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Arma III’s April Fools’ Day joke turned content add-on has brought in 1m Czech koruna – around $50k USD – for the Czech Red Cross. Developer Bohemia Interactive announced the milestone in a release on its website, and also discussed the success of the military shooter franchise’s new approach to …
Read More »Arma 3 hits 1m copies sold, kart racing DLC launches
Military-themed shooter sequel Arma 3 has sold more than 1m copies since its initial release, developer Bohemia Interactive has announced. To celebrate the milestone, the studio has released Arma 3 Karts. Originally teased as an April Fool’s joke, the $1.99 DLC expansion pack is available now on Steamfor the title. …
Read More »Bohemia reveals failed Arma II 360 port, next game ‘likely’ multiplatform
Bohemia Interactive attempted an Arma 2 port for Xbox 360 that ultimately didn’t pan out, the developer has revealed. In an interview with Eurogamer, Arma 2 project lead Joris-Jan van t’ Land discussed the attempt to port the popular PC shooter to Microsoft’s 360 console, but ultimately determined the team …
Read More »Arma 3 debut campaign arrives later this month as free DLC
Arma 3 will receive the first of its promised single-player story content as a free DLC pack on October 31st, developer Bohemia Interactive has announced. The military shooter lacked a campaign mode when it launched in September, which Bohemia has promised to remedy with free post-release content updates. The first …
Read More »Arma 3 worldwide release dated
Bohemia Interactive has confirmed Arma 3 will launch next month, announcing a release date of September 12th. The confirmation follows the studio’s reveal that its PC tactical shooter sequel’s campaign wouldn’t make its September launch, instead arriving as three free downloadable episodes at a later date. The launch will be …
Read More »Arma 3 single player campaign won’t arrive until after launch
Bohemia Interactive has announced that the single player campaign for Arma 3 won’t arrive until after the game is officially released. The developer now plans to release in the campaign across three free DLC episodes called Survive, Adapt and Win. The game will still ship with 12 single player showcase …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 10-16
The Alpha version of Arma 3 has nabbed the top spot in consecutive weeks on Steam’s latest top sellers chart. Bohemia’s upcoming realistic FPS retains its crown a week after its number one debut, while pre-orders for Bioshock Infinte have the game climbing two spots to the runner-up position. Tomb …
Read More »Bohemia postpones Arma 3
Arma 3 has been officially postponed until 2013 by developer Bohemia Interactive. The decision comes as two of its staff remain in jail following their arrest over allegations that they were scouting a military base on the Greek island of Lemnos in the name of research for the game. All …
Read More »Arrested Bohemia employees denied appeal, refused bail
Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar, the ArmA 3 developers who were arrested in Greece on charges of espionage, have been denied an appeal and refused bail. Czech news site Rozhlas (translated by Eurogamer) reports the appeal verdict took weeks to be handed down due to a strike within the country’s …
Read More »Arrested Bohemia devs were not scouting military base for Arma 3
Developer Bohemia has rubbished claims linking two of its developers to spying on the Greek military. MCV last week reported that Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar had been arrested on the Greek island of Lemnos on allegations that were collecting sensitive information about a military base. It was further claimed …
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