The patch is scheduled for February 12. 
Server rentals are live! You can access this from the Play Game > My Servers menu.
You can now invite up to 10 players to your party! To do this press the tab key and then left click a players name.
Then select Invite to Group.
Group and Clan members now show their location on the map.
Reputation and self-defense
With the next patch update we're rolling out an addition to the reputation system that will allow for self-defense. The point of the self-defense mechanic is to allow players to defend themselves against other players without taking a penalty to reputation. Thus, someone attempting to gain a higher Lawman status can defend against an early level bandit who still has the ?civilian? title.
If someone shoots you, and you in turn kill them, you will take no penalty to reputation.
Grand Theft Auto 5 will be released on 17th September, developer Rockstar Games has announced.
That date applies to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. There's still no word on a PC version..
Rockstar had previously mentioned a spring launch window. The game has been delayed to allow for "extra development time" on the project, Rockstar said.
Where is the Standalone Release?
"I suppose I should start with the question everyone wants to know… where is DayZ Standalone? Obviously, it’s not here. At Eurogamer I said that DayZ had to be out before the end of the year and that’s come and gone. I still stand by that comment, to achieve what we had originally wanted, we did have to be out by the end of the year - and we’ve failed to achieve that.
Put simply, DayZ Standalone isn’t here because we had the chance to go from making a game that was just the mod improved slightly, packaged simply, and sold - to actually redeveloping the engine and making the game the way we all dreamed it could be. This blew any initial plans we had dictated to pieces." - Rocket
More pics and info at the DayZ standalone website HERE
