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296 DayZ creator Dean Hall is a changed man - after years of living the high life, he's focused on saving a studio that flew too close to the sun

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Robert Purchese @ Eurogamer.net 1 place · 10/24/2025 08:28 EDT

DayZ creator Dean Hall is a changed man - after years of living the high life, he's focused on saving a studio that flew too close to the sun

"There's jobs, there's careers and then there's obsessions, and for me, game development is an obsession. I don't think it's healthy at all, but I am a brush, I must paint. So for me, I've reached the natural end of my arc where I'm just entirely about making video games, and I'm obsessed with wanting to make them better." Read more

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