A DayZ blog post reflects on the first three weeks of Early Access to the DayZ alpha on Steam, saying the zombie survival game has sold 875,000 copies over that time. The post discusses the uncompromising gameplay players are experiencing in the game and discusses plans for the future, saying the earliest we should expect DayZ to hit the beta testing stage is the end of the year: "Please keep in mind that we do not expect to reach Beta status sooner than the end of 2014."