h1z1

Official Site: H1Z1
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: January 15, 2015 (Early Access)
Genre: It’s a Battle Royale game now.
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

H1Z1 is ‘regrouping and refocusing’ after split

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A new H1Z1 -- or "Hizzy," to its friends -- producer's letter shares that the team is still "regrouping and refocusing" following its digital...

Massively Overthinking: The new normal of early access MMORPGs

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This week's topic comes from Massively OP reader Zadira. "Daybreak has just passed it two-year anniversary for Landmark, and it still has its early access reward options for...

Global Chat: What is Daybreak thinking with H1Z1?

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Daybreak's announcement earlier this month that it will be splitting H1Z1 into two games triggered a flood of responses from the MMO blogging community,...
Memetic's sloth was less disturbing.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 52: Horror sloth!

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Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert 's cash shop, H1Z1, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge's laundry, Devilian, Grim Dawn, FFXIV, and TSW, with mailbag questions on voiceover localization.
Guess who's back. Back again.

Perfect Ten: What you need to know before you play an older MMORPG

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I cut my teeth on MMOs with the launch of Final Fantasy XI in America. My roommate in college was interested in the game,...

H1Z1 pushes out patch and trailers for both of its new halves

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Welcome to the glorious era of trying to keep track of dual H1Z1 games at any given time. Yesterday, Daybreak put out new one-minute trailers for...
We are coming undone

H1Z1’s split is underway

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We hope you didn't have urgent plans to play H1Z1 today because the game is splitting itself in half today. The maintenance is currently...
World of Warplanes

The Daily Grind: What untapped survival sandbox theme needs love?

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Zombies. Dinosaurs. Other people. Pygmies, for some reason. They've been done. But plenty of themes haven't been tapped for survival sandboxes. Joking in the Massively...

Interview: The Repopulation’s lead dev on its new engine and survival spin-off Fragmented

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Following Above & Beyond Technologies' January announcement that it was solving The Repopulation's HeroEngine crisis by getting the heck away from HeroEngine, we spoke...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 50: Happy birthday MOP!

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and Bree discuss MOP's first birthday, DUST 514, H1Z1, DCUO, Hearthstone, Anarchy Online, Diablo III, and TSW, with a mailbag question on the return of MMO subs.
How hard could it be, indeed.

The Daily Grind: Which survival sandbox are you most likely to play?

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Over the weekend, Justin wrote about the deluge of major online multiplayer survival sandboxes hitting us lately. First there was DayZ and its early...
Brutal.

Betawatch: Black Desert launches at the start of March (February 5th, 2016)

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Are you impatiently waiting to explore the blackest and most brutal of all conceivable deserts? Because Black Desert's launch date is closer than you might...
H1Z1

H1Z1 is splitting into two games, landing on consoles this summer

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Daybreak has just announced that H1Z1 is splitting -- "evolving" is the precise word -- into two games. H1Z1: Just Survive is a persistent, open-world...

H1Z1 announces ‘crate bundles’ for the cash shop

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Last week, Daybreak announced a monetization change for zombie survival box H1Z1 that almost slipped under our radar: The studio is adding bundles of...

Former BioWare game director becomes H1Z1 executive producer

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Former BioWare game director Chris Wynn has landed at Daybreak helming zombie survival MMO H1Z1. Wynn, who was credited as one of Mass Effect: Andromeda's...

H1Z1 zombies promise a screaming good time

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H1Z1's developmental plans have long included adding a variety of zombies into the mix, from different looks to different skills. Female zombies were added...

H1Z1 shows off damage states and new zombie design

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Visuals and animations can make or break an MMO for many, so it's important that the art team not be lollygagging around when there's...

The best Massively OP MMORPG streams of 2015

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The number of games our wee little Stream Team covers in the span of a year is staggering. If you ever wanted to know...

Leaderboard: What was the best new MMO of 2015?

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Yesterday, we announced our award for MMO of the Year -- it went to Final Fantasy XIV. But we deliberately expanded the category to...

Watch 100 naked H1Z1 players take on an elite strike team

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As part of Daybreak's ongoing H1Z1 Showdown festivities, Twitch broadcaster CDNThe3rd recently hosted an amusing H1Z1 Battle Royale match that pitted a hardcore team...

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