DayZ is set to leave Early Access next year as well as finally come to consoles.
Lead producer Eugen Harton discussed how 2018 will an important year for the game on DayZ's website. "As soon as the PC beta is headed in a way we like, we're still committed to bringing DayZ to Xbox, where we have a large community of gamers patiently (very patiently!) waiting for a truly hardcore online survival game," he wrote.
"All of that will (and must) happen next year — meaning we're just about to start what could possibly be the most exciting year for DayZ so far. In short: DayZ will be out of Early Access next year, and we'll also finally deliver it to console players in 2018."
The console release of DayZ presumably refers to PlayStation 4 as well, since the survival game was announced for Sony's system back at Gamescom 2014. The final release of DayZ was initially planned for early 2016.
DayZ has sold over 3 million copies on PC alone.
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