Arma 3 Developers Charged With Espionage in Greece

Two game developers working for Bohemia Interactive have been arrested under charges of spying on the Greek island of Lemnos after they were caught taking photographs of military bases on the island.

Greek law prohibits photography of military bases, which appears to be something the developers weren’t aware about when they went about taking photographs of the island for the purpose of researching the island for Arma 3. The upcoming game is set to take place on the island of Lemnos.

Bohemia Interactive has since confirmed the incident on the studio’s official forum. Greek websites reported the incident last night, stating that the two game developers could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of espionage.

Bohemia Interactive CEO Marek Spanel had this to say:

“We prefer this topic not to be discussed on our forums (at the moment), at least until we know more specific details about the case so I am going to close this topic and our moderators are going to close any related discussion (sic) here, thank you for understanding.”

Thanks PC Gamer.