Bohemia Interactive together with NaturalPoint and RockPaperShotgun.com today announces the start of the 2009 Community Awards which invites the extensive ARMA and ARMA 2 community to nominate and vote for their favorite fan made content. Winner of each category will win a pack of attractive prizes including one of 5 TrackIR’s from NaturalPoint.

“Our titles are known for their complexity and open approach to the modding community. Modding tools released by us earlier this year, together with a complex yet easy-to-use mission editor allow fans to create their own custom content, far above and beyond fan content typical even for other PC exclusive titles.” explains Marek Spanel, Bohemia’s CEO and continues: “We have always believed in the power of a strong community and the benefits which both sides receive from such a strong relationship. I respect each and every fan that spends hours and hours doing the precise and patient work on new ingame models, missions or even complex modifications such as completely new environments or campaigns. We would like to express our thanks to all these guys and we believe that an annual Community Awards is the best way to celebrate this exhaustive work and show the fruits of such labor, beyond the walls of our own community forums.”

They’ve added a new category - Best ARMA/ARMA 2 User Created Movie – in order to demonstrate the unique gaming experience and favorite aspects of the Bohemia’s titles fans.

The Bohemia Interactive Community Awards 2009 contest consists of three phases:

• Nominations: starting today till December 31st 2009 12:00PM CET
• Final voting: January 1st 2010 12:00PM CET - January 31st 2010 12:00PM CET
• Winners announcement: first two weeks in February 2010;

The following categories are included:

• Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Mod / Addon
• Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Mission
• Best ARMA/ARMA 2 User Created Movie
• Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Website
• Best ARMA/ARMA 2 Member

The nomination stage for the Community Awards has just opened so we ask everyone to head over to the online nominations form now!

All details inluding the competition´s conditions are described at Bohemia´s homepage at www.bistudio.com