DayZ 2: Everything We Know In 2023!

This is every thing we know about DayZ's upcoming sequel, DayZ 2. When will it happen and what can we expect...watch and find out!
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[@erykverg]

The hearing on Microsoft's approval to acquire Activision Blizzard, which began last week in California, has proved to be an extremely valuable source of information on the past and future plans of the industry giants. The latest fruit of this was the confirmation that DayZ 2, a continuation of the hit online survival game, is in production. This information comes from Microsoft's internal correspondence, which has been attached to publicly available evidence. Bohemia Interactive is listed there as one of the studios that Microsoft is looking at in the context of a possible takeover. The studio description states that Bohemia Interactive is currently working on three projects - Arma Reforger, Arma 4 and DayZ 2.

[@Tampafan33]

Yeah i dont believe that. They can say “in production” but id put my life savings that they haven’t even started making anything to do with dayz2. Just like Todd said they’ve had elder scrolls on paper for years now. Same bs

[@vaulthunter6961]

Microsoft have not bought Activision the courts are still debating of it will be lawful.

[@M.Godfrey]

Silica aswell!

[@POGCZ]

I would appreciate DayZ2, but unfortunately I know from former employees what kind of pace they have in Bohemia. I'm in no hurry.. Maybe they're waiting for someone to buy them. A friend even told me that when releasing DayZ they could have switched to a new engine, but they dropped it... too much to do

[@chefe1294]

Wrong wrong.. dayz 2 it's not in production and will probably never be. It's still arma mod what we talking about here.. Dayz it's independent game, "Dayz2" it's not

[@Zenduxer]

I actually like how DayZ is not holding your hand when crafting. It's kinda awesome not to know all the mechanics of the game and discover them with time.

[@nutbastard]

Not just crafting, literally everything. No in game map, no minimap, no numbers on your stats, when you get sick it doesn't tell you what you have or what will cure it. No tutorial to tell you not to eat with bloody hands or bandage with unclean rags. You can look all that stuff up, sure, but in game? Nah, you're on the coast with a plum, a bandage, and a chemlight, and then it just chucks you in the deep end. You figure it out, or you don't. Items you could pick up don't glow. It's very oldschool in that way and as an older gamer, I'm all about it. It also provides a filter for the playerbase - A lot of younger and frankly toxic players try it out, starve to death a few times, and rage quit. Good. This is not a game for impatient people or those who don't want a challenge. PvP is maybe 5% of the game, and there's plenty of shooters. You survive in DayZ on knowledge and wits, and that's what the game brings to the table that almost no other game does. It's no wonder the most popular servers are "Helis Traders Weed 10x Loot Safezones Infinite Stamina $100k start ATMs" blah blah. Because little kids bought the game, still want to say they play DayZ, but they don't actually play DayZ.

[@Tourettes-syndrome-gaming]

Ye

[@RoyTT]

I love the way it makes you think about how to craft things rather than showing you everything. Adds to the survival

[@Echo_4609]

Took me like a month to figure out how to make a campfire. I had to look it up

[@jamiehoekstra11677]

I can see advanced crafting being a "figure it out" sorta thing, but basics need to be disclosed. We shouldn't have to resort to Google in the middle of a PVE/PVP game. Give us enough to get started & maybe make suggestions for more advanced items.

[@driverjamescopeland]

I think I'm the only guy who wouldn't complain about the constant running... even if the new maps are insanely huge. For me, it's the whole reason I play the game. It adds to the immersion, and really helps the zen experience I play this game for. Nothing makes a large map larger, than slow travel. It also forces the player to explore more... which in DayZ is a good thing, because learning subtle terrain features can be a make-it or break-it for solo players.

[@berzerk1450]

Many casual gamers who play comfortable mainstream games complain about this and call it a "hiking/walking simulator" - but excatly that's what's nice about it. The sounds of the forests and fields. I love Nature in DayZ. I don't want polluted barren wastelands for an apocalypse. A Zombie apocalypse is a disaster that only affects us humans because we became too many on the planet. Nature continues to flourish like thousands of years ago.

[@Demnz]

yes

[@SetZor666]

fast travel makes open worlds in games unnecessary or makes the world feel very small. it's why i tend to avoid vehicles in dayz, if i can just safely pop from town to town gathering everything it sours the experience and makes it boring after a while. cars are basically godmode in vanilla dayz, just drive into a town, honk the horn, run over the zombies, town safe to loot without firing a shot.

