Prague, Czech Republic, June 23, 2011– Bohemia Interactive, the award-winning independent game development studio,
is pleased to announce the launch of Arma 2: Free - a free-to-play version of the critically acclaimed mil-sim title Arma 2.
Arma 2: Free redefines the free-to-play battlefield with its truly unrivaled scale and gameplay possibilities.
Arma 2: Free serves up almost everything offered by the original Arma 2 - the '13th best PC game of all time', according to North American PC Gamer -
minus the campaign, HD graphics and support for user-made addons and mods.
Arma 2: Free Public Beta is available now via http://www.arma2.com/free/
Create your own custom-built scenarios or deploy a massive selection of missions and game-modes made by others.
No micro-transactions, no hidden costs, just the same epic terrain and huge variety of equipment!
This is Arma 2 Free - virtual war without the training wheels. Arma 2: Free to download, free to play, free to share, free to host, free to create... free to play redefined!
Some of the key features of Arma 2: Free include:
Free military simulation - An authentic battlefield simulation, including bullet ballistics, material penetration and much more.
Free armory - A comprehensive range of 300+ weapons, units and fully-usable armed or unarmed vehicles across air, land and water classes.
Free unique multiplayer - Multiplayer with large-scale maps for 50+ live players and hundreds of AI units. Supports a wide variety of MP modes from co-op and PvP modes, to total mayhem!
Free dedicated servers - Both Linux and Windows OS dedicated server support for users to host freely wherever and however they like even to play together on the same retail game-servers.
Free creativity - Quick mission templates, a powerful, built-in, easy to use SP/MP mission editor, and advanced scripting.
Arma 2: Free is fully compatible with user-made missions, campaigns and multiplayer modes originally created for Arma 2,
as well as being multiplayer compatible with the full Arma 2 providing no user-made addons or mods are used.
To learn more about the Arma 2: Free project please visit the product´s website at www.arma2.com/free
Arma 2 also receives an update to version 1.10 to be compatible with Arma 2 Free.
Amongst the variety of tweaks and improvements detailed in the readme file, this update unites both Arma 2 and Arma 2: Free to version 1.10
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Last edited by Dwarden; Jun 23 2011 at 23:43.
If someone reports an issue/complains about the Alpha etc, replying in the thread "dude it's an alpha" doesn't really help anyone! Point them to the Arma3 Alpha feedback tracker instead please!
Please do not PM or Email me directly about your CD Key issues, follow the guidance in this thread instead.