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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Day Z aiming to go stand-alone this year.

    The Day Z mod for ArmA 2 could spin off into its own stand-alone game this year, assuming all goes smoothly with striking a deal.
    Jul 24, 2012 8:15am PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Day Z aiming to go stand-alone this year.

    The Day Z mod for ArmA 2 could spin off into its own stand-alone game this year, assuming all goes smoothly with striking a deal. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      I'd buy it again for base-building alone. : re-verseThis person is cool!
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        i thought it would be fun but it is insane amounts of fun really. also, i think they should just add r... : kbnerdThis person is cool!
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          And pick axes, and the ability to take that dirt and metal to make other stuff. heeeyyyyyy, waitaminut... : vertdangThis person is cool!
          • if minecraft and dayz mated and had a baby, it could be the perfect game. : re-verseThis person is cool!
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        base-building is just blowing my mind for this type of open-world create your own experience game. I'd b... : kgargs
        • have you played with the base building interface that arma has? its rts like with money to buy bldgs tha... : papaskotThis person is cool!
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      could this be because of world z? : cloud8521
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        Not really they've been talking about going standalone for a while. The whole thing was initially intende... : OutlawSundown
        • i meant it being soon : cloud8521
      • I hope so. Hopefully all these games learn from each other and evolve in parallel so we (as gamers) get t... : bill crystals
      • Sounds like that might have been the final thing to make them hurry up. : pancake humper
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      god I hope not. I just bought it the other day : cptstern
      • You bought Arma 2! : at0micgardenThis person is cool!
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      They really need to learn how to get rid of all the hacking. I'm absolutely tired of everyone getting war... : ENHTheMaster
      • They won't be able to before the end of the year if they use the Arma engine. : PorkasaurusThis person is cool!
      • I doubt a mod can do anything about that, therefore that might be another benefit of a stand alone game; ... : stratedgeThis person is cool!
    • Hope theres more citys/towns. Playing Day Z today here, and after getting killed by people i'm looking fo... : ZizThis person is cool!
    • They NEED to do this. : Sgt_BoomstickThis person is cool!
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      thats not alot of time to put together your own game engine : UnleashedThis person is cool!
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        I seriously doubt it will be a new engine. It will just be a repackaged Arma II for just DayZ. BI does th... : BeowolfSchaefer
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          im surprised they would allow that unless they are super chummy with the dayz creators : UnleashedThis person is cool!
          • The dev works for Bohemia Interactive. They've sold more copies of ArmA 2 than ever before since DayZ's r... : limpossibleThis person is cool!
        • It also worked for Iron Front 1944, but the game sort of blew ass when it took all the crummyness of ArmA... : Zolneirz
    • I'm all about this. They really need to get a team dedicated to DayZ and handle all the hacking and serve... : limpossibleThis person is cool!
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      It has to be strange that a bunch of people are more interested in a mod that has little to do with your ... : Peanut Fox
      • Its not a bad idea just remove the dayz crowd to another game so people who want to play Arma can actuall... : Bellicos_
    • This is awesome, because I've been wanting to try this out and it sounds like this guy really has a handl... : stratedgeThis person is cool!
    • I hope they do... but I wouldn't mind if they took their time and did it right... I would love to check o... : GwyndionThis person is cool!