[@driverjamescopeland]

@@berzerk1450 - my point EXACTLY. Have you seen the television series "Life After People"? That's the kind of post-apocalyptic experience I want to play... a few years after nature has started taking everything back. No cars. No gas. No electrical grid. Only more hearty remnants of domesticated animals. Wildlife EVERYWHERE.

[@TurboPacks]

People always say this game is a walking sim but there really isnt that much walking. And this is coming from someone who has only played close-rangd fps games before dayZ.

[@FynnDayz]

What makes DayZ one of the best games ever it's the unlimited number of possible sequences, ecounters, threats and friendships you can have while playing it. In over 4000 hours of playing DayZ i made friends across the entire globe and we still communicate, even if we dont play together anymore. As Baby Nades said, it's amazing way of recreating the reality it's exactly what makes DayZ great.

[@berzerk1450]

I literally got more members in our back then 6 guys gaming-clan. One of them i wanted to snipe in Novodmitrovsk city place out from a window but missed and he shouted to spare him, then i fixed his broken leg and took him to our campfire in the forest and he stayed and played with us for lots of years until his mother got ill and walking impaired and he had to 24/7 take care about her and does not have time for gaming anymore. He was such an enrichment to our clan, we laughed streams of tears because of his joy and humor.

[@DS-lk3tx]

I grew up in Alaska. I compare playing dayz to the time a brown Bear chased me and my friend. 😂

[@FynnDayz]

@@DS-lk3tx Holy sh*t bro, that sounds too dangerous. I’ve been myself in situations like that because of my work but at least I had a fun to defend myself 😅

[@RifleEyez]

Yup, it really has these moments where I think ''that can only happen in DayZ''. You know the game is unique when I remember my first spawn, death and kill on DayZ mod. Which was 11 and a half years ago.

[@Mr.krabz2182]

Theres a new story everytime you boot the game, i dont know many other games that give that experience other than arma and its mods, its one of a kind!

[@vitorpagliuca5358]

DayZ is my fav game of all time for 10 years now

[@wafty6435]

Not quite the same amount of years , but I agree, I've tried playing other games but always come back to dayz, what I like about it is the fact you can play it however you want... Full PvP, or full pve.... So many mods for it... Best game ever!!!

[@WordsofLegends-US4]

@@wafty6435 The exact same case with me and now Ive made my first shelter base and this guy tried taking the 5 sea chests i found hahaha. I got 250 odd hours and only now properly getting into PvP

[@Aleysurvival]

Mine too it’s so sick

[@Dutchgunner15]

How to fire up fire in fireplace ? Sry im new in dayz

[@WordsofLegends-US4]

@@Dutchgunner15 hold matches or lighter in hand and hold rt or left click on the fire when told to. You can also make a hand drill. Google tells you how to make eveything in seps

[@Henrytribe]

I’d love to see a Dayz 2, but I am skeptical they would mess with a game that is top 20 on steam. Maybe in the next 5 years.

[@BabyNades]

Yeah I think it will maintain its popularity it has now for a while, maybe 3 years or more. But it’s going to depend on what other new games come out more so than what BI will do with standalone. Maybe I’m wrong it’s all speculation haha

[@zombaldag9337]

@@BabyNades They probably are just going to upgrade the already existing game. Like revamping all the models and maps.

[@joaonobrebatata5659]

@@zombaldag9337 like what valve is doing with source 2?

[@zombaldag9337]

@@joaonobrebatata5659 Yeah, just that dayz already uses the Enfusion engine. It's just the models are still carbon copies from Arma 2, so the world even with good lightning looks somewhat scuffed. If they revamp the map and models, it's going to look like Arma Reforger (Which has awesome graphics)

[@Svartsejd]

@@zombaldag9337 Like it's said in the video, the game is running on 2 different engines and not solely on Enfusion like you claim. The devs have already said they won't update the game to fully run on Enfusion since that would be too much work and it would set it back to the point where it won't be playable due to all the bugs they'd have to figure out and fix. And they can't even do that with the game in it's current version. Every update & hotfix just breaks something new and old bugs resurface again.

