'After all these years of continuous support and improvements we are delighted to be able to unite our lineup of military simulators for PC under the Arma brand,' Bohemia CEO Marek Spanel said in today's announcement. Bohemia protested having these games presented as sequels to the original Operation Flashpoint. After the two parted ways, Bohemia couldn't use the name and so called its new franchise Arma, even though it was essentially an OpF sequel.īohemia told Shacknews that the rebranding and re-release comes now partially as a celebration of its tenth anniversary, but admits that 'it became possible only recently by a contract expiration.'Ĭodemasters has gone on to publish its own internally-developed games under the Flashpoint name, releasing Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising in 2009 and Operation Flashpoint: Red River this year. Bohemia created and developed Operation Flashpoint, but the trademark was owned by publisher Codemasters. Bohemia notes that it'll also be released 'through various online stores in the near future.'īohemia's had an unhappy history with the Operation Flashpoint name, so it's good to see the developer able to reclaim the game. If you own Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis or the Game of the Year edition, you'll also be able to download Arma: Cold War Assault for free.

It'll also come complete with the expansion pack Resistance. The original Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis is being brought under Bohemia's Arma brand, with the name Arma: Cold War Assault. You'd best download the 960MB Arma 2: Free installer here at Shacknews, as Bohemia's servers seem a little overloaded right now. It's also compatible with regular Arma II servers, as long as no mods or expansions are used.

It comes complete with full multiplayer and the editor, but has low-quality graphics and lacks both mod support and the campaign missions. Additionally, the original Operation Flashpoint is being re-released under the Arma brand.Īrma 2: Free offers a cut-down version of Bohemia's sim completely for free. The developer announced Arma 2: Free, a slimline free version of Arma 2, is now available. This week, Bohemia Interactive is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis with a double-whammy of good news for military sim fans.

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