Dean Hall: "I stayed on DayZ for longer than I intended"

At the PC Gaming Show at E3 today, DayZ creator Dean Hall responded to anger over his departure from the game's development. According to Hall, he never expected the game—which originated as an Arma 2 mod—to become as popular as it did, nor did he expect to be working on the game for as long as he did.

"Ion is an example of a game I’ve always wanted to make," Hall continued, referring to the project he's currently working on using new Improbable technology, and which is nothing like EVE, Star Citizen or Elite.

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