UNIT: Savage Game Design
TO: Arma 3 Creator DLC Users
OPSUM: End-of-Year Review



EVALUATION

Hello Arma 3 Players!

Ever since the release of the S.O.G. Prairie Fire Creator DLC in May 2021, the team at Savage Game Design has been working hard to keep you updated with MACV SOG veteran stories, live streams of gameplay, and content updates for both the DLC and the Mike Force game mode. We’d like to share some of the accomplishments from the past year and look ahead into 2022.

Full Report

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227700/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_SOG_Prairie_Fire/

Unwrap the gift of another Community Radar this Holiday Season! 🎁

Click here for some splendid Arma 3 community content:

FROM: Rotators Collective
TO: Arma 3 Creator DLC Users
UNIT: Western Sahara
ACTIVITY: Update 1.02 (Hotfix #2 for version 1.0)
SIZE: ~2.9 GB

More information in the full changelog

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681170/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_Western_Sahara/

Great news! Thanks to your support, we’ve been able to raise a significant amount of money for a good cause.



To be precise, Bohemia Interactive will donate 100% of their revenue after tax from the Arma 3 Art of War charity DLC to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The total amount raised is $155,783 USD (approximately €138,330 EUR / £116,944 GBP).

Now that the fundraising period is over, the Art of War Charity Pack has been permanently made available for free to all Arma 3 players, just as it was announced when the DLC was released in February of this year.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325500/Arma_3_Art_of_War_Charity_Pack/

The Art of War Charity Pack adds an in-game art exhibition to Arma 3, where visitors can see some of the best artwork and screenshots made by the Arma 3 community. The DLC also includes a new singleplayer combat scenario in which players are sent on a mission to recover valuable paintings stolen in a war zone. Other additions are a formal suit, parade uniform, new backpack, various t-shirts, and several props related to art galleries and memorials.

https://youtu.be/mjz6K5vypmk
Arma 3 Art of War was available for purchase on Steam for approximately 9 months. You could get the DLC for the standard price of 1.99 USD/EUR/GBP, or, those who wanted to donate more could buy it at the optional higher price tiers of 4.99 USD/EUR/GBP and 9.99 USD/EUR/GBP. All three purchase options included the same content. In the end, about 84.4% of people bought it at the standard price tier of 1.99 USD, 5.4% got it at the middle price tier of 4.99 USD, and 10.2% purchased the highest 9.99 USD price tier.

"We are very grateful to Bohemia Interactive and to all the players who made a donation to the ICRC. Our collaboration, over the years, is a strong example of the synergies that can be developed across communities, offline and online, and this donation will make a clear difference in the life of thousands of people,” said Marek Resich from the Resource Mobilization division at the ICRC.

The $155,783 donation will support the ICRC in their mission to ensure humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. More information about the ICRC, their activities, and International Humanitarian Law is available on https://www.icrc.org.

https://youtu.be/7nyZdzGA1Q0
Lastly, for those interested, we’ve prepared an infographic with a few statistics on how people played or interacted with the Art of War content so far:



On behalf of everyone involved: thanks again for your splendid contribution!

Hi all,

This year, we celebrated our 8th anniversary, and - thanks to the live ops team, Creator DLC developers, but, above all, our splendid™ community of players and content creators - Arma 3 is still going strong!

In support of this achievement, we'd like to call in another strategic strike by asking you to nominate Arma 3 for the Labor of Love category in the 2021 Steam Awards.

All you'll need to do is tap the checkbox in the voting widget above - or, if that doesn't show for you, then cast your vote(s) by visiting the Steam Awards nominations page.

Thank you! o7

The Steam Autumn Sale is here!

Treat yourself or surprise a friend with some of the best deals on Arma 3 and its DLC as of yet.

The sale will end on Wednesday December 1st.

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/107410/Arma_3/

Reinforce your Arma 3 game with additional terrains, factions, weapons, vehicles, gear, campaigns, scenarios, and more.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/395180/Arma_3_Apex/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021790/Arma_3_Contact/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/571710/Arma_3_Laws_of_War/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/798390/Arma_3_Tanks/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/601670/Arma_3_Jets/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/332350/Arma_3_Marksmen/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/304380/Arma_3_Helicopters/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/744950/Arma_3_TacOps_Mission_Pack/


If you're new to Arma 3 or are looking to complete your collection in one go, then check out these Steam bundles:

• Arma 3 Ultimate Edition - Arma 3 base game and all Bohemia-developed Arma 3 DLC/expansions
  
• Arma 3 DLC Essentials - all Arma 3 DLC except for the Apex/Contact expansions and Creator DLC
  
• Arma 3 Apex Edition - Arma 3 base game, Apex expansion, and Karts/Helicopters/Marksmen DLC
  
• Arma 3 Contact Edition - Arma 3 base game and Contact Expansion

The bundles give you all of the individual product discounts in this sale, plus an additional 10-15% bundle discount.


