Gaming News - May 2003

New York, NY (May 8, 2003) - Codemasters announced today that Operation Flashpoint 2 will feature three different theatres of combat across Southeast Asia, Central Europe, and Africa.  The game’s mission-based campaigns will take PC gamers through fictional conflicts based on authentic events during the years around 1970.

From Codemasters:

Operation Flashpoint 2 is now in development at Bohemia Interactive Studio, the Prague-based creators of the original game, and will be published by Codemasters in late 2004 for the PC. Positioned to advance and expand on the groundbreaking squad-based gameplay of the original, Operation Flashpoint 2 will set a new standard in its realistic portrayal of conflict situations.

“We want to create a game set in realistic theatres, but not tied to any single historical event,” said Marek Spanel, the Project Leader for Operation Flashpoint 2 at Bohemia Interactive Studio. “The theaters selected for Operation Flashpoint 2 will provide a great variety of combat environments that draw players into a thoroughly believable experience where every element of tactical combat is important.”

An important part of the main campaign in the game will focus on events from the Vietnam war in the late 60s, when U.S. forces in South Vietnam numbered over half a million. Missions will have players engaging in solo action, commanding a squad, driving military vehicles, or taking to the air in authentic helicopters and planes. Weapons and military and civilian mobile units are being accurately modelled from period military data.

Taking players as close to the war experience as they want to get, Operation Flashpoint 2 will continue the series’ reputation as the ultimate military action game when it launches late in 2004. Gamers can now sign-up for development updates online at: www.codemasters.com/flashpoint2

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