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14 years on, the creator of DayZ is still searching for a solution to survival gaming's biggest problem: 'I think I am going to die without having solved it'

"And honestly, I'm okay with that."

PC Gamer · Aug 30

DayZ creator Dean 'Rocket' Hall has over 2,000 hours in Kerbal Space Program and played the original XCOM at Mount Everest base camp: 'I think when I die, I will still be playing that game'

The founder of RocketWerkz talks us through the games on his PC.

PC Gamer · Apr 12

DayZ creator calls to 'normalize delaying games,' that consumers can show Xbox and Sony 'that delays are okay' and, oh, 'Personally: don't preorder games, folks. Commercially: please preorder games'

"It's the only way PlayStation/Xbox notice us."

PC Gamer · Feb 18

A 'little educational game for middle-schoolers' left DayZ's creators obsessed, inspired, and embroiled in a contentious presidential campaign: 'It's 4.5 years later, and I'm still talking about this story'

DayZ's former creative director thinks the survival genre needs to take a leaf out of Eco's book.

PC Gamer · Jul 4, 2025

Outer space inspired DayZ's Dean Hall to become a modder and game developer, and now he's making a Kerbal successor called Kitten Space Agency

Not even in an alpha state, Kitten Space Agency is inspiring a community of developers to join its mission.

PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2025

I played DayZ creator Dean Hall's next game, which is like RimWorld in a submarine

In Torpedia, from RocketWerkz, you'll build and manage your submarine and crew. And you'll die, horribly and repeatedly.

PC Gamer · Mar 31, 2023

‘It’s like dying’ – DayZ creator on how success was life-altering

Dean Hall explains how DayZ's surge in popularity was difficult to comprehend initially.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 25, 2022

‘We did fail’ – DayZ creator expresses regret over his latest game

Dean Hall, former director of DayZ, opens up about the challenges of making survival games.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 25, 2022

Idiot posted Instagram pictures of himself posing on stolen bikes

Police had little trouble in tracing Dean Hall, 26

Liverpool Echo · Feb 22, 2022