[@mynamezep6354]

Love this video, please never leave us Nades, youtube needs you, the DayZ community needs you.

[@kirbyloewen9106]

I'd be happy if he were on Rumble.

[@freddytv2208]

Why don't the people from Bohemia set up a crowdfunding or a Patreon? I think many of us DayZ fans would want to support the development of DayZ 2!

[@hondvantrond]

Great video from you. You got me into this game with your old videos and I consider you a real ambassador of Dayz!

[@shaggybeast2276]

Love this video. So glad you back with amazing videos. You’re Dayz content is the best.

[@tiagomota4734]

Im so glad that Bohemia made it shyte for console players, these idiots should NOT play shooters on sticks! fuck them really !

[@DrBockNstein]

Great work I would love a Dayz 2 it's hard to believe but dayz is honestly a massive influential juggernaut and paved the way for every game in the survival genre.

[@mypud4068]

Didn't rust come out the same year?

[@x-xADUMBx-x]

That was such an in depth and just all around well made video!! For real great job man👍

[@iMeatbag]

Very well made video. Well done! And I hope you've raised enough awareness and interest in this that Bohemia can't ignore a sequel. DayZ is hands down my favourite game ever. If I could only play one game for the rest of my life, it would be DayZ for the simple reason of how limitless the gameplay possibilities are with the right groups of people. The only issues like you have mentioned are the aging engine and limited game systems holding back any continued development or modding capabilities.

[@scribex9541]

The emotions, this video gave me.. "Sad" , "Happy" , "Nostalgic" , "Hopeful" , i dont know too many to list them all. But my end emotion was happy and i cant wait to see the future of this game. This is my favorite game. I love DayZ.

[@Pedroxboy100]

Whoa, I wasnt expecting that much info and knowledge of the game history in one place. You said it all man great video. For me you have spoke everything in that last line on your video, I hope one day we see this game true potential. Thank you for your work

[@DaRealTekniquez]

love the video my guy !!! awesome to hear ya breaking down ya thoughts on whats good with game we all enjoy !

[@kaiserwilhelmii6147]

Instead of having a built-in crafting menu, I think it'd be a good idea to have different crafting books placed as common civillian loot you could find.

[@JamesHigroundMagic]

If they did any kind of hand holding with the crafting it would be via a basic survival volume 1, 2, 3 pamphlet(s). Same as the paper map. There used to be entire books, and pens and notes

[@benpeters9851]

Dayz isn't loved for its textures, or the dated game engine. We love the experiences, the reality, the brutality, the friendships we form.

[@berzerk1450]

Exactly. Despite its relatively high sales figures, DayZ is a niche game compared to other popular games. And I hope it will stay that way forever, even for a potential part 2 or 3 or 4.

[@endlessconrad]

Amazing video, Big fan of your work

[@Goldwelp]

From a business point of view: Total conversion DLC for ARMA 4 It will force people to get ARMA 4 to get the DLC. Huge increase in revenue. But the biggest is consolidation of workforce and effort. Would allow BI to utilize full team on one large project and allow for devs to be moved between projects with ease.

[@JMann-dq6fd]

I'm just about to play on the DayZ mod someone made on Arma 4

[@Josedinho_-]

What a shit way to sell a game to its customers. I wouldn't waste my money on DayZ2 if this was the strategy.

[@lm987]

Solid job with this video. Thank you.

[@mastergunnery9621]

baby nades, of all the amazing vidz uve pumped out, i gotta say that i like this the best. gave a lil hope and maybe some push to devs to get their arse in gear for #2

[@rocksjoshua]

I had no idea Dayz was doing so well, I remember when Dayz was basically dead, 4-5 years ago the player base was maybe a few hundred people, now look at it. I no longer play Dayz, but it gladdens me to see one of my childhood favorites come back from the dead and new people get to experience what I did.

[@berzerk1450]

I play DayZ since ArmA 2 mod (2012) and now I'm playing it with my girlfriend who never knew it. She is so happy to play it with me. And now she has 500 hours herself. Last week we stepped down the vast underground bunker-system in Livonia (for me also the first time and we both were at the edges of our seats caused by every slight ambient sound we heard and thought we heard another player or military zombies in the pitch black dark only lit by her flashlight and my pistol-light.

