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After a launch marred by a string of controversy, The War Z has been completely blocked from purchase on Steam. While the game remains listed on the PC digital distribution hub, you can no longer buy it. Valve has decided to offer a refund for any customers who felt they …
Read More »The War Z sales shut down on Steam
Valve issues apology and offers refunds in wake of 'misleading advertising' controversy
Read More »‘Misleading advertising’ controversy plagues The War Z
Hundreds of users claim Steam title lacks a number of promoted features
Read More »The War Z arrives on Steam, attracts criticism
Standalone DayZ rival The War Z has finally been released on Steam – and has instantly been slated for a host of technical compromises. The vanilla version of the game costs 9.89 while other SKUs priced at 13.49 and 29.69 that include in-game currency. This in itself has irked some …
Read More »Death in The War Z will result in loss of cash-bought items
The developers of The War Z have revealed a key gameplay feature for its upcoming ‘Not DayZ’ survival horror title. The War Z will, like its close rival DayZ, rob players of all of their progress when they die. But it also plans to go a stage further, thanks to …
Read More »The War Z gets first gameplay trailer
The makers of upcoming DayZ contender The War Z have released a video of the game’s alpha gameplay footage. The answer to the obvious question is yes, The War Z looks very much like current open-world zombie favourite DayZ. Although, thankfully, the inventory system looks a lot easier to use. …
Read More »The War Z nets over 100k beta registrations in first 24 hours offered
Arktos Entertainment Group and Hammerpoint Interactive have revealed their upcoming MMO The War Z brought in over 100k closed beta registrations within 24 hours of being announced. The response in the first week since we announced the game has been incredible and it’s totally inspired the team,” said senior game …
Read More »DayZ-inspired ‘The War Z’ announced
It was only a matter of time until ArmA II zombie mod DayZ spawned a fully-fledged stand-alone title. And that’s exactly what we have in the form of The War Z, which IGN reports is being developed by previously unheard of Hammerpoint Interactive and published by the little-known Arktos Entertainment. …
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