In ArmA, players will be able to seamlessly explore massive environments (over 200 sq. kilometres) and combat intelligent enemies that try to out think and outmaneuver you like in a real life situation.

In ArmA it is important to preserve the lives of yourself and your squad members in the heat of a modern armed conflict. Jump into any of a large selection of available vehicles, including armored vehicles and aircraft.

Here are some key features of "Armed Assault":

Engine/Graphics
· DX9 Engine incorporating many of the latest features, including High Dynamic Range rendering
Reworked lifelike animations.
· Fully streaming game engine allowing extremely large environments loaded with various special effects.
Environments
Environments are richly detailed and varied.
· New huge sized battlefield (landmass exceeds that of all islands from Flashpoint & Resistance combined)
· New densely populated battlefield (approximately twice the number of objects on all previous islands combined).
· Dynamic weather and daytime simulation (including tides and star constellations)
· Ambient wildlife.
Gameplay
· Large selection of weapons and vehicles.
· Unique and proven combatant's AI.
· New island containing large cities with many different, fully accessible buildings.
· ArmA s campaign features a brand new story-line, with a modern day setting.
· Campaign s setting and events inspired by real world events, military strategies and political doctrines.
· Updated controls and command interface.
Multiplayer
· Large, persistent battles.
· 60+ player multiplayer (plus additional AI), players can join at any time.
· Unique game modes introducing modes of play not seen in any other game.
· Cooperative game modes.
Custom content support
· Open game architecture.
· Building on top of the successful Operation Flashpoint addon and modding support.
· Built-in scenario editor.
· Versatile object/vehicle animation system.
· Many useful scripting functions.
· Mission wizards enable missions to be played with any addons.


What's New in This Release:

· FIX (COPYPROTECTION): Securom issue preventing game to launch on some computers
· FIX (ANIMATIONS): some problems with ladders introduced in 1.08 (stuck on ladders, problem when going from kneel or prone on a ladder), installs animationHotFix.pbo and its signature
· FIX (LOCALIZATION): mission M13 is localized to all languages
· FIX (RUSSIAN): several missing translations in russian version, UI.pbo is modified to prevent an error message displayed in Russian version of the game when entering Single mission directory