With a straight face, Arma 4 dev says it’s “coming 2027,” and suddenly the GTA 6 wait doesn’t seem so bad anymore

Meanwhile Elder Scrolls 6 hopefuls are crumbling to dust

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Arma 3 launched way back on September 12, 2013, just five days before the original launch of Grand Theft Auto 5. I’m bringing up this comparison because it might help communicate to you just how long military simulation fans have been waiting for Arma 4, which developer Bohemia Interactive has just announced for 2027. Yes, 2027, as if that’s a real year any of us are going to live to see.

A giant title card reading ‘Arma 4 coming 2027’ appeared duringBohemia Interactive’s 25th anniversary concert streamthis week, and the devs soon after reiterated the newsin a tweet. That’s literally all we know for now, but you’ve gotta respect the audacity of a studio dropping a release window that far off like it’s nothing.

Arma is the biggest military simulation series around, built for people who wanna get very serious about tactical maneuvers in their shooters. Arma 3 was a technical wonder when it launched in 2013, but a decade later it’s certainly showing its age, and the stopgap Cold War spinoff Arma Reforger, which launched in 2023, hasn’t fully pulled people away from the last mainline game.

Just in case the absurdity of the wait spanning from Arma 3 to Arma 4 hasn’t sunk in yet, here’s what the game industry looked like in September 2013. GTA 5 had just launched without GTA Online. The GOTY race was between Rockstar’s open-world game, The Last of Us, and BioShock Infinite. The PS4 and Xbox One were still months away from launch. Assassin’s Creed had not yet been rebooted even once. Bethesda had not yet ported Skyrim to even one new platform.

Children born into this forgotten era will be entering high school by the time Arma 4 finally launches, and that’s assuming it doesn’t get delayed. Suddenly, the wait forGTA 6- which is supposed to be out in 2025 and already has a real trailer featuring presumably real in-game footage - doesn’t seem so bad. Pour one out for the Skyrim fans who’ll have been waiting from 2011 to, like, 2031 or something forThe Elder Scrolls 6.

We’ve got a big list ofnew games for 2024and beyond, but come on, not THAT beyond.

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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He’s been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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