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'''''ArmA''''' is an ongoing-developed, military simulation video game series, developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio, an independent Czech computer and console game developer based in Prague, Czech Republic, and published by various publishers since 1999. The goal of the series is to simulate real life military experience.
'''''Arma''''', stylized as '''''ARMA''''' or '''''ArmA''''', is a military simulation video game series developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio, an independent Czech computer and console game developer based in Prague, Czech Republic, and published by various publishers since 1999. The goal of the series is to simulate real life military experience.


After the first installment ''Operation Flashpoint'', Bohemia Interactive Studio parted ways with their publisher Codemasters. BIS retained the engine, while Codemasters retained the name. BIS rebranded their series as ''ArmA'', while Codemasters developed their own mil-sim sequels to ''Operation Flashpoint''. For the ease of categorizing, ''Operation Flashpoint'' games will be grouped alongside ''ArmA'' games on this site.
After the first installment ''Operation Flashpoint'', Bohemia Interactive Studio parted ways with their publisher Codemasters. BIS retained the engine, while Codemasters retained the name. BIS rebranded their series as ''ArmA'', while Codemasters developed their own mil-sim sequels to ''Operation Flashpoint''. For the ease of categorizing, ''Operation Flashpoint'' games will be grouped alongside ''ArmA'' games on this site.


= Main Installments =
BIS's sister company, the Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), also develops the VBS (Virtual Battlefield Systems, later Virtual Battlespace) military simulator, built on the same foundations as the ''ArmA'' series but offering far more advanced features. VBS has three iterations, VBS1 through 3. They are in use by multiple armed forces around the world for educational purposes, and are the dominant military simulator software with few competitors. The ''ArmA'' series in some regards can be considered the streamlined consumer version of the VBS military simulator, though later versions of both softwares have inreasingly diverged in their features and design (and BISim and BIS have been separate for a while).
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Image:Operation_Flashpoint.jpg‎|''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' <br> (2001), considered the sole game of the series, officialy renamed to ''ArmA: Cold War Assault''.
Image:Arma_armed_assault.jpg‎|''[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]'' <br> (2007), also known as ''ArmA: Combat Operations'' in the US.
Image:ArmA_II.jpg‎|''[[ArmA II]]'' <br> (2009)
Image:Arma3BoxArt.jpg|''[[ArmA III]]'' <br> (2013)
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= Expansion Packs and DLCs =
= ArmA =
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Image:600full-operation-flashpoint--resistance-cover.jpg|''[[Operation Flashpoint|Operation Flashpoint: Resistance]]'' <br> (2002), expansion pack for ''Operation Flashpoint''.
Image:Operation_Flashpoint.jpg‎|''[[Arma: Cold War Assault]]'' <br> (originally released in 2001 as ''Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis'', re-released in 2011 under new ArmA name)
Image:Arma_queens_gambit.jpg‎|''[[ArmA: Armed Assault|ArmA: Queen's Gambit]]'' <br> (2007), expansion pack for ''ArmA: Armed Assault''.
Image:Arma_armed_assault.jpg‎|''[[Arma: Armed Assault]]'' <br> (2007), also known as ''ARMA: Combat Operations'' in the US.
Image:ArmA_II_Operation_Arrowhead.jpg|''[[ArmA_II#ArmA_2:_Operation_Arrowhead|ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead]]'' <br> (2010), stand-alone expansion pack for ''ArmA II''.
Image:ArmA_II.jpg‎|''[[Arma 2]]'' <br> (2009)
Image:ArmA 2 British Armed Forces.jpg|''[[ArmA_II#ArmA_2:_British_Armed_Forces|ArmA II: British Armed Forces]]'' <br> (2010), DLC for ''ArmA II''.
Image:Arma3BoxArt.jpg|''[[Arma 3]]'' <br> (2013)
Image:ArmA 2 Private Millitary Company.jpg|''[[ArmA_II#ArmA_2:_Private_Millitary_Company|ArmA II: Private Millitary Company]]'' <br> (2011), DLC for ''ArmA II''.
Image:171719.jpg|''[[ArmA II|ArmA II: Reinforcements]]'' <br> (2011), DLC pack for ''ArmA II''.
Image:Arma 2 Army of the Czech Republic.jpg|''[[ArmA_II#ArmA_2:_Army_of_the_Czech_Republic|ArmA II: Army of the Czech Republic]]'' <br> (2012), DLC for ''ArmA II''.
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Image:Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising.jpg|''[[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]]'' <br> (2009)
Image:Operation_Flashpoint.jpg‎|''[[Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis]]'' <br> (2001)
Image:Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising.jpg|''[[Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising]]'' <br> (2009)
Image:Red River.jpg|''[[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]]'' <br> (2011)
Image:Red River.jpg|''[[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]]'' <br> (2011)
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Image:ArmA Tactics Fake Cover.jpg|''[[ArmA Tactics]]'' <br> (2013)
Image:ArmA Tactics Fake Cover.jpg|''[[Arma Tactics]]'' <br> (2013)
Image:Armareforgerlogo.jpg|''[[Arma Reforger]]'' <br> (2022)
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[[Category:Disambiguation pages]]
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Latest revision as of 22:47, 30 October 2022


Arma
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ArmA X: Anniversary Edition Boxart
Developer: Bohemia Interactive Studio (BIS)
Publisher: Various Publishers
Genre: Military Simulation


Arma, stylized as ARMA or ArmA, is a military simulation video game series developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio, an independent Czech computer and console game developer based in Prague, Czech Republic, and published by various publishers since 1999. The goal of the series is to simulate real life military experience.

After the first installment Operation Flashpoint, Bohemia Interactive Studio parted ways with their publisher Codemasters. BIS retained the engine, while Codemasters retained the name. BIS rebranded their series as ArmA, while Codemasters developed their own mil-sim sequels to Operation Flashpoint. For the ease of categorizing, Operation Flashpoint games will be grouped alongside ArmA games on this site.

BIS's sister company, the Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), also develops the VBS (Virtual Battlefield Systems, later Virtual Battlespace) military simulator, built on the same foundations as the ArmA series but offering far more advanced features. VBS has three iterations, VBS1 through 3. They are in use by multiple armed forces around the world for educational purposes, and are the dominant military simulator software with few competitors. The ArmA series in some regards can be considered the streamlined consumer version of the VBS military simulator, though later versions of both softwares have inreasingly diverged in their features and design (and BISim and BIS have been separate for a while).

ArmA

Operation Flashpoint

Spin-Offs