The goal of DayZ is to stay alive and healthy during the conditions of the zombie outbreak that have befallen the in-game world. The game sold over three million copies during its early access phase. The development has been focused on altering the engine to suit the game's needs, developing a working client-server architecture, and introducing new features like diseases and a better inventory system.
As a survivor, the player must scavenge the world for food, water, weapons, and medicine, while killing or avoiding the infected, and killing, avoiding, or cooperating with other players in an effort to survive the outbreak.ĭayZ began development in 2012 when the mod's creator, Dean Hall, joined Bohemia Interactive to commence work on the standalone version of the game. The game places the player in the fictional post-Soviet Republic of Chernarus, where a mysterious plague has turned most of the population into violent 'infected'. Following a five-year long early access period for Windows, the game was officially released in December 2018, and was released for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2019. It is the standalone successor of the mod of the same name for the game ARMA 2. DayZ is a survival video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive.
