MALIBU, Calif. -- Authorities say actor Francesco Quinn, the son of Academy Award-winner Anthony Quinn, has died. He was 48.

Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. James Royal says Quinn was walking home from a store with his son when he collapsed Friday on the Malibu street where he lived.

One of Quinn's most memorable roles was as a raspy-voiced soldier named Rhah in the Oscar-winning Vietnam War drama "Platoon." He also appeared in the television shows "JAG," ''24" and "The Shield."

His agent, Arlene Thornton, tells the Los Angeles Times that Quinn apparently died of a heart attack but the cause of death hasn't been officially determined.

Quinn's father won two Academy Awards and starred in "Lawrence of Arabia."

Arma 3, the latest installment of the tactical military simulation game from independent developers Bohemia Interactive, creators of the award-winning mil-sim series Arma.

Storyline

Survive, Adapt, Win

After years of intense warfare against Eastern armies, Europe has become the last stand for the battered NATO forces. On the verge of being driven into the sea, NATO command embarks upon a most desperate measure. In the hope of seizing what seems to be a well-guarded military secret, Operation Magnitude is launched. A small group of Special Forces and Researchers are sent to a Mediterranean island deep behind enemy lines. However, the mission is compromised and the task force destroyed, leaving Cpt. Scott Miller washed ashore upon the hostile island. In his effort to carry out the mission, he will face the dangers of modern warfare, an unforgiving environment, and the consequences of his own decisions...

•Survive in the rich & authentic environment
•Adapt to the unsurpassed experience of modern ground combat
•Win the open-ended & story-driven campaign

Combining the strength of its predecessors with radical engine improvements, Arma 3 provides a unique experience of sandbox-oriented combat gameplay in the most detailed environment of the series.

Key features:

•Single-Player Campaign - evolve from a lone prey into a military commander in the open-ended & story-driven campaign.
•Vehicles & Weapons - control multitude of aircraft, vehicles and ships with the accurate simulation, shoot from anything from pistols to the sophisticated weapon platforms.
•Customizable Soldier Load - choose your uniform, assemble your weapon kit, change your loadout, get encumbered.
•Physical simulation & improved animations - take advantage of PhysX™ supporting the vehicle simulation, in-game interactions and the revamped animation system.
•Rich & authentic environment - explore the unsurpassed modern ground combat experience set on the authentic Mediterranean island modeled from the real geographic data.
•Multiplayer Gameplay - challenge both cooperative & competitive scenarios with full support of dedicated servers for both Windows and Linux.
•Completely extensible & moddable - design & create countless customizable scenarios using the intuitive & easy-to-use mission editor.

Estimated system requirements
OS - Windows 7 / Vista
CPU - Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon Phenom X4 or faster
GPU - Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or ATI Radeon HD 5770, shader Model 3 and 896 MB VRAM, or faster
RAM - 2 GB
HDD - 15 GB free space
DVD - Dual Layer compatible
DirectX® - 10

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Schecter has submitted a new version of his first mission for Operation Arrowhead.

Changelog:
Fixed: error upon loading the mission saying you could not play/edit the mission
Added: Field hospital at main base
Added:Ambulance at main base
Added:More helicopters
Added:Traps on the patrol routes
Added:Soundtrack when leaving the base in a helicopter going north
Added:Possible enemies near the base
Changed: instead of a bunch of x's around known enemy positions there is now a grid

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Michal Harangozó from Bohemia Interactive has informed us about the upcoming release of
Arma 2: Reinforcements, a standalone expansion pack to Arma 2. It includes already released DLCs Arma 2: British Armed Forces and Arma 2: Private Military Company, but as standalone boxed version on DVD with own multiplayer key.

Prague, Czech republic 3rd March - Bohemia Interactive, award winning independent game development studio is please to officially announce the forthcoming release of a standalone expansion pack to the military simulator Arma 2.
Reinforcements will hit the shelves in the beginning of April 2011.

Arma 2: Reinforcements brings two independent factions – British Armed Forces and Private Military Company – onto one DVD. Play it separately in non-linear campaign or join friends in multiplayer battles with up to 50 players and hundreds of AI units. Find out the sequential dramatic events of Takistan, originally described in Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead.
Deploy a mechanized division of British Armed Forces sent to reinforce Coalition troops battling a large-scale outbreak of Guerrilla insurgency, or join the Private Military Company, contracted to protect a UN weapons inspection team in Takistan.

Marek Španěl, Bohemia Interactive CEO, on the release of Arma 2: Reinforcements: “We´ve received numerous requests from our customers and the community to deliver both expansions on DVD. We´re always trying to deliver something more and here it is, new campaigns, dozens of units all completely standalone to be played solo or to be combined with our other great military simulators into one ultimate pack. And that’s not forgetting the hundreds of superb community made addons/mods/campaigns which are fully compatible with all versions of our games including Arma 2: Reinforcements”

As a special bonus, each retail version of Arma 2: Reinforcements in Europe includes a unique printed, large map showing Takistan on the front with Shapur & The Proving Grounds on the reverse. Plan your military operations in style!

Arma 2: Reinforcements will be deployed exclusively for PC starting April 1st 2011. It will be available for EUR 29.99.

