Demo available for ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead

by: Chad - posted: 7/20/2010 11:17:00 AM

I had mixed feelings about ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead when I reviewed it earlier this month.  It's a beautiful experience that stands apart from traditional FPS games, but I had some reservations that prevented me from giving it a full recommendation.  All players hesitant to jump on the bandwagon can download a 3GB demo starting today.  It will contain one single-player mission, one single-player scenario, three tutorial scenarios, three multiplayer modes and a mission editor.  Needless to say, it's a large demo that provides enough content to decide if you want to purchase the game.  

More information and the demo download locations can be found here.

Demo Released For Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Bohemia Interactive releases the hotly anticipated demo for Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead - the latest hit in its line-up of military simulator games.

Prague 20th July, Czech Republic – Award-winning independent development studio Bohemia Interactive is pleased to announce the release of the hotly anticipated demo for Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead, a massive standalone expansion pack to the critically acclaimed military simulator Arma 2.

This 3GB demo thrusts you straight into the unique gameplay featured in the full version of Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead; it showcases the realistic sandbox environment, offers multiplayer gameplay, and gives you a peek at the vast array of vehicles, weapons, units at your disposal.

The demo offers a massive amount of highly detailed content, giving you a sharp flavour of the epic new environment (modelled on real-world data), a full taste of the mission editor, and a real opportunity to experience the most authentic mil-sim available: war without the training wheels.

Bohemia Interactive CEO, Marek Spanel, described the demo as tantamount to a game in its own right: "This demo is huge. Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead is not a simple expansion - it's a massive extension of a living world for a passionate fan community. Our goal is to offer the chance to experience as much of the new and unique features as possible. To be honest, we believe that there is more fun to be had in this demo than in some full games; the editor alone enables a user to create hours of custom content."

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead's demo includes:

- Singleplayer mission "Coltan Blues" from the main campaign
- Singleplayer scenario "Little Bird", plus one mission template
- 3 Boot Camp scenarios (tutorials)
- 3 multiplayer modes
- Mission Editor

Set in the new, visually attractive environment of rugged Central Asia, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead offers a realistic combat simulation experience in a modern day setting with unprecedented freedom of movement, actions and tactics. Players have the opportunity to enlist into various roles within the US Army, from basic infantryman through to special operative, to pilots and tank crew equipped with hi-end military equipment, such as thermal imaging and directly controlled UAVs, in this new installment in the award winning line of military simulators for PC from Bohemia Interactive.

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead is available now! For all the latest information, please visit www.arma2.com

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead does not require the original Arma 2, but upgrades it with the latest features and improvements, and integrates all content into one massive military library for the ultimate combat experience.

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About Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea region and coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties in this standalone expansion pack to the best military simulator of 2009 – Arma 2. Building upon the success of Bohemia Interactive's critically acclaimed Arma 2 ("Most PC Game of 2009"), Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead offers a brand new gameplay experience with a range of new content, features, and engine developments. Expanding the scope and depth of the 'Armaversum', this flashpoint shifts the focus to a new theater of war. The Central Asian setting boasts fully destructible and interactive environments, which offer the signature gameplay you've come to expect from the creators of genre-defining Operation Flashpoint*.
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About Arma 2
Arma 2, set in 2009 in the fictional state of Chernarus - a post-Soviet state where civil war has raged over 2 painful years. As a leader of USMC Force Recon team, you are sent with your squad to prevent further civilian casualties and ensure ongoing stability in Chernarus. Arma 2, the latest hit in the series of realistic military simulators, is based on latest generation technology, offering a large-scale game world, authentic and extremely detailed modern units, weapons, vehicles and environments, and providing a vast array of challenging single player and multiplayer gameplay options. Released worldwide during summer 2009, Arma 2 was shot to the top positions of official PC charts around the world immediately following its release. Arma 2 won "Most PC" Game in the 2009 PC Gamer Awards.
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About Bohemia Interactive
Established in 1999 in Prague, Czech Republic, Bohemia Interactive is an independent game development studio that focuses on developing original state of the art computer entertainment and simulation software, including the research of proprietary advanced real-time 3D graphics, artificial intelligence and physical simulation technologies for real-time interactive environments. Operation Flashpoint*, Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters in 2001, became the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game.” Over 2 million copies of Operation Flashpoint have been sold since its release. Bohemia Interactive’s second major release, ArmA: Armed Assault, followed in 2007 and sold over 400,000 copies on the PC through various local publishing partners. Arma 2, the latest hit in the series of realistic military simulators, released worldwide during summer 2009 was placed shot to the top positions of official PC charts around the world immediately following its release. Arma 2 won "Most PC" Game in the 2009 PC Gamer Awards. Bohemia Interactive won the Best PC Game Developer award for 2001 at London’s ECTS exhibition and Rookie Studio of the Year award at GDC 2002.
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About IDEA Games
IDEA Games is an Independent Developers Association, founded by three game development studios: ALTAR games, Black Element Software and Bohemia Interactive Studio, and recently joined by Centauri Production. Along with their own development, it supports other gifted teams to make their projects real.
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