H1Z1 Release Date Revealed On Gamescom 2014! Sony Reveals New Details As Steam Early Access And PS4 Beta To Go Online Soon

The H1Z1 release date has been revealed on Gamescom 2014!

H1Z1 is an upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online Game developed by Sony Online Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 and for the PC. The game is set in the United States during a zombie apocalypse were in players will have to interact with the resources in the world to survive, build shelters, and craft weapons against zombies.

Gaming news Cyberland has confirmed that the H1Z1 release date is on October 2015 and that the Steam Early Access and PS4 beta will go online soon.

Meanwhile, new gameplay of H1Z1 has been revealed.

The video features a commentary from H1Z1 game designer Jimmy Whisenhunt as he explains what H1 Z1 is all about.
Whisenhunt explains how important crafting materials as players must search for whatever objects laying around the are that can be useful in given situations. Players can create weapons to fend off zombies or build safe houses for you or with other players within the game.

In addition, Sony Online Entertainment published a new breakdown of the various goals that the dev team says they'd like to meet before SOE president John Smedley gives the go-ahead to release H1Z1 via Steam Early Access.

The update was authored by H1Z1 technical director Tom Schenck, who oversees the various coders working on H1Z1, and includes updates on everything from planned launch features to the biggest bugs standing between the H1Z1 dev team and a build of the game that's ready for public consumption. It's an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the development process, and one which should appease the thousands of curious gamers whose demands for an Early Access release date make it almost impossible for H1Z1 supporters to converse with one another during SOE live stream.

Fans over at the Steam forums and Neogaf have admitted that the H1Z1 looks better than Day Z and that when compared to gameplay mechanics of H1Z1, Day Z is just "awful".

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