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DayZ creator Dean Hall says "our industry is rotting from its core" because of big-company "greed", aiming shots at Epic's Unreal and Unity
DayZ , Icarus, and Kitten Space Agency creator Dean Hall has issued a fiery assault against some of the world's biggest game companies, calling out a "greed" that's "rotting" our industry to its core.
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Dean Hall, the creator of DayZ, Icarus and Kitten Space Agency, posted a lengthy critique on Reddit accusing the games industry of being “rotting from its core” due to greed and a price‑driven race to the bottom. He singled out major engine makers Epic (Unreal) and Unity as emblematic of the problem. To back his argument, Hall announced the release of Brutal, a free, open‑source game‑making framework he developed himself. The post frames the new framework as an alternative to the proprietary engines he condemns.
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