
By avoiderdragon:Bohemia Interactive’s ARMA series is not for casuals, so let’s get that out of the way right now. However, even such a game catered to hardcore aficionados can be a hotbed of developments that would then be good for more mainstream audiences. For instance, ARMA II gave us DayZ, which is now getting its own standalone game due to the success that the mod had garnered. With the release of ARMA III, it could be the best way yet to slap that Call of Duty-playing kid right in the face. This is a real military shooter, not that watered-down cash cow.

Dedmen writes: "Welcome to this technical deep dive into Arma 3's performance optimizations in update 2.20. Before handing you over to this blog's actual author, I wanted to share a few words on the state of Live Ops. Yes, REPception is now a thing."

ARMA 3 and ARMA Reforger project lead Krzysztof Bielawski discusses the use of the game for misinformation in real-world conflict.

Bohemia Interactive claims an ARMA 3 console port is completely impossible, but more optimisations are in the works.