering. Another important part of the update is the revised existing control scheme for controllers, the addition of an alternative control scheme, and a large bug-fixing pass on a variety of control-related issues. The altern... Read more