Bohemia Recap - Summer 2025
Summer’s almost over, but the news never stops at Bohemia.
DayZ announced its latest expansion and made inroads into China, Arma Reforger has an important new policy, and Arma 3 dropped a brand new update.
Meanwhile, Vigor released one of the biggest content updates in its history, Everwind received over 300K wishlists on Steam, and the Bohemia Store is offering up to 70% off our official merch.
The latest Recap is a doozy, folks. Buckle up and let’s dive in.
DayZ
DayZ had a fruitful summer thanks to the reveal of our next expansion and the introduction of DayZ to the Chinese market.
DayZ Badlands
DayZ Badlands is our second expansion. It introduces the brand new terrain of Nasdara: an arid 267km² expanse of troubled territories. Uncover its secrets, battle for control, forge fragile alliances, and rebuild from the ashes of past wars. Survival isn’t just measured in drops of water saved, but in the number of bullets spared. Wishlist now on Steam and Xbox!
If you’re looking for something more than the usual marketing spiel, here’s our Project Lead talking about the expansion.
Declassifying the Badlands
DayZ comes from the community and will always be for the community. That’s why we unveiled Badlands alongside trusted community leaders and equipped them with everything they need to share the great news. They spent 3 days to a week with us, touring around Prague, visiting our offices, and checking out DayZ-related locations. Check out these vlogs from HollyRex and Fresh Spawns.
Rusthaven
After the big reveal, our devs and creators dove headfirst into Rusthaven - a real-life, post-apocalyptic festival at an abandoned military base. Raiding bunkers IRL with the DayZ team? Yes, it was as crazy as it sounds. Check out the photos below.
DayZ in China
DayZ is expanding its reach in Asia. This time we’re bringing official DayZ servers to the country. You can find our announcement video here.
Arma Reforger
Game Updates
Our developers have worked tirelessly since Update 1.4 to address common issues and feedback from our community members. We have released a series of minor updates over the last few weeks to fix a number of bugs and to increase game performance. You can read the changelogs on the Arma Reforger website.
Arma Reforger Experimental also received some updates this summer: Update 1.5.0.14 and Update 1.5.0.18. With this experimental update, we’re introducing some major changes to Conflict, including the brand-new HQ Commander role and several gameplay adjustments that will significantly shape how matches play out. This Experimental release is available exclusively on Steam. You can learn more about the process behind Experimental releases with this devsplain featuring Project Lead Klamacz.
Kolguyev is also on the horizon, totally reimagined for Arma Reforger! Our newest update shares a glimpse of what's in the works.
Make Arma Not War 2025
June saw the premiere of the Make Arma Not War 2025 Podcast. In this series, we sit down with Arma devs and some fantastic guests to tackle various topics, including modding, gaming, mental health, PTSD, and more. You can follow the podcast for future episodes on YouTube here. We are also looking into getting the podcast added to Spotify!
MANW 2025 submissions are now closed, and we are currently reviewing the entries! Keep an eye on our socials for further details.
Community Resources & Highlights
Since the launch of Arma Reforger, community servers have helped introduce players to different communities, game modes, and mods across all platforms that are unavailable on official servers. We recognize that operating these servers is not without cost, and many server owners have been asking us for legitimate ways to offset their hosting expenses. That's why we recently announced that Arma Reforger Server Monetization will officially be allowed under a new policy, provided the servers are registered, approved, and listed on our official server page.
Additionally, Ironbeard has you covered with a new video on tactics, teamwork, and situational awareness in Arma Reforger.
Our community has produced some stellar stuff over the past month! The Arma Reforger Community Radar (COMRAD) returns with issue #19 and is packed with new community art, mods, videos, and more! You can read it here.
Arma 3
Update 2.20
Arma Update 2.20 has arrived! This update brings performance optimizations, Steam Game Recording, UH-80 / AH-99 stub wings, illumination flares, and miscellaneous fixes and tweaks. Arma 3 developer Dedmen has written an in-depth Operations Report (OPREP) detailing the performance increases with update 2.20. This OPREP can be read here.
Our partners at Virtual Programming have also updated the Mac Port of Arma 3 to 2.20. Visit https://dev.arma3.com/ports for all details.
Creator DLC Updates
Three of our currently released Creator DLCs received minor updates this summer. Rotators Collective updated Reaction Forces and Western Sahara, while Heavy Ordnance Works updated Spearhead 1944. Spearhead Extended (SPEX), the free companion mod for Spearhead 1944, also received a major update, which brings the Commonwealth to the battlefield!
Community Highlights
The community never ceases to amaze us with their creativity. As a result, we had tons of content to feature in the 53rd issue of the Arma 3 Community Radar (COMRAD).
Our long-running Community Spotlight series on our socials has also continued strongly, and is quickly closing in on 200 featured pieces of community content.
We also released an overview article of our Arma 3 Modding Blogpost series, as well as a new interview in our Arma 3 Community Profile series - this time featuring Heavy Ordnance Works developer yooles.
Keep an eye out this August for a new article that will feature community-made game modes and scenarios!
Vigor
We released Vigor Turmoil, which is without a doubt one of our biggest content updates so far. It's packed with a bunch of QoL features, as well as new additions like:
- A new Unexploded Missile Loot Event
- Crafting rework (including highly-requested Batch Crafting)
- Improved Ammo Press Shelter
- New Radiation VFX visuals
- Many bug fixes & improvements
Check out the trailer below:
We also released a Roadmap for the rest of the year to keep our community excited for future Seasons.
In terms of feedback from the community, we asked for your thoughts on the new additions to the Season with dedicated Question Times. We did one for the Crafting Rework, the Unexploded Missile, and the new Battle Pass.
We released a Vigor Explained video that covers all the details behind the Crafting Rework to help Outlanders understand all the massive changes.
We also introduced a new community event: the Shootout Carnages! These are dynamic events within Shootout mode, where loadouts change depending on the event. So far we’ve had Knife Carnage, Pioneer Carnage, Hunter's Carnage, and Weapon Carnage events.
Bohemia Incubator
Everwind Hits 300,000+ Wishlists on Steam!
Big news from the Everwind team — we’ve officially surpassed 300K wishlists on Steam!
Additionally, Devlog #4 is now live. It reveals stunning new biomes, powerful new weapons, and more exciting content in development.
Watch Devlog #4 here:
Welcome, Nailcrown!
Our incubator program has just welcomed its newest project — Nailcrown. Details are still under wraps, but expect more information (and surprises) soon.
Bohemia Store
Our Biggest Summer Sale Yet: Up to 70% off all official Bohemia Merch
The sun is out, and so are the savings!
Our Summer Sale is officially live, and it’s one of the biggest events we’ve ever hosted.
We’re offering up to 70% off a wide range of official merchandise, including DayZ, Arma, and Vigor.
Whether you’ve been eyeing a printed map, or want to upgrade your wardrobe with official Bohemia gear, now is the perfect time to do so.
We’re also celebrating our community during this event. If you already own Bohemia merch, we’d love to see it in action. Share your photos on our social media, tag @bohemiamerch, and you might be featured in an upcoming post!
The Summer Sale is on now at store.bistudio.com and runs until August 31st.
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Until next time, stay safe and game on!