The War Z

[Stabby_Dave]

For anyone who hasnt heard about this yet, it seems like a less hardcore version of DayZ but still looks pretty interesting

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/07/19/the-war-z-a-new-zombie-survival-experience?page=3



You can sign up for the beta sometime this summer too here: http://thewarz.com/

[[ptx]]

Too many betas >_<

[Vibe]

CB this summer already? Seems they're further than I thought.

[Spleen]

I guess that proves their "we had the idea before dayz, but ofc we modified alot of stuff after it picked up the hype"

[Taser]

Sweet. Looks cool. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

[Overdriven]

Release date is meant to be in fall. That means they either had the idea before Dayz came about, or they were developing something similarish and suddenly changed tack when the success of Dayz became apparent.

[Oberyn]

They're not coy about it

"So short answer – while we began developing our game before DayZ, we've been encouraged by fact that DayZ has become so popular. And yes, of course some of our latest design decisions were influenced by the DayZ community forums."

They were making an open map multiplayer zombie survival game and DayZ explodes out of nowhere, frankly they'd be dumb not to take "inspiration" from it. And they have a rather sizeable headstart on whatever Rocket is working on.

[Stabby_Dave]

They're not coy about it  They were making an open map multiplayer zombie survival game and DayZ explodes out of nowhere, frankly they'd be dumb not to take "inspiration" from it. And they have a rather sizeable headstart on whatever Rocket is working on.

This seems like it will be be a tad more mass-market too, with the non-perma death mode.

[cmp]

I bet it'll be the 523729th carbon copy MMORPG, using DayZ' popularity to get more sheeple to sign up.

[Spleen]

well, atleast we wont have to deal with social gaming for much longer if you look at zyngas numbers...

[Tor!]

I actually have to admit - this looks pretty promising.

[Havoco]

Meh. All that sounds ok, but I wouldn't buy it. What I wish dayz or this game would do is add some sort of random events. Like having a military convoy come through a large city. If u helped the convoy get through the area, you'd get a weapon or rare supply or something. If you don't help them... Well, now u got a bunch of zombies carrying guns.

Something like that.

[Xant]

It isn't hard to make a game sound promising. Reality is often different.

[Vibe]

Lot's of info here: http://forums.thewarz.com/showthread.php?603-The-War-Z-FAQ-Official-Developer-Quotes

Supposedly closed beta soon.

[Vibe]

New video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzfRy_BJLHs&feature=player_embedded