Back on the Battlefield - Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Resign Goes Gold

**asch** · 09-24-2009, 07:47 AM

OPERATION FLASHPOINT®: DRAGON RISING GOES GOLD,
FIRE TEAMS ENGAGE FROM OCTOBER 6th.

Explosive new gameplay video at www.flashpointgame.com reveals 'Eagle Offense' mission's deadly airfield assault
Thursday 24th September... Set to deliver an intense, immersive and visceral military sandbox gaming experience, Codemasters today announced that Operation Flashpoint®: Dragon Rising™ has gone gold and will be available from October 6th (US) / 8th (PAL) / 9th (UK) for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC.

Gamers can today see the most explosive moments taken from Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising’s ‘Eagle Offense’ mission in a new preview video, now showing at www.flashpointgame.com. The trailer reveals how a strategically vital airfield is turned into a bloody, chaotic battleground as a USMC force, accompanied by aerial support, assaults dug in PLA positions.

The violence, ferocity and carnage of war is brought to life as troops on both sides attack in authentic formations, use cover realistically and engage in ranged, close-quarters and vehicular combat. USMC forces fight through the airfield’s perimeter before infiltrating the Control Tower, eliminating enemy targets with rapid, ruthless aggression. The Marines then assume defensive positions in readiness for the PLA counter-attack. A Chinese WZ-10 attack helicopter is spectacularly blown out of the sky by a shoulder-launched surface to air missile, before the conflict culminates with PLA armour advancing across a battlefield surrounded by mortar fire and strewn with burning wreckage. This flashpoint is still white hot…

Powered by the award-winning EGO™ Game Technology Engine, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will set the standard for accessible, authentic war gaming. Preview the intensity of modern conflict in the new ‘Eagle Offense’ mission video, now showing at www.flashpointgame.com. Gamers can also receive the latest updates as they happen by signing up to Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/flashpointgame or follow developments straight from the studio on Twitter http://twitter.com/flashpointgame.

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ABOUT OPERATION FLASHPOINT: DRAGON RISING
In Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising gamers play the decisive role in defusing a military flashpoint between two global superpowers that threatens the entire world. Players take the role of US Marines and Special Forces operatives dispatched to take back the oil-rich Russian island of Skira from an invading force of Chinese PLA.

The 220km² island becomes the ultimate open-world battlefield as players are empowered to make their own choices, deploy their own tactics and fight war on their own terms. Objectives are set – how they are accomplished is always up to the player who has the full resources of the US Marine Corps at their disposal and the ability to attack from any direction. Intelligent squad and enemy AI, based on authentic military tactics, react in real-time to situations as they unfold to ensure that no two games will ever play out the same.

Players will become immersed in a stunningly realistic conflict with unprecedented levels of detail, freedom and authenticity. Every decision counts, every action has a consequence and every bullet can kill as Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising recreates the lethality, tension and adrenaline of real war like never before.

ABOUT CODEMASTERS
Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of best-selling interactive entertainment products for a global audience across multiple gaming platforms and channels. Established in 1986, the company’s dominant brands include Colin McRae DiRT, Race Driver GRID, Overlord and Operation Flashpoint; the company retains the exclusive worldwide video game rights to FORMULA 1. Codemasters is headquartered in Warwickshire UK, with North American operations based in Universal City, Calif. The company also maintains operations in Japan, Germany, France, Spain, Benelux and Malaysia. Codemasters receives over two million visitors to its web site every month, discover why at www.codemasters.com

GeneralCarver · 09-25-2009, 09:54 AM

Boring! lol. Flashpoint looks like it might be fun to play, but you can bet it will not be able to give the same scale of battle you can achieve in ArmA 2.

EDIT..
Yep, watched video. That sure is small scale. There was only 1 USMC APC, 1 humvee, like 1 squad. Enemy probably only consisted of like 20 men.

**Wave** · 09-26-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GeneralCarver

Boring! lol. Flashpoint looks like it might be fun to play, but you can bet it will not be able to give the same scale of battle you can achieve in ArmA 2.

EDIT..
Yep, watched video. That sure is small scale. There was only 1 USMC APC, 1 humvee, like 1 squad. Enemy probably only consisted of like 20 men.

A simple "I don't think I'll be buying this game, it didn't really live up to my expectations" would have sufficed. You didn't need to completely flame the game you Arma Fan-boy... Some of us in the community have been anticipating the release of this game since last year, so we take it a little personally when you blatantly berate it, especially when it hasn't even been released yet...

Maturity is one of the requisites of this forum...

**asch** · 09-26-2009, 06:50 PM

Looks like this game is on sale (25% off) this weekend for pre-orders.

Order the DVD

PCLiPSE · 09-26-2009, 11:49 PM

Will there be playable aircraft online?

fuzzhead · 09-27-2009, 08:33 AM

Hopefully it gets on steam?

Delta_Swift · 09-27-2009, 03:09 PM

So, anyone feel like upgrading my computer with about $800 worth of new components? Anybody?

Projax · 09-27-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by asch

Looks like this game is on sale (25% off) this weekend for pre-orders

Is there a difference between the US and UK version?

**asch** · 09-27-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Projax

Is there a difference between the US and UK version?

That I do not know. Check out OFP forums. Maybe someone there has the answer.

amu107.9 · 09-27-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Delta_Swift

So, anyone feel like upgrading my computer with about $800 worth of new components? Anybody?

Unless you are upgrading your whole computer cpu, mobo and gpu. It probably won't even be that much.

Heck, if you get the new intel chips ,i5 I believe, they pound on the phenom X4 and are at the same price. Now you can save that cash buy some extra ram, get your mobo and probably the new radeon card for under or around $800.

PCLiPSE · 09-27-2009, 08:16 PM

will there be playable aircraft?

**socomseal93** · 09-28-2009, 08:57 AM

There will be helicopters only. It has been confirmed on the OFP2 forums that there are no jets.

**Aumen1** · 09-28-2009, 04:23 PM

What is the multiplayer count? How is the gameplay tactically with others etc. Thanks

**WhiskeySix** · 09-28-2009, 05:07 PM

We'll have an an announcement and overview/preview up soon, but here's a quick taste:

- 3 gamplay modes: MP, SP, and 4-player campaign (coop, where you all can save and rejoin)
- Various difficulty settings including 'hardcore' (see video below)
- no health-points or healing (though you can stop bleeding)
- built in VOIP
- MP has 32 players max
- Gameplay previews look like a cross of PR and CoD4... but played out on an absolutely huge, ArmA-style, 220km2 island.
- Environment is supposed to be critical 'character' in the game, and accurate vegetation, sunrises/sunsets, etc..
- Vehicles that require multiple players to operate

check out the developers youtube channel for videos:

**Superfast** · 09-30-2009, 04:47 AM

I think this will be fun!

*cough* *cough* Any chance we're putting up a server for this then? It would be fun to have around launch time.