Update: Bohemia Interactive has confirmed to that over 40 employees were affected by the closure of the Bratislava studio. The company reiterated this in a tweet via the game's official account, which clarified 'DayZ development isn't closed.'ĭayZ will apparently continue to receive updates throughout the year 'with longer games between them,' as laid out in a roadmap published to the game's website back in January. It is not clear whether the team was still working on DayZ, but Bohemia has assured that the shutdown 'won't affect the future development' of the game. The closure was announced via Twitter, and described as a 'mutual decision between management and studio leads.' The studio was responsible for the original work on the popular zombie multiplayer game, which began as a mod for military shooter Arma 2 and eventually span out into its own title.

It's not clear how many people have been affected by this closure. Original story: DayZ creator Bohemia Interactive has closed its development studio in Bratislava.