Our latest coverage of H1Z1. 5t4u21
Z1 Battle Royale, apparently that’s what they’re calling the H1Z1 battle royale mode now, has seen a huge increase in player concurrency over the past month. By huge, I mean a whopping 900% increase in peak players. Based on data from Steam Charts, the unexpected spike started early in January and peaked at slightly over 9,500 players. Daybreak Games must [...]
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It's been a busy week in financial and industry news and to make it even busier Daybreak announced today that it received a strategic investment from NantWorks to develop H1Z1 and EverQuest for mobile. “NantWorks, a diversified holding company, today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Daybreak Game Company, a leading developer and publisher of multiplayer online [...]
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On August 24, 2018 Daybreak Games announced that Just Survive, the survival based spinoff of H1Z1, will be shutting down on October 24. That leaves only the more popular Battle Royale mode to carry on the H1Z1 name on PC and consoles. Daybreak Games cites the games dwindling population as the primary reason for the closure. The rise and fall [...]
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H1Z1 from Daybreak Games officially went free to play today. The hectic Battle Royale game which helped popularized the genre has been steadily losing players to both Playerunknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite. The move to go free to play should help boost the game's numbers though. H1Z1 - Free To Play Trailer [Official Video]Watch this video on YouTube Anyone who owned [...]
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For the first time in its history, H1Z1 will be hosting a "Free Week," where gamers interested in the title can try it out. Running from December 14th, until December 21st, everyone with a Steam can H1Z1, and play the full game, all modes, with no restrictions. Additionally, all progress players make is saved to their Steam s [...]
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Last August, H1Z1: Just Survive, the actual zombie survival half of the game dropped the H1Z1 name and was rebranded as simply Just Survive. Daybreak Games also rolled out the new Badwater Canyon zone on the same day and released several updates over the succeeding weeks. The latest Just Survive dev blog outlines the changes made to the test server [...]
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H1Z1 may be lagging behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite but what its competitors doesn’t have is a $500,000 prize pool invitational. The first leg of the three-day tournament kicked off earlier today at TwitchCon 2017 with the Challenger Qualifiers. “The most watched event at TwitchCon since its debut in 2015 has returned bigger than ever with an overall prize pool [...]
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With the recent hype over Battle Royale games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite, Daybreak Games seems to be looking to bring H1Z1 back to the forefront of the genre, or at least get a bigger piece of the pie, with the establishment of the H1Z1 Pro League. Here’s the official press release: “Daybreak Games has partnered with Twin Galaxies, whose [...]
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H1Z1 fans are due for another exciting round of player vs player action with the return of the H1Z1 Invitational. The H1Z1: King of the Kill tournament is making a comeback in October at TwitchCon 2017 where a whopping $500,000 prize pool is up for grabs. The invitational is divided into three tournaments. Watch your favorite H1Z1 streamers duke it [...]
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With PLAYERUNKNOWN's Battlegrounds dominating the battle royale genre, previous reigning champion H1Z1: King of the Kill is going to have to improve significantly in order to compete in the long run. Players of Daybreak's battle royale game have long felt that there are a number of issues with the game, some of which may have been fixed in today's update. [...]
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