ArmA II Gets an Official U.S. Publisher and Release Date Through Steam

alien

Jun 01 |15:17

Fear not North American PC gamers, there is finally a date for ArmA II that is not a Euro-only date. Valve just announced that you can get ArmA II from Steam on June 26th. While we still don't have a boxed retail date, this is good enough from us.

ArmA II Press Release

Bohemia's next hit ARMAII arrives on Steam in June 2009

Prague, Czech Republic, June 1st — Bohemia Interactive, creators of award winning military simulator games Operation Flashpoint and ArmA: Combat Operations and Valve Corporation, a developer of leading-edge technologies and software, announced today one of the most anticipated PC Game of 2009, ARMA II, is available for pre-purchase worldwide via Steam, Valve's leading platform for digital content distribution and management.

Bohemia Interactive once invented the genre of realistic military sand-box games and it aims now to re-define that genre with its upcoming game ARMA II, the ultimate military simulator, powered by the 3rd generation of their original Real Virtuality engine that's also used to train soldiers in numerous countries from Australia to the United States.

ARMA II will offer the ultimate realistic combat simulation experience in a modern day setting. With unprecedented freedom of movement, actions and tactics, the game will allow players to immerse themselves in battle as never seen before.

"Steam is one of the world's leading digital content distributors, allowing us to offer ARMA II to millions of their customers online" said Marek Spanel, CEO of Bohemia Interactive. "Bohemia Interactive is creating genre defining PC games and being in a position to work with one of the best digital content distributors in the business, as well as utilizing all of the superb features that Steam offers is very gratifying to us as a developer."

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bytemap said:

	... Move over retail box sets and hello DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. Now all I need is a super PC I just wish they would drop the price just a bit on the Digital aspect of it. I mean the only reason prices are high on retail side because of all the other people you have to pay (distributors, shippers, retail, etc) In any case...not too bad
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rbutler said:

	... The question that's been plaguing my overactive imagination is will this follow steam's requirment that you log on to their game server before being able to play the game that you ostenibly own.
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