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Arma Devs Arrested For Spying
Update: Bohemia Interactive CEO Marek Spanel issued the following statement:
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
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Original Story: Two developers from Bohemia Interactive, the creators of the Arma series, were arrested yesterday in Lemnos, Greece after taking photos and video of military installations. The two claim they were gathering reference material for the third Arma game. Bohemia CEO and co-founder Marek Spanel confirmed the story, but couldn't comment further "at least until we know more specific details about the case."
Bohemia has been contacted for additional information.
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