ArmA II: Combined Operations Latest Updates
Bohemia Interactive's database hacked, user info stolen
ArmA players take notice: Bohemia Interactive has announced that user info, including usernames, emails and encrypted passwords, were broken into by hackers. While the passwords were encrypted, gamers are strongly urged to change them.
Take On Helicopters and ArmA II join forces
Bohemia Interactive has announced that the 1.06 update for the helicopter sim Take On Helicopters is now available. The update, which is codenamed "Downtown", not only features a large number of fixes, improvements and optimizations to the core engine, but also includes a new DLC pack called "Take On Helicopters: Rearmed".
Multiple ArmA II updates now live
ArmA II gamers got a nice Christmas present from Bohemia Interactive, as a series of updates for various iterations of the military shooter were released. Among the fixes for the title is an FXAA anti-aliasing mode for Operation Arrowhead as well as repairing the buggy single player missions. The patches also feature performance tweaks and bug fixes.
Bohemia: "For every three legitimate buyers" of Arma 2 there's '100 pirates'
Arma 2's Bohemia Interactive has revealed a depressing figure of PC piracy, that there are "100 (failed) attempts" to play a pirated copy of Arma 2 online to every legitimate 3. This shows an "extremely widespread" piracy problem on PC, especially for a "mid-sized" PC focused studio like Bohemia. The stats are "undoubtedly much worse" for singe player.
ITV's use of fan-made ArmA 2 footage a "case of human error"
UK broadcaster ITV is sorry for using a fan-made clip of Bohemia Interactive's Arma 2 in a documentary film about the past links between Gaddafi and the IRA. The mistake was made "during the editing process" when incorrect footage of a 1988 incident was "mistakenly included". Bohemia was shocked at the blunder.