Official Site:Â H1Z1
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â January 15, 2015 (Early Access)
Genre: It’s a Battle Royale game now.
Business Model:Â B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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The H1Z1 Invitational’s prize purse is $173,320
Did you know that the total prize pool for the H1Z1 Invitational is $173,320? I didn't either, but then again, I didn't even know...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The Stream Team: H1Z1’s bad-news bears
Life after an apocalypse is hard, and even more so after a wipe! H1Z1 reset all the servers again, meaning MassivelyOP's MJ has to...
H1Z1 patch brings quality-of-life improvements and a wipe
Good news for the players of H1Z1, as the game's newest patch allows you to enjoy a game with fixed radio textures and smaller...
H1Z1 developers assure players that Survival is not forgotten
The first H1Z1 invitational is a pretty big deal, and it's definitely taking the majority of developer attention as it draws closer. But however...
Betawatch: August 14th, 2015
We all thought that Otherland was dead due to something as silly as a very long silence and the complete failure of its development...
H1Z1 significantly overhauls its map plans and development schedule
Back in July of last year, H1Z1 players learned that the game's engine could support a landmass of more than 16,000 square kilometers. At...
H1Z1 announces its first live Battle Royale invitational
Do you think you've got what it takes to be the king of H1Z1's Battle Royale hill? Daybreak is giving you a chance to...
The Mop Up: FEAR is dead edition
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Check into H1Z1’s upcoming hospital
Although H1Z1 is deep in clean up mode, that doesn't mean forward progress isn't still being made. Producer Steve George and Senior Game Designer...
The Stream Team: Having fun hacking up H1Z1 zombies
There are many ways to release tension, and a favorite one for MassivelyOP's MJ is hacking up H1Z1 zombies! Yes, swinging that ax and...
Windows 10 and your favorite MMORPGs
If you're upgrading to Windows 10 this week, congratulations! You're brave! You might be in for a week of tech headaches and busted games!
Tech support across...
Betawatch: July 24th, 2015
John Smedley is no longer with us, by which I mean that he is still entirely alive and has not left us in the...
H1Z1 targets bear AI, goes on sale for $8
As impossible as it might have seemed, H1Z1's next patch is going to be improving bear AI to make the ursine contingent of the...
The Stream Team: Surviving the H1Z1 times
There's more to life than just surviving... unless you're in H1Z1, that is! MassivelyOP's MJ is delving back into the post-apocalyptic world to put...
Smed nukes his own Twitter account
The Smed Twitter spigot is no longer dispensing tweets.
Daybreak President John Smedley is famous for his stready stream of Twitter dialogue with MMO gamers,...
H1Z1 postpones roadmap plans to focus on cleanup
Sometimes you just have to stop moving forward and take a little time to get things cleaned up. The team working behind the scenes...
G.I.R.L. scholarship winners get H1Z1 internship
Daybreak's eight-year-running Gamers in Real Life (G.I.R.L.) scholarship program is done evaluating applicants and ready to proclaim the winners. That's right, winners plural; this...
Not So Massively: All the online gaming news from E3 2015
It's been a big week for online gaming, with several high-profile reveals and announcements made at E3 2015. The latest version of MOBA-esque space...
The Stream Team: Heaping helpings of H1Z1 carnage
MassivelyOP's MJ has had quite a week! It wasn't H1Z1-virus-spreading-around-the-world bad, but the mantra "If it can go wrong, it will" followed her throughout...
