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Bohemia Recap – March 2022

Community content, updates big and small, and a timely charity bundle for Ukraine

Spring has sprung and the sun is shining once again! Easter’s around the corner too, which means every last one of you hardworking Bohemians will enjoy some well-deserved time off soon. But before you go, why not curl up with a cup of coffee or your favorite tea and find out what happened in March? We’ve got updates, social media activity, an amazing array of community content, and an impressive coming together of players from around the world to support the people of war torn Ukraine. So sit back, chill out, and dive on in to last month’s highlights and headlines!

Vigor

We began a rather busy month by continuing our steady flow of fun and informative Vigor Dev Steams. Speaking of informative, check out the latest Vigor Team interview with our Junior Artist - Kristýna Duhárová! If you’re pressed for time, or aren’t much of a reader, then take a look at our TikTok where Kristýna talks about why she loves working in game development. And if you’re still thirsty for new information and happen to be a data freak, head on over to our social media where we’re currently sharing some interesting data from Vigor Chronicles: Vengeance.

As for Vigor itself, the team enjoyed the successful release of minor update 11.1, along with Legacy Season 6 and a pile of new (and more affordable) Premium Packs! You can read more about the update on our website.

In other news, we wished our community a Happy St. Patrick's Day and surprised them with some brand new lucky outfits. As of March 23, our PlayStation Outlanders can claim a new PlayStation Plus bundle for free if they are subscribed to the PS+ service. And we held our regular Friday Night Fights on March 25th, where players joined fully-boosted lobbies with our devs and Vigor Partners.

Interested in seeing what kind of awesome content our community is capable of? Then don’t miss our very first Community Spotlight of the year! And take a look at our latest TikTok featuring skilled members of the community.

Finally, we closed an action-packed month with a Double XP Weekend. We hope you were able to join in the fun and grind some XP for the current Battle Pass or one of the Legacy Seasons.

Ylands

Last month we released our long-awaited update 1.9 - Ocean Odysseys!

The update introduces a brand new underwater world to Ylands, featuring extra underwater terrain to explore, new underwater biotopes, and the return of sharks, along with other fish. There’s also an improved multiplayer mode, new devices to aid navigation, damageable ships, and a loot container. We’re not exaggerating when we say that update 1.9 renews, expands, and improves upon the overall Ylands experience in a major way.

Have a look at the latest teaser. Are you ready to explore the mysterious depths?

One final note - we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and surprised influencer Keralis with an unexpected gift from the team.


DayZ

We kicked March off by announcing the winners of our #ValentinesDayZ challenge on Twitter. Sticking with social, we continued to expand our reach on TikTok by celebrating International Women’s Day with a #womeningaming video. And because everyone could use a drink these days, we toasted Lady Luck on St. Patrick’s Day.

In terms of updates, we got stable patches to support update 1.16, which led up to our announcement of update 1.17 hitting the experimental phase. You can learn more about the experimental release by checking out our blog post.

We also announced April 19th, 2022, as our target date for the release of update 1.17. Since the update will be bringing a long-anticipated server and character wipe, we expect there to be a big party on the beach. Don’t you dare miss it!


On a lighter note, we encouraged players to enjoy the #Oscars by sending us screenshots of movie re-enactments. We went with the giant sandworm from #Dune.


We thought we’d leave this here as well, now that the joke is no longer #toosoon. (big grin)


Wrapping things up, we released the latest Community Spotlight featuring some fantastic content from the DayZ community, offered up April’s wallpaper of the month, and chose our top tweet.


Arma 3

Arma 3 Update 2.08 was released this past month! You can view the changelog in SPOTREP #00102 here, but some key additions to the game are:

  • Steam Rich Presence, which shows Steam Friends what you're doing in the game. This can be disabled via the existing Stream Friendly UI toggle.
  • Scripted Lasers via drawLaser.
  • Converted AoW (Art of War) and remainder of Enoch (Contact - Platform) addons to PBOs.

We also hosted yet another Community Play Session Livestream, this time with the European based contingent of Friday Night Fight. Community Manager LeClair commentated alongside event organizers and participated in multiple rounds of this weekly team vs team event. If you missed the livestream on March 25th, you can view the Video on Demand here. LeClair will be rejoining Friday Night Fight on April 8th to feature their North American playerbase on Twitch, and there are plans for another Play Session Livestream with a yet unnamed community at the end of April as well!

Behind the Scenes

Ever wondered what the area around our Prague office looks like? 

No? Well, that's a shame. (big grin)

Check out the beautiful view of the Vltava River and historic Vyšehrad castle from our 360-degree terrace. There’s no better place in the neighborhood to chill, have lunch, or hang out with fellow Bohemians.


If you’re interested in enjoying the jaw-dropping view as well, check out our open positions here, and we might just be seeing you on the terrace soon!

Community Spotlight

This month's Community Spotlight belongs to you, our amazing community!

We cannot thank you enough for what you achieved earlier this month.

Bohemia Interactive offered an Arma 3 Charity Bundle from March 2nd to March 23rd. The bundle, which included Arma 3 and Arma 3: Laws of War DLC, raised an incredible $38,612. The net revenue from the bundle was donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in support of their assistance to people affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

The Laws of War DLC was chosen for the bundle as a reminder to adhere to the rules of war through the introduction of the principles of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). This includes the prevention of threats to civilian lives and infrastructure and the protection of humanitarian actions.

If you missed this bundle and still wish to contribute, you can donate to the ICRC here.

We greatly appreciate all of your support and hope the war will come to a peaceful end soon!


Meet the Pet Bohemians

  

Name: Haikili, Dog of Thunder

Species: Demidog

Age: 2-ish

Team: Ylands

Favorite food: Pheasant pate with raspberry leaves

Toy: Anything squeaky; the more annoying to humans, the better!

Random fact: Expert at meerkat imitation dancing for long periods of time!

Become Bohemian

We’re always looking for fun and creative people who are passionate about games. Check out the career board below and get in touch if you think you’re the right fit.


Don’t see something that speaks to you? Then head on over to our careers page to see all the positions that are currently open at Bohemia.

What Else?

That’s it for March! If you’d like to learn more about Bohemia Interactive, or want to stay updated on all the latest happenings, make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Until next time, stay safe and game on!

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