Arma 2: Free support to be discontinued on April 22

The end is rapidly approaching for Arma 2: Free, the free trimmed-down version of Arma 2. Bohemia Interactive has announced that it will no longer offer Arma 2: Free and will cease server support on April 22.

Ozzie Mejia

April 8, 2014 4:45 PM

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The end is rapidly approaching for Arma 2: Free, the free trimmed-down version of Arma 2. Bohemia Interactive has announced that it will no longer offer Arma 2: Free and will cease server support on April 22.

Arma 2: Free first launched back in 2011 and featured full multiplayer support and the game's editor, but at the expense of graphics, mod support, and the game's campaign. Arma 2: Free players could also play alongside Arma 2 players on compatible maps, as long as they weren't modded.

Bohemia Interactive is among the developers affected by the recent announcement that Gamespy would shut down its online services on May 31. While CEO Marek Spanel reaffirmed on the Bohemia Interactive forums that the developer would use Steam to continue supporting Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead and Arma 3, it appears that no such lifeline will be extended to Arma 2: Free.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?