If you’ve ever fancied trying out Bohemia Interactive’s open world military sim Arma 3, now’s a great time to give it a go.
The game’s available for free on Steam this weekend, and if you find you like being shot from a bush 500 metres away after running three miles to get to your mission objective, you can grab it for a 50% discount from now until Monday October 27.
I jest. Mostly. Arma 3’s actually a very enjoyable callback to the glory days of Operation Flashpoint, a game that actually makes you feel like a soldier carrying out a military operation, rather than an action movie goon with a machine gun. With the addition of Zeus mode, which allows one player to dungeon master a mission for a group of friends, calling down lightning strikes and spawning hordes of enemy soldiers, it’s been responsible for some of my favourite gaming moments in recent memory.
Check out some of the cool stuff you can get up up to with the free Zeus DLC in the video above. You’ve got until 1PM Pacific Time on Sunday October 26 to try out the game.