What is Armed Assault?
Armed Assault is a tactical military first- and third-person shooter which was developed by a 40 member team at Bohemia Interactive (BI), an independent game developer based in the Czech Republic.
ArmA is the successor to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and features an overhauled game engine, with improved graphics, physics, multiplayer functionality, scripting capabilities, and new units and vehicles.
Because of legal issues between BI and Codemasters (the original publishers of Operation Flashpoint), Codemasters owns the intellectual property to the name Operation Flashpoint. Since BI severed its connection with Codemasters and no longer has the legal right to use the Operation Flashpoint name, Armed Assault is considered to be the direct descendant of Operation Flashpoint. There is another game currently under development called ArmA 2 (previously referred to as "Game 2") due for release in 2009. Codemasters plans to release a rival title to BI using the name Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising with which BI has no participation.
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