references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message bohemia interactive a.s. type private industry computer and video games interactive entertainment founded 1999 headquarters prague czech republic key people marek pan l ceo ond ej pan l products operation flashpoint cold war crisis arma series dayz number of employees 200 subsidiaries altar games black element software centauri production website http www.bistudio.com bohemia interactive a.s bi also known as bohemia interactive studio bis is an independent developer and publisher of video games based in prague czech republic . founded in 1999 the company s ceo is marek pan l who is also the co owner of the company . bohemia interactive is a member of idea games which functions as a publisher and consultant for several independent developers . contents 1 operation flashpoint 2 products 3 enforce game engine 4 bohemia interactive simulations 4.1 training programs 5 staff arrest on lemnos 6 references 7 external links operation flashpoint edit bohemia s release of operation flashpoint cold war crisis in 2001 into the international market won bi several prestigious awards . at london s ects show of 2001 bi won the best pc game developer of the year award . in addition bi was also awarded rookie studio of the year at gdc 2002 . the debut game of bi published by codemasters immediately became the top selling game in the united kingdom germany france australia czech republic and other countries . after this success bi prepared a special us version of the game which launched in september 2001 and it also became one of the best selling games in the usa . after ofp was released the official expansion packs came onto the game market officially titled red hammer and resistance which brought significant engine updates . the development team continued until 2005 to support the game with regularly released upgrades and patches over the internet . an xbox version of operation flashpoint containing both original and the resistance campaign was released in november 2005 . it was released under the name operation flashpoint elite . products edit title type system release date engine developed published operation flashpoint cold war crisis standalone windows june 2001 real virtuality 1 operation flashpoint gold edition standalone windows november 2001 real virtuality 1 operation flashpoint resistance expansion windows june 2002 real virtuality 1 operation flashpoint goty edition standalone windows november 2002 real virtuality 1 operation flashpoint elite standalone xbox october 2005 real virtuality 2 arma armed assault worldwide arma combat operations us standalone windows november 2006 czech republic germany february 2007 europe may 2007 us real virtuality 2 arma queen s gambit expansion windows september 2007 eu real virtuality 2 alpha prime 1 standalone windows november 2007 enforce arma 2 standalone windows june 2009 real virtuality 3 pat & mat 2 standalone windows october 2009 n a arma 2 operation arrowhead standalone windows june 2010 real virtuality 3 arma 2 british armed forces dlc windows august 2010 real virtuality 3 arma 2 private military company dlc windows november 2010 real virtuality 3 alternativa 3 standalone windows november 2010 n a pound of ground 4 standalone windows november 2010 n a acquired arma 2 firing range standalone android & ios july 2011 take on helicopters standalone windows october 2011 real virtuality 3 take on helicopters hinds dlc windows march 2012 real virtuality 3 arma 2 army of the czech republic dlc windows august 2012 real virtuality 3 carrier command gaea mission standalone windows xbox 360 september 2012 enforce memento mori 5 standalone windows november 2012 n a acquired fish fillets 2 6 standalone windows november 2012 n a arma tactics standalone shield portable may 2013 unity 7 arma 3 standalone windows september 2013 8 real virtuality 4 arma 3 zeus dlc windows 10 april 2014 real virtuality 4 arma 3 karts dlc windows 29 may 2014 real virtuality 4 arma 3 helicopters dlc windows 4 november 2014 real virtuality 4 minidayz 9 standalone windows 21 november 2014 arma 3 marksmen dlc windows may 2015 real virtuality 4 arma mobile ops standalone android ios june 2016 10 arma 3 apex dlc windows 11 july 2016 real virtuality 4 take on mars standalone windows final tba early access 1 august 2013 11 enforce 12 dayz standalone windows playstation 4 final tba early access 16 december 2013 enfusion ylands standalone windows final tba early access 12 november 2015 unity enforce game engine edit enforce is a proprietary computer game engine developed by black element software and now bohemia interactive . enforce was used for alpha prime . bohemia interactive restarted the use of this game engine with carrier command gaea mission in 2012 . 13 later in 2013 it appeared again to develop take on mars ; 13 which was started around the time carrier command was released . enforce was originally developed by insanity development team . they originally worked on a game called enforce but it was later cancelled but was used as a basic for the engine . insanity later transformed into black element software and used the engine for shade wrath of angels originally known as nefandus . developers compared it to unreal engine . the studio later used the engine for alpha prime and the in carrier command gaea mission that was developed under bohemia interactive as black element software was acquisitioned . 14 15 bohemias latest game developed with enforce take on mars released a workbench editing suite v. 0.3 allowing for the user to create any content for take on mars and possibly carrier command gaea mission . 