According to the company’s announcement, Arma Reforger will openly be a stepping stone on the road to Arma 4.

Arma Reforger is an open-world, multiplayer, first-person shooter set in the Cold War. Launched in early access by Bohemia, it can be found on Xbox Series and PC on Steam for $30. Arma Reforger shows how far Bohemia has come with its new Enfusion engine and also serves as a creative platform, providing users with more tools and services to modify and fine-tune their experience.

As a separate game, players can experience the new capabilities of the Enfusion engine, and Bohemia can get feedback to take into account when developing Arma 4. The studio is also hoping that Arma Reforger will give Arma modders a new set of tools thanks to in-house technology.

Here’s the game’s overview from its Steam page: “Powered by the new Enfusion engine, Arma Reforger lets you fight for supremacy over 51 km2 of incredible island terrain in an authentic Cold War setting, or create unique scenarios in real-time with the Game Master curation mode. Return to Everon, the war-driven microstate from the hit game that started it all, Arma: Cold War Assault. Arma Reforger is the first step towards Arma 4 and a versatile, creative, fully-moddable platform for the future, offering a glimpse of things to come.

Return to Everon, a 51 km2 mid-Atlantic island in the Malden archipelago. Revisit familiar locales from Operation Flashpoint and revel in the natural beauty of a massive open-world; a stunning landscape of pine and broadleaf forests, flowing rivers, ponds, idyllic towns, and austere mountains surrounded by pebble beaches and rocky coastlines. Join players online and experience realistic Cold War combat as a US or Soviet Army soldier. Capture strategic positions, dominate the battlefield and work with others to secure objectives in a dynamic, unforgiving environment. Arma Reforger’s multiplayer game mode returns you to war with a selection of period-authentic weapons and vehicles, recreated in meticulous detail.

Control events, create unique missions, and guide players towards victory in Game Master — or submit yourself to the challenges devised by all-powerful creators and fight your way through a responsive sandbox where anything can happen. Deploying on both Xbox and PC for the first time in the Arma series, Arma Reforger’s modded content is now available. It can be downloaded by console owners from the Workshop, a content creation sharing repository exclusive to the game.

Curate events for friends behind the fog of war as Game Master in Arma Reforger’s real-time scenario editor, or team up and go head-to-head with others across a sprawling island terrain in Conflict. Thanks to the Enfusion engine, you can mod Arma Reforger using the same tools used to make it. Introduce new mechanics, assets, textures, and more. The only limit is your scripting ability and imagination. Reshape the game and share your creative vision! Expand the game with original modded content or make and share your own! The Workshop is Bohemia Interactive’s integrated repository service, meaning console players can now unleash the same creative possibilities as PC users.”

Arma Reforger is now available in Early Access on Xbox Series and PC (Steam).

Source: Gematsu