{"id":35837,"date":"2014-01-07T21:53:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T21:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=35837"},"modified":"2020-08-23T00:25:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T23:25:40","slug":"dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2014\/01\/07\/dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Hall to host DayZ developer session at EGX Rezzed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gamer Network have announced that Dean Hall from Bohemia Interactive will present a DayZ developer session and take part in a live developer interview at this year&#8217;s EGX Rezzed event, taking place at The NEC, Birmingham, from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th March.<\/p>\n<p>Hall, better known to the PC gaming community as Rocket, is head of the team behind the new standalone version of zombie survival sim DayZ. The game went live on Steam Early Access in December and has already sold over 800,000 copies.<\/p>\n<p>[quote by=&#8221;Dean Hall, Bohemia Interactive&#8221;]I think I&#8217;ll put something really special on for the DayZ session.[\/quote]<\/p>\n<p>The DayZ developer session will take place in the EGX Rezzed session auditorium on Friday 28th March at 1pm BST. Fans will also get the chance to quiz Hall as part of a live developer interview on the same stage on Saturday 29th at 5pm. Both sessions will be streamed live on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\" title=\"Eurogamer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eurogamer.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7Q8c8jnL3s?enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>25,000 visitors are expected at EGX Rezzed 2014, now in its third year. The show began life devoted solely to PC and independent gaming and remains dedicated to showcasing those titles, such as DayZ. This year, for the first time, the show also welcomes console titles, including some of the big next-generation games due out in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to a show floor full of playable games, EGX Rezzed also hosts a full schedule of developer sessions on each of its three days. More details on those along with the line-up of playable games will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for EGX Rezzed 2014 are on sale now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egxrezzed.net\" title=\"EGX Rezzed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.egxrezzed.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game&#8217;s creator promises something &#8220;really special&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[682],"tags":[9560,9558,9559,9561,17746],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dean Hall to host DayZ developer session at EGX Rezzed - Entertainment Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2014\/01\/07\/dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dean Hall to host DayZ developer session at EGX Rezzed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Game&#039;s creator promises something &quot;really special&quot;.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2014\/01\/07\/dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Entertainment Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/entertainmentfocus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grege78\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-07T21:53:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-22T23:25:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dayzlogo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Ellwood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregE_EntFocus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Ent_Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Greg Ellwood\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2014\/01\/07\/dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2014\/01\/07\/dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Ellwood\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/569ba8a4c173f63f62b4b929741482d0\"},\"headline\":\"Dean Hall to host DayZ developer session at EGX Rezzed\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-07T21:53:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-22T23:25:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2014\/01\/07\/dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2014\/01\/07\/dean-hall-to-host-dayz-developer-session-at-egx-rezzed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dayzlogo.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bohemia Interactive\",\"DayZ\",\"Dean Hall\",\"EGX Rezzed\",\"Zombies\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Games &amp; 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