Take Arma 3 into earlier decades with discounts on these DLC packs made by external third-party developers.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042220/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_Global_Mobilization__Cold_War_Germany/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227700/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_SOG_Prairie_Fire/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1294440/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_CSLA_Iron_Curtain/

FROM: Rotators Collective
TO: Arma 3 Creator DLC Users
UNIT: Western Sahara
ACTIVITY: Update 1.01 (Hotfix for version 1.0)
SIZE: ~1.9 GB

More information in the full changelog

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681170/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_Western_Sahara/

Together with third-party developer Rotators Collective, we're announcing today the release of the Arma 3 Creator DLC: Western Sahara. The new content is presented in a trailer.

https://youtu.be/bVdGJ5P4Peg
Set in the year 2036, Western Sahara takes you to Sefrou-Ramal – a province in the fictional country of Argana. This region has been a hotbed of conflict for many years due to rival tribes, underfunded peacekeeping forces, and a foreign military presence. Here, you will be able to choose from several official singleplayer and/or multiplayer scenarios. This includes the open-world scenario "Extraction", which brings back the "ION Services" private military company faction from Arma 2 for a combat search and rescue mission. The DLC also provides new weapons, vehicle variants, clothing, and gear.



The Western Sahara DLC is now available on Steam for $6.99 USD (€6.99 EUR / £5.99 GBP). If you purchase the DLC within the first week of its release (before November 25), you will receive a 15% launch discount (price with discount applied: $5.94 USD / €5.94 EUR / £5.09 GBP). The Arma 3 base game is currently on sale at 75% off.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681170/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_Western_Sahara/

Key features of the Western Sahara DLC:

• 100 km2 Sefrou-Ramal terrain
  
• Armed forces: ION Services, SFIA, Tura, UNA, NATO Desert
  
• 4 weapons & 1 static weapon
  
• 9 vehicle variants
  
• Gun drone, portable ballistic shield, various masks
  
• Open-world scenario: "Extraction" (singleplayer and co-op multiplayer)
  
• Multiplayer mode: "King of the Dunes" (competitive multiplayer)
  
• Multiplayer mode: "Last Stand" (co-op multiplayer)
  
• Showcase: "ION Weapon Systems" (singleplayer scenario)
  
• 2 time trial races (singleplayer challenges)
  
• Various additional content

Visit the DLC's store page for a full overview of the content.

To keep track of all the latest Arma 3 news, be sure to follow the game on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Steam.

See you in-game!

Bohemia Interactive & Rotators Collective

• What is Arma 3 Creator DLC?
  Creator DLC is a label for original Arma 3 projects made by third-party developers and published by Bohemia Interactive. This program enables external talent to earn a financial reward for their work, while players get to enjoy more new quality content. For more information, please visit the Arma 3 website.
  
• Why is Creator DLC optional to install?
  We have decided to make it optional to have the Creator DLC data installed. This is mainly to avoid regular Arma 3 installations from requiring a lot more additional hard-drive storage, even for those who have not purchased a Creator DLC. Additionally, a Creator DLC's theme or setting might be very different from regular Arma 3 or not everyone might want it to be visible in their game.
  
• How do I launch Western Sahara?
  You will need to visit the DLC section in the Arma 3 Launcher, make sure Western Sahara is owned and loaded, then launch the game by clicking the PLAY button.
  
• Can I still play together with people who do not own the DLC in multiplayer?
  To enable non-owners to still play on multiplayer servers that make use of Western Sahara content, Rotators Collective has published a "compatibility data for non-owners" via the Steam Workshop. Be aware that access to the DLC's premium Sefrou-Ramal terrain and scenarios remain exclusive to owners of the DLC. Restrictions to the use of non-owned content also apply.

FROM: High Command
TO: Arma 3 Users
UNIT: Main Branch (Windows)
ACTIVITY: Game Mini-Update 2.06 (Creator DLC Support)
SIZE: ~58 MB / ~18 MB (depends on Contact ownership)

More in the full changelog and SPOTREP

The leaves are dropping, and so is a new Community Radar! 🍂

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