H1Z1 Just Survive

H1Z1: Just Survive is a survival sandbox massively multiplayer online game in development by Daybreak Game Company. H1Z1: Just Survive is being developed for Microsoft Windows. The game is set during a zombie apocalypse in the rural United States, caused by a mutation of the H1N1 virus entitled "H1Z1". Players will have to survive against the natural elements such as wolves and bears, hordes of zombies, and thousands of potentially hostile survivors through interaction, scavenging for resources, building shelters, and crafting. The game is still in development and is expected to fully be released by mid 2016.

Gameplay

The gameplay of H1Z1: Just Survive emphasizes on multiplayer cooperation, trading, and team-building. In an interview with Adam Clegg from Sony Online Entertainment, he made clear that unlike other zombie massively multiplayer online games, the main focus will be about surviving against the zombies through teamwork with other players, rather than having a player versus player (PvP) environment with zombies as a backdrop.

Release

The game was released on Steam as an early access title on January 15, 2015. At release, the game suffered from severe technical issues. Players reported that they cannot login to their account or enter any active server. Framerate issues, lack of voice chat and AI problems were also among the problems reported. A new bug, which made all servers go offline, was also introduced to the game after the developer released a patch to fix other problems. Despite the unstable launch, John Smedley, CEO of Daybreak Game Company, announced that the game had sold over a million copies by March 2015. In February 2016, it was announced by Daybreak that the game originally known as simply H1Z1 had been split into two separate projects with their own dedicated development teams, subtitled Just Survive and King of the Kill.