Nomadd sent us two MP missions for all to try out.

This is my first mission release. I hope everything works as intended. I included a readme with credits, also any scripts I used I left authors name/names attached to the script.

Mission is designed for 2-8 players. It will be rough with less than 4. The tasks are generated as the mission progresses. Mission will work with JIP (thanks to Deadfast and Multitask) but it is better to start with everyone present. It should work on dedicated but I will not guarantee it.

This mission is not "hardcore" realistic. I tried to balance realism with fun, it is just a game. Feel free to open the mission and change it to what ever your needs/wants may be.

1) Village Sweep

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This mission is a defend the base. You can set enemy strength,waves,type from the parameters. If the enemy makes it to the flag in the base, you lose. If you hold out ,against however many you set, you win.

I included a readme with all the credits , also I left the authors names/names attached to any scripts used in the mission.

Feel free to open and change the mission to fit your wants/needs.

2) Firebase

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I normally do not post information like this, but given the situation, I feel compelled. It is not Vietnam related, but if you know who this soldier was, you will know why I am posting it. Regardless of Nationality, he was the MAN in World War II Europe. What he was able to accomplish with his unit is pretty amazing and that still did not match the character of the individual.

May he finally find peace now...

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'Band of Brothers' inspiration dies at age 92

HERSHEY, Pa. – Maj. Richard "Dick" Winters, the man whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died in central Pennsylvania.

Winters died Jan. 2, a family friend confirmed Monday. Winters was 92. He lived in Hershey but died in Palmyra, Pa.

In September 1944, Winters led 20 men in a successful attack on 200 German soldiers. He and his men later helped hold the Bastogne (bas-TOHN') area of Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.

The exploits of Winters and the other members of Easy Company were chronicled in the Stephen Ambrose book "Band of Brothers" and later the HBO miniseries of the same name. Winters also published a memoir in 2006 entitled "Beyond Band of Brothers."

Winters was buried in a private funeral. Arrangements for a public memorial service are pending.

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ARMANAM WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY

2011 NEWYEAR!!!

HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY EVERYBODY AND SEE YOU IN 2011!

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Grimreaper has submitted his new 20 player co-op mission.

This mission, We Were Soldiers, is a mission built around the great The Unsung Vietnam War Mod‎.

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We Were Soldiers is a mission built around the great The Unsung Vietnam War Mod‎

Main Mission:
Part one
you will get airlifted to LZ Xray were you will start combat patrol with order to push thur to your RV Xray and search and destroy any enemy you come into contact with.

Part 2
Onces you done part one you should Return to base and rearm then move to LZ Albany were you will start your second combat patrol with order to push thur to your RV Albany and search and destroy any enemy you come into contact with.

Side missions:
During the night Soldiers of the 7th Cav was Airlift to there new base of Operation Forward Operation Base Chizel

Obj 1 - VC Ammo cachawe have reason to think that there is a VC AMMO DUMP we must located and destroy

Obj 2 - Radio Station Over the last few Night the vc have been playing Propaganda from North Vietnam we must put a stop to this ASAP as it making our work with the locals a lot harded

Obj3 - Radio Transmiter we have found one of the transmiter that been broadcasting we need to put a stop to these Radio Broadcast

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The Unsung Vietnam War MOD - Armed Assault 2
1st Patch for the Alpha Release

Since the initial release of the MOD, we continued working on the MOD to improve it. With the help of the community and our internal testing, we have corrected some of the outstanding issues but not all of them. We will continue working on the MOD and release files as they become available.

We are currently working on the initial island, Lowlands, with the intent on improving its efficiency and the ability to hide within the vegetation.

Files included/updated:

CSJ’s oh6 and uh1slick files. OH-6 and AH-1 helicopter errors have been fixed. The UH-1 helicopters have received some config work as well.

Infantry files (army, east, sf, usmc) have all received updated config files along with minor model work/tweaks to improve efficiency.

Our buildings file received some config work along with improving which icons appear in game and which do not.

Our tracked vehicles (APCs and MBTs) all received config updates along with various model adjustments. This update has more config work than model work. M113s and M163s had a tendency to move too much when slowing down (e.g. tipping over). This has been tweaked to fix the issue. MBTs received all new sounds. Some minor issues have been corrected.

Traps file has been updated to help reduce the chance of early detection by AI.

Weapons file has received a config and sound update. Six new weapons are now included in the Unsung arsenal.

Good luck out there, you'll need it.

The Unsung MOD

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ARMA II UNSUNG Release R1 Alpha.

Well it's been a long road, for our team. But we are glad to release this intro to our vietnam mod.
This is basically the foundation to our mod that we are quickly building on. It is an Aplha release, there are known issues that we are debugging but if we waited for all the issues to be dealt with Arma III will be already out.

THe island is a fictional area based on CSJ's Arma I lowlands. Everyone in the mod team worked as hard as Real Life would let them on this and previous unsung mods (OFP/ARMA I).

There are three SP missions that come with this release, we will be releasing more including various MP missions in the weeks to come, but we decided we didn't want to wait any longer. Plus I know the community will be making there own missions and we look forward to trying them out.

So from the UNSUNG MOD Team.

Good luck out there, you'll need it.







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