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Posted By Gabriel B. about 8 months, 1 week ago
So, the developers just decided to ignore signs like this, huh?
Update: Bohemia Interactive has released an official statement, which you can read here.
Original Story: Yesterday, two Bohemia Interactive developers were arrested on the Greek island Lemnos for having videos and photographs of the island’s military compounds. The developers claimed that this was for the purpose of research for their upcoming game, Arma III, which is mostly set on the island. Currently, Bohemia Interactive does not know where the developers are being kept. Arma III is due out next year.
Now, this story raises several questions. One, military bases in Greece have tons of signs explaining that footage and pictures of bases are prohibited, so did they never see any of the signs? Two, did Bohemia Interactive try to go through the official channels for obtaining the information? If so, why were they arrested? If not, then why did they take the photographs? Is accuracy so important that they couldn’t just ask military simmers who would know all about the layout of the bases? So, what are your thoughts? Could this all be a huge misunderstanding or a publicity stunt?
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“The developers claimed that this was for the purpose of research for their upcoming game”
Actually Bohemia Interactives response is very different:
“We can confirm that two Bohemia Interactive employees, our colleagues and friends, were arrested during their holiday trip to Lemnos. They visited the island with the sole purpose of experiencing the island’s beautiful surroundings.
Since its establishment in 1999, Bohemia Interactive has created games based only upon publicly available information. We always respect the law and we’ve never instructed anybody to violate the laws of any country. The same is true for Arma 3.
Currently, all our effort goes towards supporting the guys over there, as well as their friends and families affected by this difficult situation. We sincerely hope that this is an unfortunate misunderstanding of their passion as artists and creators of virtual worlds.
On behalf of the Bohemia Interactive team,
Marek Spanel, CEO”
Hmmm… I don’t see their hands. I think they are behind them, covering their asses.
Somebody certainly did something stupid.
I don’t know if I should laugh at this. I can’t feel too bad for either party; they were only trying to do their jobs. Kudos for Bohemia Interactive for their efforts to bring a genuine experience into their games, though, but this really could’ve been avoidable somehow.
yes but the problem is that the game’s “genuine experience” can be harmfull to the ppl working and living on the base.
Why even if they had ask they hade gotten a NO!