Arma 3
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ARMA 3 is an open world
tactical shooter
video game developed by Bohemia Interactive
and expected to be released in summer 2012. The game takes place in near future during Operation Magnitude, an operation launched by NATO forces fighting "Eastern armies" in Europe
.
soldier, Captain Scott Miller. Initially the player must survive on his own after a failed NATO operation. During the campaign the player will face everything from lone wolf infiltration missions to commanding of large scale armored operations. The player will be able to choose different objectives and weaponry (like UAVs, artillery
, and air support
) according to his play style.
(Greece
) and will feature photorealistic terrain and water environments. The game-world will be the largest yet seen in the Arma series, 900 square kilometer. The island will feature over 50 villages with buildings that are both enterable and destroyable.
The developers are considering a public beta release 1-2 months before official game release.
Open world
An open world is a type of video game level design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how to approach objectives...
tactical shooter
Tactical shooter
A tactical shooter is a subgenre of shooter game that includes both first-person shooters and third-person shooters. These games typically simulate realistic combat, thus making tactics and caution more important than quick reflexes in other action games...
video game developed by Bohemia Interactive
Bohemia Interactive Studio
Bohemia Interactive , also referred to as Bohemia Interactive Studio , is an independent computer and console game developer based in Prague, Czech Republic...
and expected to be released in summer 2012. The game takes place in near future during Operation Magnitude, an operation launched by NATO forces fighting "Eastern armies" in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Campaign
The game is set in the near future where NATO is trying to hold off a large offensive from east. In the campaign the player will take the role of British Special ForcesUnited Kingdom Special Forces
The United Kingdom Special Forces is a UK Ministry of Defence Directorate which also has the capability to provide a Joint Special Operations Task Force Headquarters...
soldier, Captain Scott Miller. Initially the player must survive on his own after a failed NATO operation. During the campaign the player will face everything from lone wolf infiltration missions to commanding of large scale armored operations. The player will be able to choose different objectives and weaponry (like UAVs, artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
, and air support
Close air support
In military tactics, close air support is defined as air action by fixed or rotary winged aircraft against hostile targets that are close to friendly forces, and which requires detailed integration of each air mission with fire and movement of these forces.The determining factor for CAS is...
) according to his play style.
Terrain
ARMA 3 takes place on a Mediterranean island of LimnosLemnos
Lemnos is an island of Greece in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos peripheral unit, which is part of the North Aegean Periphery. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina...
(Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
) and will feature photorealistic terrain and water environments. The game-world will be the largest yet seen in the Arma series, 900 square kilometer. The island will feature over 50 villages with buildings that are both enterable and destroyable.
Development
ARMA 3 will be using newest version of Bohemia Interactives own Real Virtuality game engine. New features compared to previous ARMA games include:- 3D mission editor
- Support for DirectX 11
- Ragdoll physicsRagdoll physicsIn computer physics engines, ragdoll physics is a type of procedural animation that is often used as a replacement for traditional static death animations.-Introduction:Early video games used manually-created animations for characters' death sequences...
- Physics enabled vehicle handling and environmental objects (PhysXPhysXPhysX is a proprietary realtime physics engine middleware SDK developed by Ageia with the purchase of ETH Zurich spin-off NovodeX in 2004...
) - Underwater environments, vehicles and divingUnderwater divingUnderwater diving is the practice of going underwater, either with breathing apparatus or by breath-holding .Recreational diving is a popular activity...
- Weapon and uniform customization
- Volumetric clouds
The developers are considering a public beta release 1-2 months before official game release.
See also
- ARMA 2ArmA 2ARMA 2 is a tactical shooter video game for the PC developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio. It is considered the spiritual successor in the Operation Flashpoint-series following its predecessor, ArmA: Armed Assault . ARMA 2 was released in June and July 2009...
- ARMA 2: Operation ArrowheadARMA 2: Operation ArrowheadARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead is a stand-alone expansion pack of the tactical shooter MilSim developed by Bohemia Interactive, ARMA 2...
- Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis