ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead « Game Details « /us

Description

Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

You will enlist into various roles within the US Army, from basic infantrymen, through special operatives, to pilots and tank crew in this new installment in the award winning line up of military simulators for PC from Bohemia Interactive.

Building on 10 years of experience and constant engine development, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, thermal imaging, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.

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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead is a standalone product and does not require the original Arma 2.

Key features:

NEW PLAYABLE CONTENT: New story campaign for both SP and MP gameplay. Wide range of new tutorials, single scenarios and multiplayer modes.
MASSIVE GAME WORLD: Three brand new Central Asia-style large maps including expansive urban, desert and mountainous terrain featuring a fully destructible and interactive environment.
ULTIMATE WAR EXPERIENCE: Fully integrates with the original Arma 2 for unmatched warfare simulation.
UNIQUE GAMEPLAY ELEMENTS: Detachable backpacks with equipment, advanced weapon optics, material penetration modelling, remote real-time simulation of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAV), freedom of decision and repercussive actions.
EXTRA UNITS AND VEHICLES: Multiple factions for all sides including US Army, United Nations, Takistani Army and Guerrillas making a collection of 300+ new units, weapons and vehicles.
MISSION EDITOR: Design your own missions by the intuitive, easy-to-use mission editor and become part of one of the biggest and most creative PC gaming community ever.
GAME MODIFICATION: Create Your own custom game content with complete editing tools suite (freeware SDK kit) and modify the game in ways where the only limitation is Your own imagination.
EXTENSIVE MULTIPLAYER: Play the campaign missions in cooperative mode or join duty in the massive multiplayer battles with up to 50 players.
CHEAT PROTECTION: Optional anti-cheat BattlEye (www.battleye.com) available to help secure dedicated servers. In addition BE adds 'RCON' (remote control) for game's dedicated server software.
DEDICATED SERVER: To support smooth multi-player experience there is 'dedicated server software' available for Windows (included with game) and Linux (download-able from game's website).

Recent News for ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead

Arma 3 mod simulates authentic radio systems and interference - 13^th March 2013
Arma 3's alpha is just over a week old, but a few promising add-ons are already taking advantage of Bohemia's out-the-gate moddability. An inevitable carryover from the hardcore Arma 2 community is ACRE, or Advanced Combat Radio Environment, a mod-turned-mainstay for the majority of players for its realistic voice-comm behavior influenced by range, direction, terrain, and facing. It's as certain t...
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Arma 3 is an extremely serious hardcore military simulation - 6^th March 2013
As we've outlined in interviews, hands-on impressions, video footage, and other reporting this week, Bohemia Interactive's Arma 3 is an extremely serious, hardcore military simulation that should only be experienced by current or former United States Marines who have received twelve or more medals. We can't be more explicit about this: Arma 3 is a hyper-authentic, high-fidelity simulation intended...
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Arma 3 video: see Arma 3 with every video setting turned up - 5^th March 2013
Arma 3 is deserving of your cat calls. It's a sexy game?maybe not in the same way that say, Crysis 3 is?but its scale, sandbox, and authentic terrain are more than worthy of your hardware. To see what Arma 3 is capable of, I put the alpha build of the game (which you can now pay to access) on the best rig we currently have lying around and captured a bunch of footage. We'll have another, less sobe...
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Arma 3 preview — hands-on with the Arma 3 alpha - 5^th March 2013
After playing the Arma 3 alpha for the past week, I?m ready to share some detailed thoughts on the pre-release version of the long-standing military sim. I?m enamored with most of the improvements Bohemia has made, especially to how Arma 3 looks. The alpha is an appetizer version of the game?it features just a dozen guns, eight vehicles, and a handful of brief single-player challenge missions, and...
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Arma 3 interview – AI, map design, mods, and a response to “Will Arma 3 break my PC?” - 2^nd March 2013
In advance of the Arma 3 alpha dropping on Tuesday for Steam pre-orderers, I launched a salvo of questions at Project Lead Joris-Jan van ?t Land and Co-Creative Director Jay Crowe. We'll have in-depth coverage of the alpha when the embargo lifts on Tuesday, March 5. PCG: We were elated when Ivan and Martin finally returned to Bohemia safely. Are they actively involved in development at this time? ...
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