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Arma 3 8th Anniversary Sale & Live Stream



Arma 3 turns 8 on Sunday (September 12), which calls for a celebration!

[h2]Steam Weekend Sale[/h2]

This weekend, starting today and ending this Monday, you’ll get an 80% discount on the Arma 3 base game on Steam – the largest discount in its 8-year history.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/107410/Arma_3/

DLCs such as Arma 3 Apex and Arma 3 Contact are also on sale at up to 66% off.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/395180/Arma_3_Apex
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021790/Arma_3_Contact

[h2]The Splendid™ Squad Live Stream[/h2]

Furthermore, this Sunday at 19:00 UTC we’ll be hosting The Splendid™ Squad live stream on Twitch. This will bring together 8 of Arma 3’s most popular video content creators for a cooperative multiplayer scenario led by Liru the Lance Corporal as Zeus Game Master.



Here’s the full mission briefing:

[h3]Situation[/h3]

Bohemia Interactive will be hosting a community live stream event in celebration of Arma 3’s 8th anniversary.
  • Date: September 12, 2021 (Sunday)
  • Start time: 19:00 UTC (UK: 20:00 BST / EU: 21:00 CEST / NA: 14:00 CDT)
  • Duration: ≈2 hours

[h3]Mission[/h3]

Rumor has it that there is a group of Arma 3 streamers for who no operation is too dangerous. If you have the job, and the dough, AND you can find them, maybe you can hire... The Splendid™ Squad.

[h3]Signal[/h3]

[h3]Execution[/h3]

You can watch the event on Arma 3’s Twitch channel and each Splendid™ Squad member will stream their perspective to their own channel as listed above. All of them will have 3 Steam codes for the Arma 3 Ultimate Edition to give away to viewers during the event.

We hope to see you there on Sunday. Thank you for 8 splendid™ years of Arma 3!

Indian news channel uses Arma 3 gameplay footage to claim Pakistan bombed Afghanistan




In a bizarre development, some Indian news broadcasts claimed that the Pakistani airforce attacked the Panjshir valley, an Afghanistan mountain province home to about 170,000 people, which is currently the last major holdout of anti-Taliban forces...
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Arma 3 latest Global Mobilization update adds heavy duty artillery and nukes

In the US Army, the infantry branch is known as the 'Queen of Battle.' It's somewhat less well-known that there's a king, and that crown belongs to artillery. So it's a shame we get to see so little of it in modern war sandbox games. Fortunately, a new content update for Arma 3's Global Mobilization DLC has added a whole lot of it, including the massive M109 Paladin.


This is the fourth content update for the Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany DLC since it launched more than two years ago. The latest update adds a total of eight new vehicles. There's the M109 self-propelled howitzer (don't call it a 'tank'!) and the M109G variant used by the West German armed forces. Players also get the Soviet 2S1 Gvozdika (another self-propelled howitzer), the SF2 LARS 2 and BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket systems, and the Russian 2P16 short-range ballistic missile launcher, complete with the 2K6 Luna (which can carry a nuclear warhead).


Another neat piece of military kit that comes with the latest update is the BrPz 1 'Biber' combat support vehicle. This is an easy vehicle to identify, because it has a massive, folded up bridge on top of it, which it can deploy over gaps and streams in order to create crossings for ungainly tanks and howitzers.


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Global Mobilization DLC Update 1.4 is now live



Hello there!

Third-party Arma 3 developer Vertexmacht has released the fourth major content update for their Creator DLC: Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany.

On top of various fixes and quality-of-life improvements, Update 1.4 offers a new co-op multiplayer scenario, more "Warlords" multiplayer scenarios, and 8 new vehicles / vehicle variants.

One of these vehicles is the BrPz1, which is a Combat Support Vehicle that lets you build temporary bridges across the rivers of the Weferlingen terrain.



There are also 5 vehicles (2 versions of a Self-Propelled Howitzer, 2 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, 1 Short-Range Ballistic Missile System) that make it possible to engage in long-range warfare from 14-40 kilometers away.



Lastly, there are 2 additional truck variants that provide more transport capabilities.



Update 1.4 highlights include:

8 new vehicles/vehicle variants
    BrPz1 "Biber" (Bridgelayer/Combat Support Vehicle)
    M109 & M109G (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
    2S1 (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
    SF2 LARS 2 (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
    BM-21 Grad (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
    2P16 (Short-Range Ballistic Missile)
    New 7t Truck variant (Flatbed)
    New 10t Truck variant (155mm Shell Transport)
Additional highlights
    Functioning bridge laying system integrated into the BrPz1 vehicle
    New co-op multiplayer scenario: "Ninjas"
    New "Warlords" MP scenario adaptations for the Weferlingen terrain
    A new module enabling Zeus Game Masters to change vehicle ammo loadouts
    A small photo camera (functions as binoculars) and West German Army sunglasses
    Various smaller ammo crate/pile scenery objects
Various fixes and quality-of-life improvements



You can find the full changelog for Update 1.4 on the Bohemia forums and learn more about the new vehicles by reading the latest OPREP blog post by developer Vertexmacht.



This is the fourth major content update since the Global Mobilization DLC’s initial release and marks the perfect time to get it if you haven’t already. The DLC is available for purchase at the Steam Store.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042220/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_Global_Mobilization__Cold_War_Germany/

We hope you'll enjoy this free update and thank you for your support!

Bohemia Interactive & Vertexmacht


P.S. Vertexmacht has published an Ask Me Anything (AMA) video where they answer 30 questions from the community. If you’re interested in the DLC’s development, why certain decisions were made, and how a two-man team is able to manage a massive project like this next to all their other responsibilities, then definitely check it out now or add it to your watchlist for later (spoiler: it requires lots of spreadsheets!).

https://youtu.be/22ugn7UztuY
Creator DLC is a label for original Arma 3 projects made by third-party developers and published by Bohemia Interactive. This program enables external talent to earn a financial reward for their work, while players get to enjoy more quality content. For more information, please visit the Arma 3 website.

Creator SPOTREP: Global Mobilization #007

FROM: Vertexmacht
TO: Arma 3 Creator DLC Users
UNIT: Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany
ACTIVITY: Update 1.4 (v1.4.6347)
SIZE: ~20.5 GB

More information in the full changelog

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042220/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_Global_Mobilization__Cold_War_Germany/