Earlier this year, Daybreak Game Company announced that they would be splitting off H1Z1 into two separate games: King of the Kill and Just Survive. Since February, the games have been operating as two separate products leading myself and some others to ask: How have they fared? Looking at the statistics, it’s safe to say … Continue reading “Down The Line, Where Does H1Z1 Stand?”
Daybreak Game Company have released the official trailer for H1Z1: King of the Kill’s newest game mode, Ingition. Ignition is a high-intensity, frenzied game mode where the clock is always ticking. Players are outfitted with an explosive device that’s set to blow unless they gear up fast, jump on their ATV, and gun it to … Continue reading “[Video] H1Z1: KOTK Unveils New Ignition Mode”
Free to play your way is going away as Daybreak Game Company announced today that the zombie game will be split into two separate titles, with both requiring a down payment in order to get into. Since its announcement, Daybreak has billed the title as early access with an eventual launch into free to play, … Continue reading “Daybreak Reneges On Free To Play, Splits H1Z1 In Half”
Daybreak’s John Smedley took to Reddit today to discuss the future of H1Z1, and while the title might have you concerned (given where this has lead in the past), it doesn’t include shutting the game down. The list of upcoming features includes the obvious, fixing bugs and improving AI while also adding in new content. … Continue reading “John Smedley Talks The Future Of H1Z1”
Daybreak Game Company has quite a history of cracking down hard on cheaters, and in a recent Reddit post John Smedley has claimed that hacking in H1Z1 is down 90% compared to last month. The honest reality is that we’ve knocked hacking down to about 10% of what it was a month ago. We’re still … Continue reading “Hacking Down 90% In H1Z1, Says Smedley”
H1Z1’s next update is scheduled for April 16th, adding improved grouping/friend systems, ironing out more bugs, and introducing throwable weapons. Players will be happy to know that it also introduces a test server so updates can be previewed and (hopefully) tested before they go live. Bringing up a test server that launches from steam for … Continue reading “H1Z1 To Introduce Test Servers/Auto-Bans This Week”
The folks at H1Z1 have put together a video narrating the multitude of emails to customer support from players banned for cheating. While some try to plead, others feign ignorance or resort to a slurry of obscenities. Either way, the end result is rather entertaining.
H1Z1 is back up from this morning’s content patch, and while the update introduces numerous mechanical changes to the game it also comes with a full wipe for all servers. The update includes bug fixes, alterations to recipes, and other convenience updates to make life a little better in the zombie apocalypse. Players will be … Continue reading “H1Z1 Wipes Servers For Update”
Sony Online Entertainment has an excellent track record on fighting cheaters, to the point where in Planetside 2 many developers have thrown in the towel and given up. H1Z1, currently in early access, is looking to be no different. SOE senior game designer Jimmy Whisenhunt has posted to his Twitter account regarding a recent wave of … Continue reading “H1Z1 To Cheaters: Thanks For The Donations”
Generations from now, humanity’s survivors will look back and wonder how did we fail? What caused the virus that wiped out 90% of the world’s population? Was it a plague, disease, or wrath of god? No. The fall of society came when Taylor Swift announced that she was retiring from music and would only release … Continue reading “Diaries From H1Z1: The Apocalypse Cometh”
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