#hammerpoint interactive

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Zombie MMO’su The War Z Duyuruldu! Arktos Entertainment ve Hammerpoint Interactive, The War Z‘yi duyurdu. Zombi konulu FPS oyunlarından ilham almış gibi görünen…

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The War Z Steam’den Çekildi! Hammerpoint Interactive tarafından geliştirilen zombi temalı oyun The War Z, Steam’den geri çekildi, ama oyunun bilgilendirmeleri hâlâ ilgili sayfada yer alıyor.

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Valve Pulls The War Z Off Steam After Investigation

It's absolutely no surprise the amount of drama that ensued after The War Z release earlier this week. Given it's shady track record and questionable development, people that have been keeping an eye on The War Z developer, Hammerpoint Interactive, saw this coming from a mile away. For those unfamiliar, here's a quick breakdown of what happened: 

The War Z was announced on July 19th, earlier this year and was touted by Hammerpoint Interactive as a "Zombie Survival Shooter MMO" with a "hardcore" mode that includes permanent death. Fans of the very popular DayZ Arma 2 mod immediately began calling The War Z a clone of DayZ. However, Hammerpoint Interactive claimed that The War Z has been in development for over two years. 

Fast forward to October 15th, when The War Z alpha was made playable. People with alpha access began realizing that The War Z was just a mod of War Inc, a game developed by Arktos Entertainment, coincidentally Hammerpoint Interactive's parent company. Furthermore, it was discovered that the terms of service used by The War Z was a simple copy of the League of Legends terms of service. Later on in the same month, The War Z beta was delayed. 

In November, players started to claim that the gameplay revolved too much around a pay-to-win model, and many players began requesting refunds. Upon this request, they were contacted by Hammerpoint Interactive representatives and told that they would be blacklisted from any future purchases involving The War Z. Hammerpoint Interactive then updated their terms of service with a clause that prevents anyone who accepts it from getting a refund. This is illegal in some countries. (Click to enlarge.) 

In December, forum posts are made that Hammerpoint Interactive is banning many hackers from the game. However, many legitimate players were swept up and banned alongside of the hackers. This moves us to current: On December 17th, The War Z is released on Steam, with many people immediately noticing that the description listed on Steam were not offered in game. A Reddit user pointed out the specifics:

Hammerpoint Interactive attempts to change their game description on Steam, however players point out that there it still contained false information. Furthermore, an interview between Lead Designer Sergey Titov and Gamespy reveal Titov unwilling to acknowledge that the information posted on Steam was incorrect. Instead, Titov apologizes that the players themselves misread the description on Steam. Valve investigates the backlash from it's community, especially the claims that The War Z mods were liberally banning users from the The War Z Steam forums. Shortly after, The War Z is pulled from Steam and Valve issues an apology with the promise of a full refund to unhappy buyers: 

From time to time a mistake can be made and one was made by prematurely issuing a copy of War Z for sale via Steam. We apologize for this and have temporary removed the sale offering of the title until we have time to work with the developer and have confidence in a new build. Those who purchase the game and wish to continue playing it via Steam may do so. Those who purchased the title via Steam and are unhappy with what they received may seek a refund by creating a ticket at our support site here: https://support.steampowered.com/newticket.php Again, we apologize any inconvenience.

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War Z Pulled From Steam

After releasing on Steam, the zombie game, War Z, has been removed from Valve's platform. Consumers are being offered refunds.

The Foundation version of the game cost $15 but buyers complained that the product was wrongly sold, offering features that didn't exist in the version that was downloadable. 

Developers Hammerpoint Interactive are the focus of the controversy, also reportedly banning users that complained on the forums. 

Here's Valve's comment:

"From time to time a mistake can be made and one was made by prematurely issuing a copy of War Z for sale via Steam. We apologize for this and have temporary removed the sale offering of the title until we have time to work with the developer and have confidence in a new build. Those who purchased the game and wish to continue playing it via Steam may do so. Those who purchased the title via Steam and are unhappy with what they received may seek a refund by creating a ticket at our support site here:https://support.steampowered.com/newticket.php

Again, we apologize any inconvenience."

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[**Survival horror title 'The War Z' now available on Steam**](http://www.examiner.com/article/survival-horror-title-the-war-z-now-available-on-steam) The War Z officially made its debut on Steam today. It's just $13.49 right now.

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The War Z gets introduction

For the last year or so, I've been growing increasingly tired of zombies. They seem to have been overdone to death (pun intended) as of late. Left 4 Dead, Dead Island, and Call of Duty Zombie Mode are just a few of the key offenders that one can name off the top of their head contributing to making the undead little more than a trope at this point. Yet, for all the zombie games that have left me little more than obtusely interested, The War Z runs the gambit of being genuinely interesting.

Perhaps instead of being in a closed environment, it's the MMO aspect that's driving it to stand out from the rest. Certainly enough, the Day Z mod gone stand-alone acts in similar fashion, but as a recent PC World hands-on put it, "DayZ is for the masochist that will spend the day crawling for three hours only to get gunned down at an airfield and restart the process all over again; The War Z is about building a character, not only with gear and skills, but with a story." As someone who has shied away from realism-heavy simulations such as ARMA or Operation Flashpoint, that divergence puts The War Z high on my personal list. 

Reading through the hands-on will be an exercise in restraining excitement for anyone already in the know about The War Z. And those who didn't know it existed will definitely start keeping it on their radar. If you haven't given it a read, be sure to go ahead and do it as Alex Cocilova gets extensive on the available details. While you're at it, check out The War Z site and, if the game strikes you in such a way, sign up for the closed beta.

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OH MY GOD! The Zombie Apocalypse is coming…but not in the form that all of you were wishing for. This new MMO is coming from a new independent developer Hammerpoint Interactive working with Arktos Entertainment bring you zombie fans The War Z (TWZ). It will be a session based massively multiplayeronline game (MMO); which is inspired by all Zombie stories. The story will be set in a true post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world where players will not only have to survive Zombie hordes, but as well as threats from other players. We all know that the true threat would be dealing with the desperation of humanity versus the undead when it comes to survival. The game is planned to be released this fall and this, but so far there is no video yet of the game-play, however acquired some nice screen shots.