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PC Stable Update 1.01
Dear Survivors! We've just released the PC Stable Update 1.01 on Steam (both game update and server files). This is the first in a series of Platform Updates that we will publish throughout the year, with the focus this…
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Status Report - January 2019
Dear DayZ Community, We are three weeks into our quite intensive development planning that will shape DayZ this year. It means sorting through, and selecting features, content, and timeline of their delivery - in practi…
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Community Spotlight - 24 January 2019
Hello, Survivors! It has been a bit over a month since our last Community Spotlight and a lot has happened since then! In December we released DayZ 1.0 on PC. It was definitely the craziest month in the office and the d…
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DayZ 1.0 is now live on Steam! Free Weekend inbound!
Hello Survivors! Today is the day. The 1.0 update is out now on Steam! It is time to end the Early Access journey, and start a new chapter for the DayZ development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8YxinOKNss Over the p…
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DayZ 1.0 launches December 13th on Steam!
Hello Survivors, let's get straight to the point: It is time. DayZ is going to leave Early Access with a PC 1.0 update on December 13th, after almost exactly 5 years in open development! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…
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Status Report - 20 November 2018
Today's Status Report focuses on the current work of the team to fix the remaining issues in the PC BETA, while we are getting closer to our release in December. Eugen gives an overview of the most pressing issues, and…
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Community Spotlight - 19 November 2018
Hello again, Survivors. Another Community Spotlight is here! Halloween is already gone, but I didn't tell you how much I liked your screenshots with the pumpkin heads. They've been in the game only for a week but you've…
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DayZ is entering BETA on PC
Dear Survivors! Today is a very exciting day for all of us here at the DayZ team. Coming closer to five years of Early Access Alpha development, we are now moving the PC version of DayZ into BETA. What does that mean fo…
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Status Report - 6 November 2018
Today was quite a busy day at our office with the Experimental BETA patch hitting the Experimental servers. So apologize this late Status Report, it is worth it. Dev Update/Eugen Dear Survivors, we are listening. We kno…
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Status Report - 23 October 2018
Today is going to be quite an important Status Report as we are going to talk about the BETA update and our road towards the end of this year. Peter is explaining the current state of base building and Adam discusses th…
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Community Spotlight - 22 October 2018
Hello everyone! It is the day before our Status Report, and that means it's time for the Community Spotlight! We released a Stress Test last week and you clearly had some fun with it over the weekend. We didn't announce…
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Status Report - 9 October 2018
Survivors, has it been two weeks already? We had the first internal multiplayer play-test of vehicles, Eugen is going to tell you more about it. He also talks about the hit registration issue, which is one of our priori…
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Community Spotlight - 8 October 2018
Hello everyone, I am really happy that we've made the decision to separate the Community Spotlight into its own day - now we have more space for you creativity, and also more information from me! We were shooting a Dev…
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Status Report - 25 September 2018
It's a crazy time for us here at the office, with the release of the Xbox version and the PC server files behind us we're now moving for the PC BETA! Of course, this is not going to happen over night, Eugen will give yo…
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Community Spotlight 24 September 2018
Hello Survivors! Each Status Report, I've been collecting some of the community created content that you sent me or that I came across on the internet. From now on, with BETA/1.0 releases and modding support coming up l…
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DayZ Server Files launch
Dear Survivors, today we are releasing the DayZ Server Files. Anyone with sufficient hardware will be able to host their own DayZ server. You are now going to have more customization options and will be able to configur…






