Eurogamer has an update on what's up with DayZ, Bohemia Interactive Studios' survival horror game after listening to designer Dean Hall speak about the game at EGX Rezzed. This includes a new studio in Bratislava, Slovakia staffed by former employees of Cauldron games, as well as the following outline of plans for the game's next update:

The next update will come by the end of April, Hall promised, perhaps in the next two weeks if development continued smoothly. Included will be a prototype method for allowing loot to respawn within a server, as well as fireplaces for cooking (upgradable to ovens for baking bread) and a crossbow.

Loot will respawn in a particular quadrant of the world after it is empty for a certain amount of time, Hall said, so that players who join can still find items. Doors will also reset.

On the server side, the update will allow for a speedier delivery of future updates and improved messaging between the game's server and your PC. It'll also remove penalties for joining the same server.