ArmA: Cold War Assault remaster announced as Bohemia opens engine code

When Operation Flashpoint launched in June 2001 it stood out as one of the earliest military simulators and as an open-world experience before the term was common. Its combined-arms warfare played out across massive, freely explorable islands; players could drive tanks, fly helicopters, command squads or even lie down.

The game was janky and ugly and harder than a steel-plated honey badger, but it also felt light years ahead of its time. Now 25 years on, the title — now ArmA: Cold War Assault — is getting a remastered edition. Bohemia Interactive is rebuilding the original Poseidon engine to add features such as widescreen support and improved compatibility for modern machines, and has released a demo that offers a self-contained slice of the full remaster along with a sanctioned asset pack that fans are free to study, modify and build new Arma content from.

Alongside the remaster, Bohemia has published the full engine source code on GitHub.

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