Bohemia Interactive, the developer behind the popular Steam Early Access title DayZ, the Slovakian developer Cauldron Studios purchased and the 25 employees were put to work for DayZ.
Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall, creator of DayZ, it makes the news known on gamingbeurs EGX Rezzed in Birmingham, writes Eurogamer. The new studio, Bohemia Interactive Slovakia called. In the past the Cauldron among other things been responsible for games like Secret Service, Soldier of Fortune: Payback, and Conan. In addition, it announced that Hall that DayZ now is 1.7 million copies sold on Steam Early Access. In January took the game to the 1 million copies sold.
Rocket was also the one and the other, about the next update for the multiplayer zombie-survival game. That should be by the end of april are online, but it will maybe even earlier. The main features of the update include a first version of a loot respawn system, doors reset, and the addition of fireplaces and ovens, in which players respectively to be able to cook and bake. The loot respawns only occur when an area for a certain period of time free of players. The same applies for the doors.
For server administrators there is also the necessary added. Get updates for improved communication between client and server, faster future updates, the possibilities at the time by a factor of up to 64 to accelerate, and the option to throw objects by players.
In subsequent updates will Rocket 64-bitondersteuning, enhanced physics, and improved ai adding. In addition, he spoke about six new species of wild animals, weather effects like snow and fog, dogs, and horses that players can travel, and more small vehicles where weapons can be mounted. In addition to a system for cooking and baking works in Bohemia to a system for agriculture. Also, he called support for mods, and achievements via Steam.