Arma 3 Creator DLC: Western Sahara is coming soon
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26/10/2021•3 min read

Arma 3 Creator DLC: Western Sahara is coming soon

Publisher Bohemia Interactive and third-party developer Rotators Collective are announcing today the upcoming release of a new Arma 3 Creator DLC: Western Sahara.

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In this new DLC, you will take on the role of private military contractors and be deployed to a new desert sandbox terrain. Besides more content creation opportunities in the Arma 3 scenario editor, the Western Sahara DLC will offer several official scenarios and game modes to choose from. One of these is the open-world scenario "Extraction", which can be played in singleplayer or in co-op online multiplayer with up to four players. The scenario offers players the opportunity to serve as an operator for the ION Services private military company who are sent on a combat search and rescue mission after a war correspondent has been taken captive somewhere in the fictional war-torn desert province of Sefrou-Ramal.

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Key features of the Western Sahara Creator DLC include:

  • Sefrou-Ramal Terrain (100 km2) - Composed of completely new assets, as well as upgraded structures and objects from Arma 2 and Arma 3, Sefrou-Ramal is a province in the northeast of fictional Argana and is characterized by flowing sand dunes and desert architecture.

  • Armed Forces - UNA peacekeepers, Sefrawi Freedom and Independence Army, Tura tribe insurgents, desert NATO forces, and the return of the private military company ION Services.

  • 4 Weapons & 1 Static Weapon - IMIL GALAT and Velko R4 automatic rifle, SLR rifle, XMS bullpup rifle, and a fully remastered Arma 2 static weapon, the ZU-23 anti-air gun.

  • 9 Vehicle Variants - New variants of existing Arma 3 vehicles such as the Zamak truck, AMV-7 Marshall Infantry Fighting Vehicle, Offroad pickup truck, and PO-30 Orca helicopter.

  • Equipment - A gun drone with a modular weapon attachment system, a portable ballistic shield, and a variety of masks like dust goggles, a military-style headset, a ballistic mask, and more.

  • Open-World Scenario: "Extraction" - Search for intel and clues to return a kidnapped war correspondent to safety in a sandbox scenario featuring dynamically randomized contracts, which can be played in both singleplayer and multiplayer co-op with up to 4 players.

  • Multiplayer Mode: "King of the Dunes" - An original spin on the popular community-made sector control multiplayer game mode “King of the Hill”.

  • Multiplayer Mode: "Last Stand" - Defend against waves of enemies in a new co-op game mode for up to 4 players.

  • Showcase: "ION Weapon Systems" - A VR training environment to test gear in various scenarios and prepare ION operatives for deployment.

  • 2 Time Trial Races - Race across the Sefrawi sand dunes in the Vrana-Redstone Dune Rally.

  • Additional Content - A digital camera, dromedary camel, refugee tents, and various new structures and props.

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The Arma 3 Creator DLC: Western Sahara is scheduled for release later this year and will be priced at $6.99 USD (€6.99 EUR / £5.99 GBP). The precise release date will be shared at a later time. To be notified of Western Sahara's release, you can also add the DLC to their Steam wishlist via its store page.

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In the next two weeks, Bohemia Interactive and Rotators Collective will host a small-scale, closed beta test for the DLC. Selected members of the Arma 3 community will be invited to participate in order to identify any remaining issues and test the new content on a wide variety of PC configurations before launch.

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Creator DLC is a label for original Arma 3 projects made by third-party developers and published by Bohemia Interactive. This program enables external talent to earn a financial reward for their work, while players get to enjoy more new quality content. So far, three other Creator DLC projects have been released: Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany (April 2019), S.O.G. Prairie Fire (May 2021), and CSLA Iron Curtain (June 2021)..

To learn more about the Arma 3 Creator DLC initiative, and to find answers to some of the most Frequently Asked Questions, please visit https://arma3.com/dlc/creator. For all the latest Arma 3 news, be sure to like the game's official Facebook Page, follow its Twitter account, subscribe to the Arma 3 YouTube Channel, and join its Steam Community.