Take On Helicopters Latest Updates
Military sim Arma 3 begins free weekend on Steam, part of publisher sale
Now's a good time to check in on Bohemia Interactive's latest military simulator Arma 3 if it's been on your 'to do' list but you haven't gotten round to it. It's enjoying a free weekend on Steam, with it discounted by 50%. In fact there's a host of savings on Bohemia's titles from the standalone DayZ to the Red Planet visiting Take On Mars. Sorry but only Arma 3 is free to try out this weekend. Who can resist the allure of the 'Play Game' button?
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".
Jedra's Time Trial Pack available for Take On Helicopters
While working on multiplayer missions for his helicopter sim Take On Helicopters, developer Jedra discovered a "bi-product of this learning process was a new Time Trial." This has resulted in a quintet of new Trials.
Take On Helicopters DLC to add Super Hind gunships
Bohemia Interactive has announced the first downloadable content for their helicopter sim Take On Helicopters. The DLC is called "Hinds" and adds the Mil Mi-24 V, Mi-24 P and Mi-35 Super Hind helicopter gunships, with over 25 different liveries, more single-player challenges, five time trials and a new competitive multiplayer scenario.
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.