EEstablished in 1999 in Prague, Czech Republic, Bohemia Interactive is an independent game development studio that focuses on developing original state of the art computer entertainment and simulation software, including the research of proprietary advanced real-time 3D graphics, artificial intelligence and physical simulation technologies for real-time interactive environments.
Operation Flashpoint*, Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters in 2001, became the No. 1 best-selling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game.” Over two million copies of Operation Flashpoint have been sold since its release.
Bohemia Interactive’s second major release, Arma: Armed Assault, followed in 2007 and sold over half million copies on PC through various local publishing partners.
Arma 2, the latest hit in the series of realistic military simulators, released worldwide during summer 2009 and was placed in the top positions of official PC charts around the world immediately thereafter. Arma 2 won "Most PC" Game in the 2009 PC Gamer Awards and is featured 14th in their "Best PC Game of all times".
Following the release of Arma 2, the standalone expansion pack Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead was developed. This massive expansion was strongly received by both critics and fans alike; reviews considered it as surpassing the previous title and building on its strong mil-sim heritage. The ‘Armaverse’ was then expanded further by the hugely popular British Armed Forces (BAF) and Private Military Company (PMC) DLCs, both released in 2010.
In November 2011, Bohemia Interactive released Take On Helicopters. This brand new helicopter game intended to deliver an authentic helicopter experience, while bringing several innovations to the flight sim genre. Take On Helicopters was gratefully received, with multiple reviewers praising its refreshing take on the flight sim genre.
Currently under development at the studio are two massive PC titles; Arma 3 and the sci-fi action strategy game Carrier Command: Gaea Mission.
Bohemia Interactive won the Best PC Game Developer award for 2001 at London’s ECTS exhibition and Rookie Studio of the Year award at GDC 2002.
In 2010 Bohemia Interactive, a strong proponent of committing to the talent and experience of local development resources, completed the acquisition of three established and internationally known development studios within the Czech Republic, these are:
Altar Games formed in Brno from industry professionals, who worked in the gaming industry for many years and participated in development of renowned PC titles, such as Original War - an RTS published worldwide by Virgin Interactive, UFO series (UFO: Aftermath and it's sequels UFO: Aftershock released in 2005 and UFO: Afterlight released in 2007) and puzzle games Fish Fillets 1&2.
Black Element Software a Prague based studio formed in 2000 with two strongly received titles under its belt already in Shade: Wrath of Angels released in 2004 and Alpha Prime released in 2007. The studio had previously cooperated with Bohemia Interactive on development of ArmA: Queen's Gambit. BES is currently working on Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, an action game with strategy elements.
Established in 2000 in Prague, Centauri Production is an experienced game development studio formed by industry veterans. Among their released games are adventure titles such as Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Gooka: Mystery of Janatris, interactive projects Ferdy the Ant, 4 Leaf Clovers, and the recently released Memento Mori. Centauri Production is also active in the production of multimedia applications and presentations, software for movie and animation studios.
*Operation Flashpoint"™ is a registered trademark of Codemasters Software Company.