[@DS-lk3tx]

I've seen it go from almost gone on xbox to a massive cult classic. It's been wild to see. There was a time official servers closed down.

[@PERKIODURKIO]

It’s so good

[@MadDogGaming00420]

Keep up the good work man im loving your content🎉

[@greysen69]

Thank you for making this amazingly detailed video, we appreciate your content!

[@Aleysurvival]

Yes awesome video

[@TheTwarag]

what i dont understand is how modders (usually one person) can build maps , guns, equipment, vehicles etc with hardly any cash and yet developers take months sometimes years to dribble out content with way more financial backing.

[@MarcinP2]

One person making maps, guns, equipment and vehicles and taking less than months to do all that? Tell me more. -_-

[@xJadedGreenx]

Excellent video! Very well said. DayZ could be so much more, and it deserves to be.

[@n1chiefrocka]

Fantastic video! Very insightful. Thanks for your work!

[@andrewzGR]

Great Video mate,love your work.

[@milowpawlow]

Very good overview! Thanks a lot!

[@marcrogers4879]

Excellent video bud!

[@shabazz717]

Great job on this!

[@SHOGUNTHEIMPERIAL]

I’m going to go out on a limb here & say that we will see a DayZ 2 in about 2029 around the 20 year anniversary of DayZ itself.

[@CoachLemur]

Really awesome video. Thanks for the great details and insight!

[@wapits]

Dude what a great video thank you homie🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@sYneeK742]

I love ur videos since day 1 ! keep it please up!

[@FrattinZ]

Awesome video man. I’ve been obsessed with dayz since 2019 when it came to Xbox and I’m already dying for a dayz 2. Something modern without the dupers, alt accounts, and exploits that plague the current game

[@AlexBleach]

Amen 🤘🏾

[@tiagomota4734]

Get a pc, the sticks are NOT made to aim with, that's utther BS!

[@FrattinZ]

@@tiagomota4734 yea no kidding. If I wasnt a console hardo I would have made the swap by now

[@leepratt9248]

@@tiagomota4734joysticks are proven to be better for aiming if you know how to use them.

[@S.Y.N]

great vid bro

[@wowza-]

The thing about Dayz is that it has something for every type of player. I started my time in Dayz on RP servers and created some of the most memorable moments with some amazing people. Once that got boring, I moved into some more PVP type servers. There is so much more too. I have absolutely loved Dayz and its one of those games you might get bored of but will always come back to.

[@CzUcanBuyAnothr1]

Baby Nades OG!! Great video.

[@barryauto]

If they make a part 2 it’s going to do a lot better in this gaming generation if they optimize 60 fps and updated graphics

[@BabyNades]

For sure! When I started playing other games recently I realized how dated DayZ's graphics really are.

[@buzzman4860]

I play at 144 fps

[@jetwashere]

Amazing video dude

[@gmuni100]

Great video dude

[@Brismo7]

great video!

[@TheBeardsShow]

Really good take. Great video

[@NemAguaBebes0bla]

what an amazing video. congratilations

[@shadowfox3282]

this is some top notch quality content.. thank you

[@kx.45]

thanks for getting me so hyped for a game that won’t come out for like 7 years😂😭

[@TaskForceGamingTactical]

oooh cheeky mention at 04:12 sick video man.

[@BeaTzFr0mWiThin]

Fantastic video

[@shadowy5893]

im playing dayz since 2014 and im 19 year old and i am very happy that the players in this game still talk about dayz so much and that the players appreciate this game

[@morvek]

what up nades grats on 160k hope to see you in game again

[@DeathsDoor]

Thanks for this

[@JohnnyRingo3645]

Great content! Agree 100%

[@RelaxDooleysHere]

Fantastic video dude definitely earned a sub from me. Keep it up my friend.

[@nattyboro]

Welcome back!

[@mnal5gex]

Agreed. I found out about Dayz through a friends on ps4. When I built my new pc it was one of the first games I bought. I love it. Would love to see a Dayz 2

[@Afterthought419]

Well done man

[@ChiiLoX]

Great Video.

[@arizonasniper7177]

Great video Nades. Hope you are doing well. Let's hope this happens someday.

[@jdhi5279]

Dayz, Is one of the best games ever made. In my opinion of course. If they made a dayz 2, i literally wouldnt stop playing it.

