DayZ DLC is under consideration

DayZ, multiplayer survival game developed by Bohemia Interactive is being reviewed in protest of its recently released price tag Frostline DLC. U DayZ, A mysterious disease has turned most of the population into infected, violent and zombie-like. The post-apocalyptic experience, set in the fictional post-Soviet nation of Chernarus, pits players against these dangerous enemies, as well as other players and the environment itself.




In 2019, the game received its first paid DLC, the Livonia map expansion, which gave players a new environment to explore. In May 2024 this content was bundled with the base game, making the Livonia content free for those who already owned it DayZ. A few months later, on October 15, another extension called Frostline was released. It's a new DLC that drops players onto a snowy chain of volcanic islands called the Sahal test your survival skills as you navigate forests, ice fields, abandoned settlements and even an old naval base. Frostline also features new animals to hunt and fish to catch, adds boats, and changes certain game mechanics in the new Freeze Domain.

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in general Frostline offers an exciting change DayZThe game is currently in the loop, but many players are unhappy with the add-on's $26.99 price tag and have bombed the game on Steam, where it currently sits in mostly negative reviews. Anger, however, hasn't had much of an impact on user ratings of the main game, which is overwhelmingly positive. In comparison, Frostline offers 83 square kilometers of additional terrain, as opposed to the 163 square kilometers in the Livonia expansion, which originally cost $13.99 before becoming free.



DayZ developer responds to Bombing review

Bohemia Interactive founder and CEO Marek Spanel took to social media to respond to the backlash from players on DayZ's Frostline expansion. He noted that the game had more than 8 million users on Steam, who played for an average of 188 hours and paid an average of $30. That's just 10 cents per hour of playtime, according to the developer. DayZretails for $49.99 for those wondering, but the $30 average price is likely coming from people enjoying free play days or buying it on sale.


in fact, DayZ reached a new peak in player count just days after its release Frostlinewhich means a lot of people didn't flinch at the $28 DLC buy-in. And in addition to providing a lot of content for such a low overall price, Spanel reminded players that Bohemia also hosts DayZmulti-user online infrastructure and has been supporting it for over 10 years. “Some users are demanding to give me more for less,” the CEO said, ending his post with a rendition of The Beatles' “Please Please Me.”

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