Description:
Bohemia Interactive, the award-winning independent game development studio, is pleased to announce the Arma 2: Free - a free-to-play multiplayer version of critically acclaimed mil-sim, Arma 2.
You can now download the Arma 2 full game for free!

Arma 2: Free redefines the free-to-play battlefield with its truly unrivalled scale and gameplay possibilities.
Arma 2: Free serves up almost everything offered by the original Arma 2 - the '13th best PC game of all time', according to PC Gamer
- minus the campaign, HD graphics and support for user-made addons and mods.

Arma 2: free enables you to play online and jump in the multiplayer war games together with Arma 2 full version owners.
It is even possible to combine Arma 2: free with Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead to run a lite installation of Arma 2: Combined Operations (CO). With Arma 2: CO Lite you will be able to play online and join one of many multiplayer war games together with the rest of the Arma community.
For more information check here: OA + Arma 2 Free - For Combined Ops Lite.

Create your own custom-built scenarios or deploy a massive selection of missions and game-modes made by others.
No micro-transactions, no hidden costs, just the same epic terrain and huge variety of equipment!
This is Arma 2: Free - download the Arma 2 full game for free to get acces to the virtual war without the training wheels.
Arma 2: Free to download, free to play, free to share, free to host, free to create... free to play redefined

Official announcement: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=120497
Website announcement: http://www.arma2.com/latest-news/arma2-free-announced_en.html
Forum: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=120498

ARMA 2 package combinations explained: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ARMA2_PackageCombination


Features:
Some of the key features of Arma 2: Free include:

• Free military simulation - An authentic battlefield simulation, including bullet ballistics, material penetration and much more.
  
• Free armory - A comprehensive range of 300+ weapons, units and fully-usable armed or unarmed vehicles across air, land and water classes.
  
• Free unique multiplayer - Multiplayer with large-scale maps for 50+ live players and hundreds of AI units. Supports a wide variety of MP modes from co-op and PvP modes, to total mayhem!
  
• Free dedicated servers - Both Linux and Windows OS dedicated server support for users to host freely wherever and however they like even to play together on the same retail game-servers.
  
• Free creativity - Quick mission templates, a powerful, built-in, easy to use SP/MP mission editor, and advanced scripting.
  

To learn more about the Arma 2: Free project please visit the product´s website at www.arma2.com/free.


Installation:
After downloading and installing go here to activate your game:
http://free.arma2.com/activation/


Media:

Contents:
Arma 2: Free does not support user made content. If you wish to be able to use any of the custom released addons you will have to buy the full game.


Forum topic:
- BI forums

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