Bohemia Recap – October 2024

It might be getting cold outside, but things continue to heat up at Bohemia. Speaking of the cold, DayZ released DayZ Frostline – a frosty new DLC set on a snow covered archipelago called Sakhal. Meanwhile, Arma 3 released a new update and announced an upcoming Creator DLC.

In other news, Arma Reforger held special events with its growing community, Silica teased a new map and structures, and Vigor announced the winners of its Creepy Cultist Contest.

DayZ

Streamer Exclusive Event

October kicked off with a bang by featuring an exclusive event for streamers to showcase DayZ Frostline. This promotional initiative was an experimental, consumer-friendly, and community-centered approach. Our goal was twofold: to highlight the product through a peer-to-peer method, and to support streamers within our core community by boosting their visibility and viewership. The event also provided us with valuable time to gather player data, monitor server stability, and more.

We’d like to extend a heartfelt shoutout to the community leaders and streamers who took the time to share DayZ Frostline. A big thank you as well to all our community members for their continued support. Here’s some interesting data we gathered from the event.

The Release of DayZ Frostline Teaser

The long-awaited DayZ Frostline Expansion is finally here! DayZ Frostline isn’t just a snow map DLC—it's an effort to optimize DayZ as a whole. It launched alongside update 1.26, which included optimizations to the heat comfort system, brand new modes of transportation (boats), and much more.

We’re thrilled to announce that the release was a resounding success, hitting all-time-high concurrent player numbers across all platforms in the first week. See the 1st-week numbers above. If you enjoyed the teaser for DayZ Frostline, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how it was filmed.

Dev Diary

DayZ Frostline is truly a labor of love from all of us on the DayZ team. Watch this Dev Diary as we take you behind the scenes, sharing insights from various departments, as well as the hard work that went into creating this expansion.

Arma Reforger

On October 4th, the Arma Reforger community set out to KILL KLAMACZ! This special event saw Project Lead Klamacz with a small team of special guests face off against a large opposing force comprised of community members. The event was designed and hosted by Senior Community Manager Nillers, with Community Manager LeClair acting as the OPFOR Commander. If you missed the event, check out our highlight video of the BLUFOR perspective:

A new Modding Update hit the Arma Reforger blog last month. It details facial animations and bone manipulation changes, as well as the potential impact of Update 1.2.1. on existing mods.

Bohemia Interactive celebrated its 25th Anniversary this year with a unique concert of video game music. The music was performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, together with developers from Bohemia Interactive and other legendary personalities of the Czech gaming industry. The concert featured unforgettable songs from Arma, DayZ, Ylands, Vigor, and other games.