As an indie hit spawned from a mod for a hardcore PC game, DayZ hits almost every note for the PC enthusiast crowd. So what are the odds that the game will make an appearance on consoles? Pretty good, according to creator Dean Hall.

Read more: 'I don't think it necessarily has to hurt things' »

The DayZ standalone is still without a release date. To sate those hungering for new info, the team released details on various new and revised systems coming for the standalone version, including a health system overhaul, various changes to zombie behaviors, and the addition of trash.

Read more: Zombies to be smarter, slower »

A nice slice of DayZ is on display in the mod-gone-standalone's first video developer diary. The 15-minute entry introduces its new menu system, how to put together a fetching outfit, item spawns which require actual searching to find, new swampland, the recovered island of Utes, and more.

Watch: Oh, the things you'll wear! »

DayZ creator Dean Hall doesn't want to be a professional. He wants to be a person that is upfront about his feelings and opinions. And for that reason, he's making it clear that he is furious with the competing zombie game The War Z.

Read more: 'The hell with professionalism' »

You may have noticed that the standalone version of smash-hit ArmA 2 mod DayZ missed its planned December launch, but there's a very good reason for that. Creator Dean Hall explains in a new blog post, "Put simply, DayZ Standalone isn't here because we had the chance to go from making a game that was just the mod improved slightly, packaged simply, and sold--to actually redeveloping the engine and making the game the way we all dreamed it could be."

Read more: Inventory and item management redone

DayZ has become one of the Shacknews community's favorite games, with a dedicated server for community members to set up shop and go on raids around nearby towns. After months of playing through the game, however, at least one Shacker has found the game a little too forgiving. Sure, there are brain-eating zombies running all over the place, but there are just too many ways to dispatch the ambling undead.

Erich Geiger (aka BeowolfSchaefer in Shacknews circles) is a part of a team that's working on DayZ 2017, a mod designed to take DayZ to its logical next step. Fast-forwarding to the year 2017, zombies continue to roam the earth and the human population is quickly running out of defenses. "The core idea is that the events of DayZ took place five years ago and the world has moved on, so to speak," explains Geiger. "Remaining resources have largely been scavenged, exhausted or lost and mere survival has become even more of a challenge."

Read more: New strategies needed »

You've probably fantasized about the zombie apocalypse, but the one drawback is that real money will have lost all its value. Even the best zombie-hunting mercenaries will only get paid in canned goods and articles of clothing. Fortunately, video games don't have to make sense, so the DayZ Bounty club is like a dream come true: actual money in a zombie apocalypse. But the creators of DayZ are asking for the dev team to stop their work.

Read more: DayZ creators will 'ask that they cease their activities' »

The stand-alone version of DayZ might just barely squeeze into its goal of releasing this year. Creator Dean Hall recently said the alpha will probably hit in December, and on top of that, claimed it will be "cheap."

Read more: More ambitious features early 2013 »

DayZ creator Dean 'Rocket' Hall has spoken before about a standalone version of the smash-hit Arma 2 zombie mod, but now it's properly official. The day after the mod hit one million players, Hall has announced he'll be leading the standalone project at Bohemia, following "the Minecraft development model."

Read more: Mod development will continue »