[@joelchamp1949]

Glad you're making vids again buddy. Wish you still streamed

[@Corner5tone]

Hear, hear! Loved the speculation, I hope something comes of it.

[@Varyel]

Great Analisys ^^

[@kevinthecleric]

I first biught dayz years ago because of your videos, and i will happily follow you to the sequel (when it comes out)

[@shr4n]

good vid!

[@jimmyz9666]

I'm really impressed with the amount of research you put into this. Also one thing they MUST maintain with a newer version of DayZ is the level of grit and avoid streamlining. The game flourishes with it's multiple trivial obstacles melding together to create an over-arching challenge, unique to each player. That's what makes the game so special. Everyone has a different goal, short term or long term.

[@Jesters-Jinx]

Commenting to show my support.

[@dougp5044]

DayZ 2 game map from the beginning where you can mark locations on all platforms and cross platform. That would make so many happy

[@SL1MZ]

The idea of a Dayz2 scares me. I love this game and it's changed my life in many ways. I would love it but it would break my heart to see DayZ die off.

[@GertJanvandenHeuvel_Oss]

Solid conclusion and strong points for having DayZ 2 buddy

[@tavradagency]

Nice vid

[@driverjamescopeland]

Thank you SOOOOO much for explaining the current issues created by the hybrid engine.

[@breeve12]

Yes! A solid functioning sequel with lots of updates and improvements would be awesome!

[@Dysturbed-00]

I think Arma 2 sat around for a year or two in my game shelf before I really started playing it. Back in the day it was really hard to learn a game that had so many controls as there was nothing else like it. Once I learned the controls though I started having real fun playing and manually scripting sequences like loading and unloading helicopters. Anyway it has a huge learning curve but thats what makes it the best game as well because once you learn it there is so much to do!

[@kichmadev]

Great breakdown, Dayz2 makes sense in my opinion from a financial standpoint. When you did a monetary comparison with Arc and Rust - it would also be interesting to see how much money Arma3 made... I cant imagine its much more than DayzSA.

[@frankbutterworth4257]

nice breakdown.

[@AdamXplay]

This video is awesome! I bought DayZ few months ago but cant really play...Have to delete something in a folder of it..but didnt do anything yet, need to learn about pc and just play more games for now. I cant wait for this new game anyway, hyped af xD

[@Habibabobbob]

Things dayz 2 isn’t complete without: 1: underwater swimming and fighting underwater 2: more in depth cars (being able to shoot out of them [accurately with pistol in accurate with rifles] 3: in depth hostage taking with knife or pistol (can also work like a Cod execution if you you need) 4: better gunplay (more inaccurate while moving, better sway, Picture in Picture scopes, better shock damage system so they don’t ALWAYS get knocked out and also gunsmithing 5: better and fine tuned movement so you can do action movie stuff but it’s also realistic enough to prevent fights where you just zig zag or circle each other 6. Explosive diarrhea

[@thedreadedkraken3944]

I agreed on many points, nearly all in this video, but these are some of my ideas: 1. Headshot only infected. 2. Larger masses/hordes. 3. Breakable doors. 4. Long life perks. The longer your character survives the more efficient they become. (trackable perks that pop up in your menu) 5. Players become AI Z's when you die from infected. Basically once you die (from infected), that character roams the map. The infected you retains they're long life perks, and gear. Now if you go to try and kill and loot yourself, or anyone else tries.. they could be facing a potential boss infected, depending on how good you were before your new spawn.

[@dactylpilot4383]

Wow.. a DayZ master is finally playing again..... Welcome Back !!

[@calimaa09]

Well spoken Sir. Thank you for a quality video.

[@LB-mr8qv]

This video is deluded. Trash video. He comes off as a battered wife describing why it's ok he got beat for not making supper. Next to no criticism, and when it is said, it's said with no care, like the shortcomings of Bohemia are no big deal. We got ripped off with early access. We never got a 1:1 of dayz mod. Period.

[@InterrogatorchaplainAsmodai]

"Its nearly 10 years old, itll did out soon" Skyrim and elder scrolls players in general: "want to test that theory?"

[@Blanket000]

With Tom Segura on the title card, thought this was some DayZ standup.

