Arma II press day

[AToW.DaMan]

I just wanted to take the time to thank Barmy for taking a days leave and spending ( a not inconsiderable amount of) his own money on travelling to London to represent us at the press launch today

Thanks Barmy!

DaMan

[[IRT]Super64]

Yup, big thanks to Mr. Barmy! I am thankful and envious all at the same time. I hope you had some fun Barms.

[[UN]SGen.ViperMaul]

Thank You BarmyArmy for doing a fine job for representing this community of AToW.

[[DI]A|Sgt.iceshark]

yeah good thing you did that :D
how how was it ??

[{RET}Th3flyboy]

thanks barmy, make us proud!

[[ATOW]BarmyArmy]

Ok guys I am back.

Depsite being a little under the weather from a nasty cold I had a great day.

Thanks to Dan at New Media and Luke at Bastion and the guys from 505games for inviting us.

We had a great time, a thirty minute presentation by James and Jan from BIS showing some of the new cool things mainly from the Arma SP campaign. James was the script writer for the new campaign he was a flashpoint fan and his enthusiasm for the project showed. Even the new SP campaign will have more advanced hierarchical game play and some RTS style elements to the campaign, and the ability to align with one of many factions allowing much more replayability of the SP game than was possible with ArmaI or QG. The SP campaign will also have a 4 man coop mode.

The AI have been improved which while not so exciting for us PvP freaks is good for the game generally, tho the demo I was suggested that using them for CAS had some interesting "issues" ( an AI flew a cobra into a tree during the demo).

I'll be honest I could have spent 2 hour playing on the machines, but I thought it more important to meet and talk with the guys from 505 and from Bohemia about issues important to us as a tournament ( equipment balance - ie. REDFOR weapons ), map design issues for MP tournament play etc. Also saying nice things about Arma and Arma II to the assembled journalists when they asked what we though.

I also spent some time with Foxhound from ArmaHolic and Rock from RKSL studios, always nice to meet fellow community members.

Thanks 505 and Bohemia for a great day and a great game.

EU release date has been brought forward one week which is now 19th June ( I beleive ).

Read more on the ArmaII twitter feed here.
http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5677
Photos somewhere I beleive.... links when I find them.

Barmy looking ecstatic</sarcasm>
http://twitpic.com/5jvma

Barmy with Foxhound(Right) and Rock/RKSL (Centre)
http://twitpic.com/5jw2j

BA

[[DI]Pvt.Zetki]

Good to know you had some fun Barmy! Your correct in your belief :D Its 19th June now. Cant wait. 4man SP Co-op sounds awesome. I think im actually gonna do the SP in arma II, never did it in arma 1. Maybe ill do it somtime.
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[{7}21|Jlt.Backinblack]

Thank you for reprsenting us Barmy :D hope you had fun

[Howy]

hey all , nice one barm looks like i better get me gear sorted out , also are you sure it was AI flying that chopper, see ya all soon .

[dan_n]

Thanks for coming to the event Barmy! an update for you all on the questions you have posted.

I have sent over all of the questions, but a lot of these require technical input to make sure we get the correct answers for you. The release date coming forward has added extra work for the team at 505 and BIS. They want to ensure that everything is in place to make sure the 19th June runs smoothly. So the time we had with them and the developers this week and last was taken up by this announcement. The guys over at 505 and BIS have also had other events this week, meaning they have been really busy.

So moving onto next week, we should be able to get more time with the people we need in-order to answer your questions.

Apologies again for the time it is taking but please bear with us. We will get back to you with answers.

Thanks

Dan