Exclusive ArmA content for UK release

By Robert Purchese Published 20 December, 2006

Brits and "rest of EU" get lucky.

Often last to both the console launch party and the highly-anticipated-game release bash, Europeans rarely get special treatment from the gaming world.

Which is why it's delightful that 505 Games and Bohemia Interactive are to add exclusive content for ArmA: Armed Assault when it's released in the UK and "the rest of the EU" on February 16 next year. The PC FPS is already available in Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland.

Lucky European gamers can expect two new aircraft to shoot or bomb things with; two new motorbikes, or rather 'M070R|31K35'; and four new weapons for general killing.

There will also be a new open-ended mission called "Blood, Sweat and Tears." You will have the option of playing as either Cpt. Mike Lamber or Pvt. Rich Angelo as you struggle through one very long morning on the bloody battlefields of Atlantic island Sahrani.

"We are really pleased to be able to enhance the ArmA experience with this excellent exclusive content for the game's February launch", said Marek Spanel, project lead at Bohemia Interactive. "Offering such exciting new features before the game has even launched is Bohemia's way of showing our appreciation of the dedicated ArmA fan community and to reward gamers' patience as the game readies for release."

For more information, visit the game's website.

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  • jellyhead #1 5 years ago

    Any of our Eurogamer.de bunch played this?
    Any good?

  • Hunam85 #2 5 years ago

    This warrants my second \o/ of the day....

  • gizmo #3 5 years ago

    Wow, didn't know this was out anywhere.

    Review scores don't look too promising though :(

    Even more surprised to find a Eurogamer review of it, albeit in German!

    Learn something new everyday.

  • UncleLou #4 5 years ago

    If you liked OFP, it's a nobrainer, really.

    It's great, but like it was with OFP at the time, it needs a) patches, and b) a really good PC.

  • FlamingCarrot #5 5 years ago

    i really hope it can carry on the legacy of Flashpoint. That was a very involving experience and a cracking game.

  • Hunam85 #6 5 years ago

    Exactly, ignore reviews for this game, you'll either love it or hate it, i loved flashpoint, just hope the multiplayer is a little more user friendly...

  • jellyhead #7 5 years ago

    Looked at the screenshots on the site and it would make my PC weep tears of shame at how badly it would run. oh well. :(

  • stoopidgreg #8 5 years ago

    that about makes up for the unnecessary delay

  • YourMessageHere #9 5 years ago

    I've played this, it's not half as good as it ought to be. Physics bugs, totally screwy lighting, extremely bad aiming, flabby AI, woeful lack of units (by "new motorbikes" they actually mean "a motorbike per side", and with the new aircraft that's a total of 3 whole fixed wing aircraft! woo-hoo!). The engine looks a lot nicer than OFP but it's just as clunky; essentially it's OFP in a new and slinky dress, following a period of anorexia. At least the editor is still dead easy to use. Once they patch it up properly and put more in, it might be decent.

    Oh, and it's not THAT system-hungry. It looked damn pretty on my 2.1ghz/1gb ram/6800GT with a little elementary setting tweaking.

  • newt #10 5 years ago

    It's basically OFP ver 1.5.

    Game 2 ( http://comm unity.bistudio.com/wiki/Game_2 ) will be the "real" sequel.

  • Bitkari #11 5 years ago

    I've played the Czech version briefly. It's a great game, but incredibly bug-laden.

    I'm fairly certain that these will be fixed, probably not in time for the Rest-of-EU release, but the fixes will trickle in over time a la Operation Flashpoint.

    Certainly Armed Assault, even with its problems, is still the finest infantry sim/fps going.