Arma: Cold War Assault is free on Steam and GOG

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Also known as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis.

It's been 20 years since Bohemia Interactive released Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, the tactical FPS that gave rise to the Arma series, and was later renamed Arma: Cold War Assault. To celebrate, Bohemia has begun "a full 20-day commemoration" with a livestreamed celebration of all things Arma and a giveaway. For the next two days you can get Arma: Cold War Assault free on Steam and GOG.

The livestream is over now, so if you want to see orchestral performances of music from the Arma games, as well as Bohemia Interactive CEO Marek Španěl, creative director Ivan Buchta, and Arma 3 community manager Niles George talking about the history of the games and playing a few missions (plus birthday wishes from Arma modder and DayZ creator Dean Hall), the two-hour video is embedded above.

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Jody Macgregor
Jody Macgregor
Weekend/AU Editor

Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015, and since then he's written about why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame.