[Official] ARMA 3

[Dwarden]

We're delighted to introduce Arma 3, the latest installment of the tactical military simulation game from independent developers Bohemia Interactive, creators of the award-winning mil-sim series Arma.

Prague, Czech Republic 19th May - Bohemia Interactive, the award-winning independent Czech development studio, is pleased to announce the development of Arma 3, the brand new installment in its series of critically acclaimed realistic military simulators. Combining over 10 years of experience, building upon the strength of its predecessors, and set in the most detailed environment of the series to date, Arma 3 offers gamers radical engine improvements and a unique sandbox-style military gameplay experience. The next chapter of this stunning military simulation game is scheduled for release exclusively for PC in Summer 2012.

Storyline

Survive, Adapt, Win

After years of intense warfare against Eastern armies, Europe has become the last stand for the battered NATO forces. On the verge of being driven into the sea, NATO command embarks upon a most desperate measure. In the hope of seizing what seems to be a well-guarded military secret, Operation Magnitude is launched. A small group of Special Forces and Researchers are sent to a Mediterranean island deep behind enemy lines. However, the mission is compromised and the task force destroyed, leaving Cpt. Scott Miller washed ashore upon the hostile island. In his effort to carry out the mission, he will face the dangers of modern warfare, an unforgiving environment, and the consequences of his own decisions...

• Survive in the rich & authentic environment
  
• Adapt to the unsurpassed experience of modern ground combat
  
• Win in the open-ended & story-driven campaign
  

Combining the strength of its predecessors with radical engine improvements, Arma 3 provides a unique experience of sandbox-oriented combat gameplay in the most detailed environment of the series.

Key features:

• Single-Player Campaign - evolve from a lone prey into a military commander in the open-ended & story-driven campaign.
  
• Vehicles & Weapons - control multitude of aircraft, vehicles and ships with the accurate simulation, shoot from anything from pistols to the sophisticated weapon platforms.
  
• Customizable Soldier Load - choose your uniform, assemble your weapon kit, change your loadout, get encumbered.
  
• Physical simulation & improved animations - take advantage of PhysX? supporting the vehicle simulation, in-game interactions and the revamped animation system.
  
• Rich & authentic environment - explore the unsurpassed modern ground combat experience set on the authentic Mediterranean island modeled from the real geographic data.
  
• Multiplayer Gameplay - challenge both cooperative & competitive scenarios with full support of dedicated servers for both Windows and Linux.
  
• Completely extensible & moddable - design & create countless customizable scenarios using the intuitive & easy-to-use mission editor.
  

Ingame Screenshots

Official Website: http://www.arma3.com/

Official announcement text here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=119196

http://www.bistudio.com/index.php/english/home/news/projects/224-arma-3-uncovered

http://www.bistudio.com/index.php/english/games/arma3

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[briangw]

Wow, I like the view on the side of that mountain/hill.

[yxz]

"System requirements

Other: DirectX? 10"

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"take advantage of PhysX?"

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[Dotdot]

oh sweet baby jesus this will be good. if it plays anything like ARMA 2 does now im sold. honestly this just made my year :)

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Visually, it's quite stunning. The inclusion of PhysX is great for NVIDIA users but not-so-great for ATI/AMD users. I hope the difference in physics quality isn't too big.

[neoadorable]

Dwarden, you guys manage to figure out the broken missions with people not being there, objectives not showing up etc? if you can promise this one won't have those issues i'll get it. i really wanted to like Arma II but honestly that game was a mess, sorry to say.

[Miuku.]

Arma 3, now even with worse code than Arma 2! (If this is in any way possible)

Seriously, why do people get such a hard on for Arma 2 when it was most likely one of the buggiest, crappiest, worst coded trash that came out for the PC in the last few years?

[neoadorable]

hey, let's try to keep it polite here. i know how you feel, i also had issues with the coding and scripting, but it wasn't that bad and we do have one of the developers with us here.

[Huleboeren]

Arma 3, now even with worse code than Arma 2! (If this is in any way possible)

Seriously, why do people get such a hard on for Arma 2 when it was most likely one of the buggiest, crappiest, worst coded trash that came out for the PC in the last few years?

That may be the case - but no other game offers the same experience once you fully grasp the advanced nature of ARMA.

