(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley revealed today that the company has been developing a free-to-play MMO called H1Z1.

"It’s a massively multiplayer game in which players fight for survival in a world where death is the only sure thing," Smedley said. "The H1Z1 virus devastated mankind and left nothing but death and destruction in its wake and a world nearly empty of human life where the remnants of humanity are in a fight against extinction against those infected with the virus."

Speaking to Game Talk Live, SOE president John Smedley said "H1Z1 is an MMO that allows players to take on the role of an apocalypse survivor who is in a world that is filled with zombies. A world! Not just a little tiny server”.

The comparisons with Day Z are unavoidable, but from what Smedley is saying, the world in H1Z1 will be far more destructible and changeable by the players than in Day Z.

We are in the middle of putting that in so you are gonna be able to burn down trees, burn down stuff, and that's gonna be a lot of fun. The idea is that these players [are] building these forts and all of the sudden these other guys coming in lighting it on fire and waiting till they come out of the fortress ... is awesome."

When asked on Twitter about when see more the game, Smedley said: “you can play it yourself soon. and by play I mean play fully.”

Could this mean the game is going to e released sooner rather than later? Perhaps we will see more at E3?




There’s a spooky teaser site at You must login or register to view this content. but there’s not much there yet.

Sony Online Entertainment currently works on PlanetSide 2 and EverQuest Next, so they know a thing or two about MMOs.

Expect to hear more about H1Z1 pretty soon.

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Hope the game is first person shooter, I hate playing in third person when playing zombies :/

Yeah, I hope it's first person as well. Don't get me wrong if it was third person I would more than likely still buy it but I just prefer first person shooters overall.

Free to play games mostly suck asses so ill wait for release and actual gameplay before commenting

1st and 3rd person has been confirmed, a lot of info on the reddit page for this game. Supposedly the game will be playable on PC via early access within 4-6 weeks, but no news yet for a ps4 release date, though it has been confirmed that the game will come to ps4 eventually. Reddit page :You must login or register to view this content.

If its got zombies and its free to play I dont see why I wouldnt give it a go xD

Never played that dayz or rust so I'll look into this

I've never played rust. I've played DayZ and it's good but secretly I hope this is better