A DayZ 2 trademark has surfaced, but the timing makes it hard to trust at first glance
The filing appeared at the EU Intellectual Property Office on April 1, while earlier court documents and job listings had already pointed to a possible sequel.
A DayZ 2 trademark has appeared at the European Union Intellectual Property Office, giving fresh life to talk of a sequel after years of rumor and quiet hints from Bohemia Interactive.
The listing is only a simple word mark for now, and the application owner has not been revealed because a fee still needs to be paid. That detail, paired with the April 1 filing date, made the timing look suspicious at first glance, even if the trademark itself may still turn out to be genuine.
This is not the first time DayZ 2 has come up. During the Microsoft vs FTC case in 2023, a slide submitted in the evidentiary hearing listed DayZ 2 alongside Bohemia projects such as Arma Reforger and Arma 4, as reported by IGN. Bohemia has stayed quiet since then, though the company has also had plenty on its plate with Arma 4, which is currently planned for next year.
There were also job listings tied to a DayZ series project that surfaced late last year. Some players read those openings as clues for the DayZ Badlands DLC, which is due this year, but the mention of
DayZ
Developed by Bohemia Interactive
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what. How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ, this is your story.
- Genre: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
- Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale
- Release: 2018-12-13
- Publisher: Bohemia Interactive
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Age Rating:
PEGI 18 / USK 18 / GRAC 15+ / ACB MA 15+ / ESRB M
- IGDB Rating: 50.1/100
