
In fact, it’s one of the best-selling titles on gaming network Steam-at the time of this writing it's the network's third most popular game, behind the pre-orders of mega-franchise games like "Bioshock" and "Resident Evil." With the unexpected influx of capital, Bohemia hired Dean Hall and is now making "ARMA III" and a standalone version of "DayZ."Įven though the game isn't finished, you can buy it and play it right now.

At its height last year, "DayZ" had almost a million unique players.

Three years later, in April of 2012, a fan named Dean Hall released a modification for "ARMA II" called "DayZ." The mod received near-unprecedented critical acclaim, and its popularity led to over 300,000 sales of "ARMA II" three years after its release-something unheard of for a game of its kind. "ARMA II" was released in the middle of 2009. It lost the rights to the name “Operation Flashpoint” but it released sequels under the name “ARMA,” which were met with moderate success. For reasons still private, though perhaps related to the money they got from the licensing of VBS1, Bohemia parted ways with its publisher Codemasters.
