Dean Hall and his team have released a new update for their amazing ArmA 2 total conversion, DayZ. This update brings major performance increases, fixes the issue where infected/zombies could see through terrain, and this time around, infected will inspect thrown items. Make no mistake everyone, this is a major update, especially if you had performance issues. You can view the complete changelog below and those interested can download it from here. Continue reading DayZ Update 1.7.1.5 Released; major performance increases, zombies can’t see through terrain→
Kotaku has published today an interesting opinion piece by Katie Williams. Katie attended this year’s E3 and faced a sexist attitude towards her from various PR representatives. Although Katie did not reveal which studios were the ones that had that attitude towards her, she described a game in which she encountered – perhaps for the first time during E3 – that sexist attitude and it seems that this game is no other than Bohemia’s Interactive military FPS, ArmA III. Continue reading ArmA III’s E3 PR representative accused of being sexist against Kotaku’s Katie Williams→
We’ve said countless times that developers should take advantage of the latest 3.0 SDK of Nvidia’s PhysX, as this new SDK offers better multi-threading capabilities that will result in better – overall – performance. And we are happy to report today that Bohemia’s upcoming military sim game, ArmA 3, might be the first one to use this new PhysX version. Continue reading Confirmed: ArmA 3 will take advantage of PhysX 3.0 SDK→
Bohemia Interactive has been showcasing ArmA 3 in this year’s E3 2012 and you can view below some gameplay footage from it. This demonstration – captured by GameSpot – shows off most of the game’s features and, among other things, PC gamers will be able to crawl and lean. Hooray. ArmA 3 is currently slated for a 2013 release exclusively on the PC! Continue reading E3 2012 – ArmA 3 Gameplay Demo→
During E3, Bohemia Interactive has revealed some new minimum specifications for their amazing military sim game, ArmA 3. According to the company, ArmA 3 will require at least a dual-core with 2GB of RAM, 15GB of free disk space and an Nvidia 8800GT or an ATI Radeon HD 3830. In addition, it seems that ArmA 3 will not support DX9 at all as the game requires Shader Model 4. Moreover, Windows XP will not be supported. You can view the new minimum PC requirements below. ArmA 3 is currently planned for a 2013 release on the PC! Continue reading E3 2012 – ArmA 3 – New Minimum Requirements Revealed; DX10-only title, no Windows XP support→
ArmA 3 promises to be one of the best games of 2013 and Bohemia has just released a presentation preview E3 video for it. ArmA 3 will also be present in E3 where three operatives of the Arma 3 development team will be presenting a variety of showcases, such as diving, helicopters and night ops – using Camp Maxwell, a military outpost on Stratis, as the base of operations. They will also demonstrate a campaign mission, named ‘Deterrence’. Enjoy the video after the jump. Continue reading ArmA 3: E3 2012 Presentation Preview Video→
DayZ is awesome. No, DayZ is mind-blowing (although a bit rough around the edges). No, DayZ is the new Counter-Strike. Yeap, that’s right. Remember when CS was released and Half-Life saw an increase in its sales? Well, that is happening right now with DayZ and ArmA 2. And as with all ‘big’ things, a live-action short film surfaced out of nowhere. Created by ChickenFriedComedy, this film shows what will – most probably – happen in your first playthrough. It’s hilarious, so make sure to watch it. Enjoy! Continue reading Amazing live action ‘DayZ’ short film shows what will actually happen in your first playthrough→
Great news for zombie fans as the team behind the amazing ArmA II mod, DayZ, has released a new version for it. DayZ 1.6.0 brings a new Tank Trap kit model, Hatchet for chopping wood in forests, female survivor options, as well as heat packs for increasing temperature in an emergency and numerous fixes. You can find the download link and the complete changelog after the jump. Enjoy! Continue reading Zombie fans, rejoice; Version 1.6.0 for ArmA II mod ‘DayZ’ Released→
Bohemia Interactive has deployed a new developer’s interview on the graphical advancements in the Real Virtuality engine for Arma 3. While discussing the improved lighting features, Lead Artist Pavel Guglava calls in the support of a brand new video – showcasing day and night cycles – together with a fresh set of screenshots. Continue reading ArmA 3 gets new, drooling video and screenshots that showcase the game’s lighting system→
