The free version of the game Arma 2 has been released. Download and to activate it you have to sign up at ArmA Official Site.
Arma 2: Free is a free-to-play battlefield with huge scale and gameplay possibilities. Arma 2: Free serves up almost everything offered by the original Arma 2 – the ’13th best PC game of all time’, according to PC Gamer – minus the campaign, HD graphics and support for user-made addons and mods.
Create your own custom-built scenarios or deploy a massive selection of missions and game-modes made by others. No micro-transactions, no hidden costs, just the same epic terrain and huge variety of equipment! This is Arma 2 Free – virtual war without the training wheels.
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Arma 2 FREE
915.2 MiB - 4,359 downloads
Some of the key features of Arma 2: Free include:
• Free military simulation – An authentic battlefield simulation, including bullet ballistics, material penetration and much more.
• Free armory – A comprehensive range of 300+ weapons, units and fully-usable armed or unarmed vehicles across air, land and water classes.
• Free unique multiplayer – Multiplayer with large-scale maps for 50+ live players and hundreds of AI units. Supports a wide variety of MP modes from co-op and PvP modes, to total mayhem!
• Free dedicated servers – Both Linux and Windows OS dedicated server support for users to host freely wherever and however they like even to play together on the same retail game-servers.
• Free creativity – Quick mission templates, a powerful, built-in, easy to use SP/MP mission editor, and advanced scripting.
i think i will wait a little.. i have the impression that this will be putted on Steam..
Also if some1 wanna to explain how the current sign-up to obtain a cd-key thing works..
or maybe not … TF2 just pass F2P today ..
A good move on Gabe if he want to increase the steam accounts..
Also including Arma2 in the free steam games library could be good.. if they are trying to promote their digital shop.
does this download work for the mac?
No.
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?88140-ARMA-II-amp-Mac
where can i find a download that works for mac? no matter where i look there doesn’t seem to be one
As far as i know Arma 2 can’t run natively on a mac.. you must use some program to run it.
Boot Camp, Parallels or CrossOver. Also a Virtual Machine could help… but would require a very fast computer.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
http://www.parallels.com
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/
The following is a video of a guy playing on a Mac Pro using Boot Camp..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAVAZK0RA0g