Our latest coverage of H1Z1.
In an odd bit of censorship, the Chinese version of H1Z1 available through Steam has released a patch which transform police cars into taxis cabs. That's not all. According to 17173, even the game's blood got a makeover: it's been recolored to black. A bit odd. I've certainly played Chinese games with crimson flowing splatter effects before, or maybe my [...]
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H1Z1: Just Survive's last patch didn't go so well. General Manager Landon Montgomery acknowledges this in the latest Producer's Letter and follows up by saying that the team is working to earn back the trust of the game's community. They've been using the Test server "heavily and repeatedly" to fix key issues with the last update. The result is last [...]
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Daybreak Games gave away $267,000 in its recently concluded H1Z1: King of the Kill Invitational held on October 1st to the 2nd at TwitchCon 2016 in San Diego. The money was raised through in-game Invitational Crate Key sales, 25% of which went to the prize pool, surpassing last year’s $173,000 invitational prize money. The prize money was split between the [...]
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If you've been following H1Z1: King of the Kill, you likely noticed that the title did not launch on September 20th, as was previously announced. While we missed the news at the time, Daybreak Game Company had announced last week via a Producer's Letter that the title would be delayed in order to test recently-added features "at scale." While a major [...]
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Daybreak has been rolling out updates left and right for H1Z1: King of the Hill, not least of which is the new map revealed at Gamescom last week. According to a recently released producer’s letter, the new map will remain in development for another week before Daybreak decides on an “optimal time” to make it available on the test server. Aside [...]
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H1Z1 is completely dumping the old King of the Hill map and recreating it from scratch. The new map will feature new locations, new points of interest, and a more symmetrical design to encourage players to explore every inch of its 100 km2 area. Here’s a before and after screenshot to get you started. According to H1Z1 art director, Sebastian [...]
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Daybreak Games has added the new game mode Skirmishes for their popular Battle Royale game H1Z1. If you've played Hearthstone, then skirmishes in H1Z1 are similar to tavern brawls where it's a spin on the classic game. In the skirmishes there will be rotating restrictions every week to make each game feel more unique. The first skirmish will be a [...]
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Daybreak Game Company has been fairly bad at communicating the status of H1Z1 in the past. Executive Producer Chris Wynn wants to change that, though, with weekly Producer's Updates. The first Producer's Update was posted yesterday, providing a status update for both Just Survive and King of the Kill. The current focus of Just Survive development is zombie variety. Three [...]
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It's official. H1Z1 has split into two games: H1Z1: King of the Hill and H1Z1: Just Survive. Like dividing bacteria in a stagnant pond, both titles will follow their separate paths, each with their own development teams. Players who owned H1Z1 before the cleaving own both copies. But new players can buy each game individually for $19.99. The divide coincides with an [...]
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A new Steam sale that is being held in celebration of the Lunar New Year is going on from now until February 12th. This sale is unfortunately like the last few, without daily or flash sales. But there are a number of MMOs that are discounted during the sale. Here are some of the highlights. Blitzkrieg 3 - 30% off [...]
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