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Fraser Brown

Former DayZ lead thinks survival games should let players tinker with every variable: 'Here's the keys. Have fun'

DayZ Frostline screen: Some guy with a baseball bat getting ready to do a Casino on some other guy wearing a toque .

Brian Hicks, former DayZ creative director, co-creator of the whole battle royale genre, and current creative director of 775 Interactive, wants players to have more control over their games.

Chatting to us about his long career in survival games—including the time DayZ's creators got obsessed with a little educational game before becoming embroiled in a contentious presidential campaign—Hicks brought up his time working with Hinterland on Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2.

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