DayZ has become many people’s only experience of the realistic, if somewhat irritating, engine behind Arma 2. It is one of the most successful mods of all time, and yet Bohemia Interactive were fearful of the reaction fans would have to the announcement that the project was going stand alone.
Speaking to McV at Gamescom, the studio’s CEO Marek Spanel revealed this fear as well as their surprise to how the news was actually received:
“We feared how they may react because they might feel it was not fair because they had to pay money for something that was initially free if they owned Arma II. But we have been really surprised because they have been really positive and really supportive.”
Spanel then went into the reasons that the team decided that moving over to a stand alone version was the only way the game could evolve:
“To support DayZ properly,...
Speaking to McV at Gamescom, the studio’s CEO Marek Spanel revealed this fear as well as their surprise to how the news was actually received:
“We feared how they may react because they might feel it was not fair because they had to pay money for something that was initially free if they owned Arma II. But we have been really surprised because they have been really positive and really supportive.”
Spanel then went into the reasons that the team decided that moving over to a stand alone version was the only way the game could evolve:
“To support DayZ properly,...
- 8/18/2012
- by Ian Findlay
- We Got This Covered
Bohemia Interactive has announced the acquisition of three new software studios. According to BigDownload, the ArmA 2 developer has purchased The Altar Games, Black Element Software, and Centauri Production. "Game development stands and falls with the skills, vision and enthusiasm of its developers," said Bohemia CEO Marek Spanel. "This acquisition strengthens our studio by adding extremely experienced and talented developers from three different teams at Altar, Black Element and Centauri. (more)...
- 10/3/2010
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
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