Atari bringing ArmA: Gold to America @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on November 26, 2007

News: Expansion pack to the popular shooter is coming soon.

Atari has announced they will be publishing ArmA: Gold, a new boxset that contains the original ArmA: Combat Operations and the expansion ArmA: Queen's Gambit. The expansion was previously released as a digital download through the game's official site.

"ArmA: Queens Gambit offers players an exciting new campaign with seven more missions for an exceptional combat simulation game," said Todd Slepian, Producer, Atari, Inc. "Fans of Arma: Combat Operations, hailed as '...the most complete and perhaps even the best combat simulator out there' by GamingTrend.com, are sure to enjoy this extensive expansion. Additionally, gamers can check out the original and expansion with Arma: Gold."

The Queen's Gambit expansion will take place 18 months after the original ArmA and include a ton of new features, such as:

Two new story based campaigns
The Rahmadi Conflict: Beautifly designed 3 large missions involving massive battles between the SLA, US and RACS forces within massive fortifications.
Royal Flush: A group of seasoned mercenaries in 7 action/ stealth missions hungry for one dirty goal. Just what is really waiting at the end of the road? New features of this campaign include equipment management including arms merchant.

New Multiplayer Missions
Urban Raid: Cooperative MP scenario designed for group of 6 battle-hardened Special Forces soldiers.
Battle of Porto: A "capture and hold" scenario for forty players on a brand new and beautiful sandy island of Porto.

New Environments
Porto Island: designed for smaller multiplayer scenarios and offers perfect environment for intense battles in urban terrain
United Sahrani: United Sahrani contains new structures built since the original story of Armed Assault with dozens of improvements

We'll have more soon.