Day Z to be Standalone Game

[TheCommandTent]

That's right, this is actually happening - DayZ will be developed as a standalone game, with me 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.
http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/post/28904791570/the-end-of-the-beginning

Very exciting news for those of you who enjoy Day Z and what an great achievement for a modder.  I like that it will follow the Minecraft model where we can get the game cheap early in alpha, instead of waiting to get the game at full price.

[LongBlade]

Interesting development.

I really like stories of garage game devs who can succeed without having a six or eight figure budget behind them.