Announcing Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered

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Announcing Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered
Mon, 22 June 2026



25 years after the release of Operation Flashpoint, we're releasing Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered, now with widescreen support and updated code for better compatibility with modern hardware.

Currently available as a demo on Steam, the full game will be released at a later date.

To mark the occasion, we're also releasing the source code on GitHub for all of you to take a look under the hood of the military simulator that started it all.

We can't wait to see what you will do with it!

#CanItRunArmaCWA #OFP25

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Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Is Out Now!
Thu, July 16, 2026



25 years after players first deployed to Everon, Bohemia Interactive is proud to announce the release of Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered.

The game that started it all returns on a modernized engine foundation. Developed in collaboration with members of our player community, this remastered edition preserves the original gameplay, missions, campaigns, and compatibility with community content, while bringing the classic experience to modern systems.

All owners of Arma: Cold War Assault on Steam can play the remastered version today.



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.
£8.99

Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered is not a remake or redesign. It is a preservation-focused remaster of the original game, built around a modernized version of the classic Poseidon engine.

The original islands, models, textures, sounds, music, missions, campaigns, and voiceovers have all been preserved. The goal is to keep the experience authentic to the original while improving how the game runs, displays, hosts, and supports community content on current hardware.

Key improvements include:

•     Native 64-bit support for Windows and Linux
•     New OpenGL 3.3 renderer tuned to preserve the original atmosphere
•     Modern input handling with support for modern peripherals and Steam Deck
•     Support for modern resolutions and ultrawide aspect ratios
•     Restored spatial audio support
•     improved stability and performance on current systems
•     LAN multiplayer, dedicated server support, and Voice over Network
•     Experimental Join in Progress support for compatible missions

Alongside the remaster, the engine source code is now publicly available on GitHub under BohemiaInteractive/cwr.

This public source release gives the community a new way to study, preserve, experiment with, and better understand the technology behind the original Arma experience. Technical documentation, licensing information, and issue reporting are available through the repository.

So whether you're revisiting old Everon after many years, deploying for the first time, or exploring the source code behind the original experience, now is the time to revisit the original Cold War sandbox.

Important Notes:

Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered is installed alongside the classic version and does not replace it. The original Steam version remains available and unchanged, with its own files, profiles, savegames, configuration, and mod workflows.

Classic savegames are not compatible with the remastered version, as the remaster uses separate profile and configuration data. Multiplayer is also separate from the classic version. Remastered clients cannot connect to classic servers, and classic clients cannot connect to remastered servers.