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Assignment 5

DayZ is a game that was released in 2018 after first being a mod of the game ARMA 2 and then going into public development when it went into early access for 5 years. The game consists of a player being thrown into the wilderness of a harsh zombie filled environment and the one goal being to survive. The game falls into the category of Massively multiplayer online game or MMO as when you launch into a game you enter a server filled with dozens of other player with the same goal. All players compete to get the best items and can often lead to wars breaking out between rival clans to get the other's resources such as cars, weapons, ammunition, and even territory.

The game includes both voice and text chat features so an interaction in game can take many forms whether it be friendly trade, a gunfight with no communication, or a robbery. The game also includes set actions you can do to partake in this kind of role play such as putting your hands up in the air or even just dancing for fun.

The Development of the game started when Dean Hall (game designer) the creator of the Arma 2 mod was partnered with the creators of Arma 2 Bohemia Interactive. After a rough development cycle the game was finally released on PC in 2018 followed by a console release in 2019. The game sold over 4 million copies by 2018 however was breifly banned in Australia due to being able to smoke Marijuana in the game to restore health. After removing this option it became available in Australia again.

The game was first avaliable to the public through Early access in 2013, however it was not finished however until 2018.

Livonia DLC

The livonia dlc was first revealed on September 24th, 2019 with mixed reception as players felt as if though the base game was too filled with bugs to have the team focus on making paid downloadable content for the game before fixing the bugs already present in the game. Others were critical that the map used in the livonia dlc was copied from a preexisting Arma 3 dlc and felt that if a player already owned that Arma 3 dlc that they should get the Livonia dlc for free. Despite the mixed reception at reveal Livonia went on to sell around 400,000 copies.

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https://www.bohemia.net/blog/bohemia-interactive-sales-reaching-68-milion-usd-in-2019#:~:text=DayZ%20%E2%80%93%20a%20big%20success%20bolstered%20by%20console%20releases&text=The%20Livonia%20DLC%20received%20a,around%20400%20thousand%20copies%20sold.