Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered

If you like tactical shooters where every firefight feels deliberate, this one is worth your time. It is a remaster of the 2001 classic, and the mood fits: heavy, tense, with the sense that the enemy knows what they are doing too. What hooks you: - Your first sessions go to getting used to the pace: you cannot just run in with a rifle blazing, you have to think about cover, position and range. - It handles wide monitors well: the field of view adjusts correctly to the aspect ratio, and you can pick the refresh rate and V-Sync yourself. - Gamepad controls are tunable, with dead zone and response settings and fully remappable bindings for keyboard, mouse and controller. - The engine has been rebuilt for modern systems: a native 64-bit build runs on Windows and Linux, including Steam Deck. The purchase is delivered as a Steam gift: you send your quick invite link, we add you as a friend and send the game to your account. Buy Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Steam gift for any region and get it on your account the same way. A 2001 classic, modernized, and now open source Arma: Cold War Assault now runs on a modernized version of its original Poseidon engine: native 64-bit, Windows and Linux, support for ultrawide and high-refresh displays, full game-controller support, and a modern audio and networking stack, while it still plays exactly like the genre-defining original. The engine is now open source Bohemia Interactive has released the engine and game source code under the GNU GPL v3.0-or-later, in the spirit of id Software's classic source releases. Anyone can study it, build it, port it, and create with it. Game data and assets remain under Bohemia's Arma Public License Share Alike (APL-SA). A free Demo is available on Steam if you want to try the engine before buying the full data and campaigns. The full engine source code is available on GitHub - search for BohemiaInteractive/cwr What's new in the Remastered engine - Windows & Linux, 64-bit: native cross-platform build (Steam Deck / SteamOS friendly) - Ultrawide & any resolution: aspect-correct field of view; borderless, windowed, or fullscreen; selectable refresh rate and V-Sync - Modern rendering: new OpenGL 3.3 renderer with crisp scalable (TrueType) fonts - Full controller support: gamepad with deadzone/response tuning, plus fully rebindable keyboard, mouse and controller bindings - Modern audio: OpenAL backend with integrated voice chat (VON) - In-game mod manager: enable, order and download community mods from within the game (Bohemia's own catalog), no command line needed - New multiplayer back end: modern master server and in-game server browser (replacing the retired GameSpy service) - Open toolchain for creators: bundled tools for PBO archives, models, terrain, textures, sound and config, plus a standalone scripting evaluator and a Blender import addon The original game Bohemia Interactive's debut game, published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became a genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world, winning many international awards, including "Game of the Year" and "Best Action Game". Over 2 million copies have been sold since its release. Storyline The horrors of WWIII are imminent. There are clashes over the Malden Islands from dusk to dawn, and you are caught in between. You must use every resource in your arsenal to hold back the incoming darkness. Victor Troska came back to Nogovo, thinking the pain of war was buried in his past. But his dream lies broken now. His worst nightmare returns when military forces land near Nogovo. Key Features Cold War Assault - Command a squad of fully equipped troops - Over 40 authentic vehicles and aircraft - Immersive campaign and single missions - LAN/Internet multiplay - Vast 100km² battlezones Resistance - Story-driven 20-mission campaign - Nogova, the new 100km² island - New vehicles, weapons and equipment - Detailed urban environments Open source & modding The full engine and game source code is available under GNU GPL v3.0-or-later: fork it, build it, port it, or contribute back. Game assets remain under the Arma Public License Share Alike (APL-SA). Mods can be browsed and installed directly through the in-game mod manager, and a free Demo lets you try the remastered engine before buying.