I agree, they really should focus more power on bugtesting and overall user experience.

I wonder if its the same engine or updated though, I REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF THE FIRE BUG AMONG SO MANY OTHER ERRORS.

Dwarden as I have mentioned before please take a look at HalfLife2/Counterstrike as to how a menu and interface should be built and get rid of your own.

And last but not least take a look at ACE2 for inspiration for more advanced features, its not like you care about the steep learning curve as it is now.

I will buy this game regardless of how little you listen to the community though ;D

[neoadorable]

Huleboeren lives!!! And i agree with what you say, i want to get this one, too, but Mr. Dwarden there isn't doing the game any justice by being so quiet :angry:

[Huleboeren]

Indeed I do - always been around but havent gotten around to posting that much lately.

Cant wait to see moving footage of A3! :o

[Boz]

I can't say I'm not excited about ARMA 3. I loved ARMA 2 but the bugs and issues got me turned off.. but I still loved it. ARMA 3 looks like a stunner.

[Doli]

I never played a modern era Call of Duty or any ARMA games but when I look at ARMA I wonder why people make a big deal over CoD games. Maybe they should try to make a console version after the PC (no console ports).

[Huleboeren]

I never played a modern era Call of Duty or any ARMA games but when I look at ARMA I wonder why people make a big deal over CoD games. Maybe they should try to make a console version after the PC (no console ports).

I like both of them, but ARMA has a steep learning curve and its a much slower paced game which can put a lot of people off I think.

I also dont think a console version is possible, the map is too big and the features too advanced - there are limits to how much you can fit to a joypad.

Try comparing Battlefield2(PC) and then Battlefield: Bad Company - it really shows that the latter was made with consoles in mind.

Im not saying they are bad, I love them both but a console truly does have its limits.

Obviously there are areas where consoles outperform PCs (I am looking at you XBL LIVE)..

[Dwarden]

That may be the case - but no other game offers the same experience once you fully grasp the advanced nature of ARMA.

I agree, they really should focus more power on bugtesting and overall user experience.

I wonder if its the same engine or updated though, I REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF THE FIRE BUG AMONG SO MANY OTHER ERRORS.

Dwarden as I have mentioned before please take a look at HalfLife2/Counterstrike as to how a menu and interface should be built and get rid of your own.

And last but not least take a look at ACE2 for inspiration for more advanced features, its not like you care about the steep learning curve as it is now.

I will buy this game regardless of how little you listen to the community though ;D

as the person behind the MP redesign since 1.55 i can assure You we will improve the UI to be more streamlined and simpler

but for sure we will not adopt anything like in TF2 or similar ... we use our own way

what fire bug? if you mean the huge one in missions then that's some mission script going wild

[neoadorable]

what are you going to do about mission scripting? this was a huge issue with ArmA II.

[Dwarden]

there are news and screenshots:

http://www.bistudio.com/english/company/developers-blog/285-scanning-the-horizon-arma-3-in-2012

[Dwarden]

https://twitter.com/...2/photo/1/large

[Muhammad Farrukh]

Never played the games before, but this is exciting as hell

[Dwarden]

so, how you like fresh ARMA 3 video about new island?

and new info http://www.arma3.com...erview/stratis/

note: lot of hidden feature hints there ;)

[Muhammad Farrukh]

This is gonna be awesome

[Dwarden]

New interview about lighting in ARMA 3

http://www.bistudio.com/company/developers-blog/307-report-in-interview-with-pavel-guglava-lead-artist?lang=english

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[Viper217]

Definitely looking forward to this game, the lighting is very impressive!

Love large coop games on Arma 2, looking forward to them in Arma 3!

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I just want to say since Dwarden is from Bohemia Interactive, not sure if you had anything to do with Joint Ops, but to this day I think it is one of the most criminally overlooked PC MP games to ever exist. It was the first game that brought large scale battles. Had some truly epic moments on it.

I still really want to pick up Arma II actually, for you guessed it, DayZ. Also if there is anyway to be included on the press list/beta list for Arma III, by all means let me know how. Would love to hype it up on our podcast.

[Dwarden]

new ARMA 3 video sneak peak for E3 2012:

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+ ARMA 3 min reqs revealed (still preliminary but fair close to final):

http://games.on.net/...s_Maps_and_More

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