Arma 3 to be Steam Exclusive Title

[Shawn Zipay]

In a new developer blog from Bohemia Interactive, it was revealed that Arma 3 will be a Steam exclusive title.

One of the steps in this plan has been to select Valve's Steam as our primary platform. Not only is Arma 3 PC-exclusive, but now we have decided to make it Steam-exclusive as well.

So what's the reason behind this move? The team cites reasons such as ready-made functionality thanks to Steamworks, a reduction in piracy due to Steam's DRM, and it allows the team to focus more on development by reducing the number of distribution versions of the game.

Interested players also benefit from a smoother gameplay experience. Previously in Arma 2, gamers had to install a variety of support packages and updates. With Steam, it's a simplified process with auto-patching and Delta-patching, which reduces the need to download gigabytes of data with every update.

(via BI Studio blog)

[cikame]

Cool, i think the main Arma audience are using Steam already, i hope this doesn't prevent the game from reaching new players.

[stilla-killa]

I am anxious for this game.