PAL GAMERS TO BE TREATED TO EXCLUSIVE ArmA: Armed Assault FEATURES AND CONTENT
London, 20th December 2006 - 505 Games and Bohemia Interactive are today delighted to reveal that the PAL(1) release of the eagerly awaited combat simulation ArmA: Armed Assault will feature exclusive weapons, vehicles and mission content when released for PC on February 16th, 2007.
"We are really pleased to be able to enhance the ArmA experience with this excellent exclusive content for the game's February launch", said Marek Spanel, Project Lead at BIS. "Offering such exciting new features before the game has even launched is Bohemia's way of showing our appreciation of the dedicated ArmA fan community and to reward gamers' patience as the game readies for release."
Lucky European gamers will experience a wealth of exciting exclusive features when ArmA: Armed Assault blasts into stores, including:
· Two new aircraft: take to the skies in the fearsome Su-34 Fighter and Su-34 Bomber
· Two new motorbikes: powerful "hogs of war" for both sides of the battle with the TT650 and the M1030 military motorcycles
· Four new weapons: the Russian rifle AKS74PSO; another Russian favourite the KSVK; the giant US-designed M107 and US rifle variant the M16A4
The PAL version of ArmA: Armed Assault will also launch with an exclusive new mission called "Blood, Sweat and Tears". This assignment sees players cast as either special operative Cpt. Mike Lambert or Pvt. Rich Angelo in an open-ended scenario that takes place on one very long morning on the bloody battlefields of Sahrani.
ArmA: Armed Assault, published by 505 Games and developed by Bohemia Interactive, is scheduled for release for PC on February 16th.
About Bohemia Interactive
Bohemia Interactive is an independent game development company with studios in the Czech Republic and Australia, founded in 1999. The Company's debut release, Operation Flashpoint(2) released by Codemasters, has won universal acclaim for its realism in simulating military conflict situations.
Bohemia Interactive was awarded the Best PC Game Developer of the Year 2001 Award in London and the Rookie Studio of the Year Award at GDC 2002 in San Jose. For more info about studio please visit www.bistudio.com.
Bohemia Interactive's Australian studio develops VBS the military training simulation adopted by the U. S. Marine Corps. and various other military organizations for use in their training programs, for more information visit www.virtualbattlefieldsystems.com.
Screenshots, videos and news about the game can be found www.armedassault.com.
About 505 Games
505 Games, headquartered in Milton Keynes, is a European publisher of full price, mid-range and budget price computer and videogames on all major gaming platforms.
(1) Excluding Germany and Eastern European countries.
(2) OPERATION FLASHPOINT IS THE US REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF CODEMASTERS SOFTWARE COMPANY LTD. ARMED ASSAULT IS AN ORIGINAL GAME FROM BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE A.S., WHICH IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH, AUTHORIZED BY OR RELATED TO THE OPERATION FLASHPOINT TRADEMARK OWNER.