ARMA (series)

ARMA (stylized as ARMA) is a first person tactical military shooter on the PC with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread across large areas alongside the more close quartered battles.

History

ARMA: Armed Assault

ARMA: Armed Assault and ARMA: Combat Operations (US) is a standalone game for Windows that was released in November 2006 (Czech Republic/Germany), February 2007 (Europe) and May 2007 (US) using the Real Virtuality 2.

ARMA: Queen's Gambit

This is a DLC for Windows was released in September 2007 (EU) using the Real Virtuality.

ARMA 2

ARMA 2 is a standalone game for Windows that was released in June 2009 using the Real Virtuality game engine. A well known mod DayZ was released on this title, it requires the other standalone game title Operation Arrowhead.

ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead

ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead is a standalone game for Windows that was released in June 2010 with the Real Virtuality 3 game engine.

ARMA 2: Reinforcements

Reinforcements is a standalone expansion of the original ARMA 2. It includes the ARMA 2: British Armed Forces and ARMA 2: Private Military Company DLC which can be purchased for any standalone ARMA 2 title.

ARMA: Cold War Assault

In June 2011, Bohemia Interactive re-released Operation Flashpoint as ARMA: Cold War Assault, as Codemasters retain the rights to the 'Operation Flashpoint' trademark. Owners of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and the Game of the Year Edition may download and install the latest patch for free, and the game is available for purchase via a number of digital distribution channels. This release does not include the Red Hammer expansion, which was developed by Codemasters. The game uses the same engine, Real Virtuality, as the military simulator VBS1.

ARMA 2: Firing Range

ARMA 2: Firing Range is a standalone for Android and iOS and was released in July 2011.

ARMA Tactics

ARMA Tactics is a standalone game for Nvidia Shield and other Android devices with Nvidia Tegra3 and Tegra4. It was released in May 2013 using the Unity game engine.^[1]

ARMA 3

ARMA 3 is a standalone game for Windows that released on September 12, 2013 using the Real Virtuality 4 game engine. It was first open to the public on March 5, 2013 using Steam's Early Access program.

See also

• Operation Flashpoint

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to ARMA.

• Armed Assault – Currently offline for server maintenance August 2013.
• ARMA 2
• ARMA 2: OA
• ARMA: Cold War Assault
• ARMA 3