UPDATE: Linda "Brasse" Carlson confirmed there will be no convention this year. "For those asking about SOE Live: we are taking a hiatus from our annual Live event to shift our focus to our exciting transition and the future of Daybreak Game Company."
This morning, Sony Online Entertainment announced that it was acquired by a company called Columbus Nova and will be rebranded as "Daybreak Game Company." SOE will operate as an independant studio and will even branch out into the Xbox platform.
H1Z1 will launch on Steam Early Access today, January 15, 2015 at Noon PT (3pm ET). Join LockSixTime and Cyliena on Twitch for ZAM's H1Z1 livestream! We'll bring you all the action from the excitement of installing the game to the dashing hopes of not being mobbed by zombies (or other players).
Follow ZAM on Twitch now and we'll see you today at Noon Pacific!
Lindsay "geektr0n" Ferguson hosts ZAM's latest installment of Friday Update Arcade! Topics discussed are:
H1Z1 will be entering Steam Early Access on January 15, 2015. The cost is set at $19.99. SOE President John Smedley posted the following on Reddit:
I would say something cliché about spooky things and Halloween, but seriously, I got nothing. So instead let's just sit back and enjoy the first seven of fourteen new trailers coming your way this week!
If you're reading this between 6PM - 7PM Eastern, catch the live H1Z1 keynote!
We're on the ground at SOE Live, and the H1Z1 devs have shared a few tidbits.
We've put them together in one place, and here they are below!
SOE knows that most of us couldn't travel to E3 and play H1Z1 for ourselves. While we saw the demo at E3, but we couldn't share the full experience. To fix that, Game Designer Jimmy Whisenhunt grabs a hatchet and explores the world, fleshing out their world of rotting flesh.
Coinciding with the final day to get your SOE Live All Access badge for $149 (you can get it here) is the release of this year's panel lineup. Since player panels have not been announced, they are not on the schedule yet, and what content will be livestreamed is still unknown. The full schedule is available here and notable panels are:
Continue after the jump for Landmark, H1Z1 and miscellaneous panels of interest.
Will H1Z1 be just another quixotic open-world zombie MMO? We hope not! To sway our fears, our very own Lindsay Ferguson was on the scene at E3 2014. Sony Online Entertainment game designer Adam Clegg sat down with Lindsay and gave a detailed 8-minute rundown on the game's direction:
Earlier, SOE President John Smedley announced that an H1Z1 livestream will be broadcast this afternoon at 11am PT (2pm ET) on Twitch TV. While you wait for that broadcast, check out the information we got during a recent roundtable with Senior Designer Jimmy Whisenhunt!
