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   Self-proclaimed "most realistic tactical combat simulation ever made", ArmA: Armed Assault is set to receive its first expansion pack later this summer. Called ArmA: Queen's Gambit, the add-on is being developed by original creators Bohemia Interactive in collaboration with Black Element Software (Shade: Wrath of Angels, Alpha Prime), and will be published once again by 505 Games (they still have a ways to go, with only around 20 games published so far).

   First and foremost, Queen's Gambit will continue the Armed Assault scenario with two new story-based campaigns: "Rahmadi Conflict" - described as the true conclusion to the original ArmA story, with enormous battles taking place within massive fortifications on the Rahmadi Island and on the brand new Porto Island. And the second campaign, baptized "Royal Flush", will take place 18 months after the original conflict, when a group of seasoned mercenaries arrives to help the government with a sensitive matter that the army can't handle by itself any longer. "However, there is something highly suspect about this job", they warn us...

   The new sandy island of Porto is also the background drop for one of the two new multiplayer missions included in Queen's Gambit - "Battle of Porto", a capture-and-hold scenario for 40 players. The other multiplayer map, called "Urban Raid", is a cooperative multiplayer scenario designed for a group of 6 battle-hardened Special Forces soldiers.

   Last, but not least, the expansion will bring the final patch v1.08, which adds new weapons, vehicles and characters to the world of ArmA, along with a new resource management feature and gun dealers. It also brings dozens of multiplayer and technical improvements, which will finally enable North American players to fight on the same battlefields as the international community.