16 bohemia interactive simulations edit bohemia interactive australia bia is a spinoff studio and was formed by bi and david lagettie where the joint development of a special military training simulation program vbs1 began in december 2001 . after thorough testing and field use in cooperation with united states marine corps vbs1 was made available in the fall of 2002 for qualified government clients and military organizations . on 21 may 2004 vbs1 underwent limited public distribution . on 14 august 2004 it was released for north america ; distribution was handled by coalescent technologies . in 2008 most of development operations were moved to prague czech republic under newly formed bohemia interactive simulations . subsequently bia was integrated as asia pacific arm of bohemia interactive simulations and pete morrison previously lead developer was appointed ceo . the company was acquired by the riverside company a new york based private equity firm in january 2013 . training programs edit vbs1 windows november 2006 2002 2004 worldwide vbs2 windows april 2007 worldwide vbs3 windows july 2014 17 staff arrest on lemnos edit as reported by greek media 18 on 10 september 2012 two czech nationals were arrested on lemnos and charged with espionage . they claimed to be working for bohemia interactive collecting pictures 18 19 and video footage for the development of arma 3 . the individuals ivan buchta and martin pezlar 20 were confirmed employees of bohemia interactive but the company officially stated that they were on the island with the sole purpose of experiencing the island s beautiful surroundings . 21 according to greek law taking photographs et cetera of military installations is strictly prohibited for reasons of national security 22 and that the issue of the game causing potential threats to greek national security was brought officially to the greek parliament and was discussed before in 2011 . 23 after the arrest incident bohemia interactive shut down access 24 to a thread named greek military started on 1 august 2012 on their official forum warning them and discussing legal and other problems concerning photographing and realistically depicting greek military installations . as of 15 january 2013 the detained bi employees were released on bail of 5000 euro each . 25 the employees returned home to their families and await further legal action . references edit alpha prime . retrieved 9 august 2013 . pat & mat . retrieved 9 august 2013 . alternativa . retrieved 9 august 2013 . pound of ground . retrieved 9 august 2013 . memento mori . retrieved 9 august 2013 . fish fillets 2 . retrieved 9 august 2013 . arma tactics engine . arma 3 release date . 8 august 2013 . retrieved 8 august 2013 . mailberg emanuel . dayz dev releases minidayz a free 2d version of the game . gamespot . retrieved 24 november 2014 . funnell rob 13 june 2016 . arma mobile ops soft launches in new zealand on the app store . toucharcade . retrieved 22 june 2016 . take on mars release date . 17 july 2013 . retrieved 3 august 2013 . conformation of enforce game engine . 18 june 2013 . retrieved 3 august 2013 . a b engine being used . . june 18 2013 . retrieved august 9 2013 . insanity . czech amiga demoscene archive . retrieved 6 april 2014 . horor shade wrath of angels bude esky . games.cz . retrieved 27 july 2014 . http community.bistudio.com wiki take on mars beta patches 6th september 2013 . retrieved september 7 2013 . missing or empty title help bohemia interactive simulations releases vbs3 v34 . 3 july 2013 . retrieved 7 july 2014 . a b translation two czech nationals arrested on lemnos accused of espionage . in.gr . 10 september 2012 . retrieved 11 september 2012 . greek police arrest two czech men over suspected spying . ceskenoviny.cz . 11 september 2012 . retrieved 17 september 2012 . ; translation epsionage game or both . to proto thema . 11 september 2012 . retrieved 15 september 2012 . game makers arrested over alleged spying in greece . bbc . 13 september 2012 . retrieved 15 september 2012 . 1 . greek penal code article 149 ; in greek 149 2 . greek compulsory law 376 1936 ; in greek with title date and index details 376 1936 546 18 december 1936 and 3 . greek legislative decree 397 1947 ; in greek with title date and index details 397 1947 1 . . 376 1936 181 21 august 1947 . arma 3 translation lemnos a battlefield in arma 3 . i kathimerini . 25 october 2011 . retrieved 15 september 2012 . arma dev confirms staff arrested accused of spying by greek authorities . eurogamer . 11 september 2012 . retrieved 17 september 2012 . ivan & martin free on bail . 15 january 2013 . retrieved 3 august 2013 . external links edit official website the official bi s wiki page v t e bohemia interactive franchises arma series arma armed assault queen s gambit arma 2 operation arrowhead arma 3 operation flashpoint operation flashpoint cold war crisis resistance take on take on helicopters take on mars other games dayz arma tactics carrier command gaea mission subsidiaries altar games black element software bohemia interactive simulations centauri production technology vbs1 vbs2 vbs3 related articles dayz mod dean hall iron front liberation 1944 book bohemia interactive category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bohemia interactive & oldid 730725685 categories video game companies established in 1999video game companies of the czech republicvideo game development companieshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsarticles lacking reliable references from september 2014all articles lacking reliable referencesuse dmy dates from february 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tinadeutschespa olfran ais italianonederlands polskiportugu s suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 20 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license