[@diputsmg]

Coz of Nades, i'm in DAYZ and it's been while

[@gamingwitbamcdc]

I agree with you. There needs to be a DayZ 2 with everything you mentioned. I may have missed it, but I think they should also expand on base building and possibly being able to do renovations such as painting, creating a road/driveway, repair boats to go out and catch bigger fish, more types of vehicles, skill tree. One thing I would like to be able to do on consol is customize the billboard signs and put solar panels on the roof of a house to power all electrical items. Bulldozers to knock down a house that may be blocking your view of the beach sunset. A way for people to start businesses in a town they built up. All in all, that detailed level of living in an open world. DayZ 2 would have the potential to be up in the number with GTA 6 when it drops.

[@alphaxgaming6879]

I'll be waiting the time needed to see the true experience i've been waiting to live with dayz since i first saw the arma 2 mod when i was a kid, i've loved dayz standalone but i lot of things have been missing all those years for the game to be complete as i see it's potentiel

[@dillon6652]

i miss calling it dayz standalone , cause back then we still all played the mod , now its really just dayz . time flies,

[@ericstough6513]

towards the end of the video you mentioned superzombies. i play on xbox right now and theres one server i play on cant remember the name but it has zombies wearing the full rag outfit that take mad damage like im talking a mag or two from the ump45 up close mad damage. it adds an interesting dynamic to clearing an area of zombies

[@earthhuman5448]

Hope you come back some day! Miss having new dayz vids by you. Hard to find aanyone else to watch. Most ppl are so hard to listen to.

[@Chris_Faust]

Good vid. One point though that wasn't referenced, Always Streams was talking about BI as a developer company, not the development team specifically. He praises the team working on it all the time and encourages people to watch their streams. He's said a few times he thinks the team working on it are fighting against the tied with limited support, which has become a little less harsh with rising player numbers. But BI loves ARMA, they don't love DayZ. Sumrak had to make Namalsk in his spare time, because BI would never have invested in anything like that. Realistically, the dev team have been exceeding their actual budget, which was originally just there for maintenance and occasional patches. Because DayZ was not released completed, it was broken, cars didnt work, glitches didnt stop, content was removed and so on and so on

[@MxjxrWxxr]

« dayz is a finished game » yeah i definitely love fighting lagging zombies and running for an hour ( without auto run button ) from a town to another

[@AlonsoArayaAudiovisual]

The Survivor Gamez was so fun. Excellent for practicing shooting and testing weapons. I actually bought a new computer to play it decently and then it was discontinued.

[@MaunoKoivistoOfficial]

Great video. Have a comment for the algorithm.

[@shockwave6213]

I would like to see a version where you can earn XP or currency during your game life so you can buy equipment and build up loadouts to start with instead of having literally nothing on a respawn. Maybe even have a secure storage for loot that only you can access. Some of us love the game but have a life and we can't just farm loot for days at a time just to lose it all due to some nonsense like bugged out walls, wild animals with zero warning or most egregiously: Hackers. Which WILL be an issue in the game at times. Just a matter of when. Of course I also advocate to have the standard formula servers and call it Classic or Hardcore mode.

[@Gtapolice123]

I just wait for regular bows again, so I can start up my survivalist playstyle :D

[@JamesBond-oc4gm]

So dayz started just like counterstrike did. also ty for the effort put forth for this. 👍

[@coolfrymaster]

I doubt we’ll see a dayz 2 stand-alone honestly. It took years for them just to get it in the half decent shape that it’s in now but I’m sure with Arma 4 we’ll get a bunch of really badass dayz(esque) mods that’ll surpass standalone

[@FNESSE]

I'm proud to say I supported DayZ since 2013 and have bought it multiple times for my friends. I'm happy for the team and Dean Hall seen as much success as they have.

[@mikedebakker5820]

Wow, I didn't realize how much I needed DayZ 2 in my life until I just watched this video. I always thought DayZ was flawed but had so much potential, yet somehow no one ever managed to make a "better DayZ" despite the many attempts at the genre. I'm now convinced that the only ones capable of making a "better DayZ" is DayZ themselves.

[@berzerk1450]

They have to stick to the "old spirit" of getting as realistic a feeling as possible out of their engine. It must never become a totally exaggerated action game just to open up new markets (asia, as mentioned in the video), where you fight 100 zombies on your own with a katana and kung-fu moves to shred them to chunks.