That’s right, this is actually happening - DayZ will be developed as a standalone game, with me (Dean Hall, A.K.A. Rocket) as project lead, by Bohemia Interactive. This is the fairy-tale outcome for a mod that many would have said impossible four months ago.

Development and updates of the mod will continue in parallel with the development of the game, so anyone who is playing the mod now will be able to continue to do so. The project will follow the Minecraft development model; fast iterations with the community alpha available for a heavily discounted price.

I realize people will have many, many questions - but we wanted to let everyone know the announcement now. Over the coming weeks, these questions will be answered. The game will have it’s own site, www.dayzgame.com and the mod will continue at it’s present link.

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” - Winston Churchill

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Doh, and just after i bought Arma.

I'm sure even the alpha far from release, would you wanna wait another 6 months or even more?

then what is "The War Z"??

It's another game, like this one, a zombie survival MMO.

Hopefully they can finally fix this glitchy mess. It has a lot of potential.

I was playing it all of last night, it's so good. Not sure whether to buy Arma II though or wait for the Alpha.

Wow lucky guy to lead it!

As I said to Kasz, alpha is still probably at least a few months away. Right now is a great time to play since it's summer, and you should play with me :) 

You're right, I'm hyped now and all my friends are playing now.