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Fight through a Cold War invasion as a vulnerable soldier, commanding squads, driving armor, and improvising across vast islands.
Released 08 Aug 2011
Command Infantry Squads
Pilot Tanks and Aircraft
Fight Across Island Battlefields
The genre-defining military sim that began as Operation Flashpoint (2001), now a modernized, 64-bit, cross-platform build for Windows and Linux, with its engine released as open source. Over 2 million copies sold. The Cold War battlefield of Everon and Nogova, remastered for today's hardware.
Developed by Bohemia Interactive, Josef Šimánek (retro) · Published by Bohemia Interactive
Set amid a fictional Cold War conflict, the campaigns place you among soldiers caught up in fighting across the islands of Malden and Nogova. In Resistance, you play as Victor Troska, whose return to Nogova coincides with a new invasion.
Take on infantry and vehicle roles across large, open battlefields. Move carefully, choose positions, fight at range, and command a squad; missions also put you in control of tanks, helicopters, aircraft, and other military vehicles.
Campaigns and single missions offer varied operations, while a mission editor lets you create custom scenarios. The remastered build updates the original engine for modern Windows and Linux systems, adds controller support and an in-game mod manager, and restores an in-game multiplayer server browser.
In the supplied reviews, players often praise the tense, tactical campaigns, where careful movement and planning matter and mistakes can be costly. Many also value the freedom to replay missions in different ways, create scenarios in the editor, and install mods. Nostalgia is a recurring theme, and some reviewers welcome the remaster’s compatibility updates and open-source release. Others find the controls, visuals, and AI dated or frustrating.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
The full engine source code is available on GitHub - search for BohemiaInteractive/cwr
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | The game supports multiplayer over LAN and internet. Reviews describe both co-op against AI and PvP/versus play, including stock co-op and versus missions, custom multiplayer missions, and community workarounds such as OFPMonitor or direct IP because the original server browser is obsolete. The campaign is not clearly supported in multiplayer by default, but reviews mention that the campaign could be finished in multiplayer and that co-op campaign mods exist. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Mods and user-made missions materially expand multiplayer. Reviews mention hundreds of user-created multiplayer missions, co-op campaign mods, CTI variants such as MFCTI/CRCTI, zombie missions, and addon/mod use in multiplayer sessions. Online play may require community tools such as OFPMonitor or virtual LAN software. |
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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