Dean Hall, creator of the original DayZ mod, and Brian Hicks, former creative director of its standalone version, have teamed up again. Dean Hall made the announcement today via Twitter, writing that Hicks has joined Rocketwerkz as executive producer of an unannounced survival game to be announced soon.

After the unexpected success of the original DayZ Arma 2 mod, Dean Hall worked on the standalone version at Bohemia Interactive, but left in 2014. He then founded Rocketwerkz, which has so far shipped the space station construction sim "Stationeers" and the VR strategy game "Out of Ammo."

According to the Rocketwerkz website, the studio is currently looking for a "new AAA studio" and is looking for Unreal programmers and 3D props and environment artists.

Brian Hicks left Bohemia Interactive in 2018, just before DayZ was released to 1.0 after several years in Early Access. Brian Hicks confirmed in a tweet that he will be relocating to New Zealand, where the Rocketwerkz office is located.

Andy reviewed DayZ upon its full 1.0 release in 2018, writing that it "has the power to create an incredible story, but the twitchy, weightless combat and buggy zombies ruin it."