<s>
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
and	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
German	O
company	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
as	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
access	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
30	O
July	O
2015	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
and	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
provides	O
bots	O
possessing	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
in	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
game	O
developer	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
announced	O
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
on	O
their	O
website	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
the	O
"	O
true	O
successor	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
saw	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
modern	O
day	O
,	O
especially	O
with	O
the	O
gameplay	O
common	O
to	O
the	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digitalmindsoft	O
also	O
planned	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
control	O
a	O
unit	O
's	O
specific	O
actions	O
in	O
a	O
third-person	O
view	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Assault	I-Application
Squad	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
mods	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
had	O
improved	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
's	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
in	O
Assault	O
Squad	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
wanted	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
ease-of-gameplay	O
improvements	O
in	O
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
series	O
co-developer	O
1C	O
Company	O
's	O
games	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
and	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Condemned	I-Application
Heroes	I-Application
,	O
Kramer	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
more	O
important	O
to	O
self-improve	O
than	O
to	O
critique	O
1C	O
's	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
released	O
a	O
video	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
physics	O
,	O
which	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
(	O
)	O
said	O
"[showed]	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
looks	O
a	O
lot	O
like	O
Men	B-Application
Of	I-Application
War	I-Application
with	O
better	O
voice	O
acting	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Assault	I-Application
Squad	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2014	O
before	O
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
,	O
was	O
also	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
which	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
identified	O
as	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
wanted	O
to	O
include	O
"	O
integrated	O
in-game	O
video	O
capture	O
software	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Steam	B-Application
was	O
assumed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
a	O
map	O
and	O
mission	O
editor	O
,	O
which	O
support	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
was	O
funded	O
to	O
begin	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
sought	O
crowdfunding	O
as	O
an	O
extra	O
source	O
of	O
revenue	O
,	O
offering	O
better	O
game	O
performance	O
and	O
content	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
rewards	O
for	O
stretch	O
goals	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
skill-based	O
matchmaking	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
Cloud	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShackNews	O
and	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
expressed	O
reservations	O
regarding	O
crowdfunding	O
,	O
qualifying	O
them	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
experience	O
in	O
this	O
genre	O
of	O
video	O
gaming	O
and	O
the	O
fan	O
base	O
for	O
the	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
announced	O
Men	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Assault	I-Application
Squad	I-Application
2	I-Application
with	O
a	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
Q4	O
2013	O
,	O
leaving	O
both	O
RPS	O
and	O
ShackNews	O
confused	O
about	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Digitalmindsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Steam	B-Application
page	O
and	O
the	O
forthcoming	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digitalmindsoft	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
June	O
2015	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
early	O
access	O
in	O
late	O
July	O
or	O
August	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
and	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
named	O
Call	B-Application
to	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
to	O
their	O
top-100	O
lists	O
of	O
games	O
to-be-released	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
