[Hilo Oficial] Operation Flashpoint: Red River -21 de abril-

Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has confirmed Operation Flashpoint: Red River and DiRT 3 will both arrive at somepoint between the beginning of April and the end of June next year.

GRID 2 will drop by 2012 in a strategy which will see GRID and DiRT alternate for each year.

“I don’t think it does any good to publish in a congested period when everyone’s putting out their shooters,” he told EG.

“A number of leading companies have their fiscal year ends around that time, and so they’ll be firing heavyweights in terms of their product releases to give as much boost to their fiscal year end as they possibly can.

“That’s not a window I want to go out in. It will be between 1st April and the end of June.”

Cousens added on GRID 2’s timeline: “We’re not difficult to predict. If DiRT comes out next year, GRID will come out the following year, and then DiRT will be out the year after that. So you can map us out.”

“Sitting alongside that will be F1 every year. Flashpoint we’ll do every other year. The idea is to come up with a new IP that sits in opposite years to each other, but we’re in the racing segment and the action segment.”

On that new IP, Cousens all but confirmed it would be out in 2012 to support GRID 2.

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Last week I was lucky enough to get my hands on Codemaster’s upcoming military FPS – and I’ll let you know right now, this isn’t the type of wargame you’re used to.

If you’re familiar with the Codies previous entries in the Operation Flashpoint franchise, then you know they were well received and applauded for their more realistic take on the military FPS genre. Well, Codemasters is looking to continue that tradition with Operation Flashpoint: Red River.

War through a webcam? Whatchu talkin bout Dave!?

If you’re keen on the military events that have transpired over the last decade or so, you’ve undoubtedly seen the countless first hand videos shot by soldiers via handheld camcorders and/or helmet cams. There’s a lot of digital distortion, lens flares, and a general sense of hectic realism not found in more typical war documentaries. Codemasters is going for more of a “Generation Kill” vibe with Red River.

You mean a modern war FPS that looks like Kane & Lynch 2!? No thanks!!

Not quite that intense and distorted. Codemasters is well aware of the polarizing effect the visual style of Dog Days had on it’s audience and their visual approach to Red River is toned down quite a bit from IO Interactive’s “summer shockbuster.”

Ok, sounds interesting. I’m into a more realistic military FPS … but what about multiplayer?? I love me some CoDBlOps!!

Well, there isn’t any. What you get instead is full 1-4 player drop in/drop out co-op throughout the entire campaign (8+ hours) and various game modes.

Well, that sounds kind of cool – not every wargame needs TDM and CTF – what’s it all about?

The game’s campaign will find you fighting both the insurgency and the Chinese within Tajikistan (Between Afghanistan, Pakistan and China) in 2013. This is not the scripted “interactive movie” sort of campaign you may be used to from games like Call of Duty. The missions, and the map, are much more open for the sake of improvisation and squad based combat.

You will operate with a fire team and can give commands such as supressing fire, hold position, and follow me, to any member at any time via the inclusion of a handy (and easy to use) command wheel.

The missions will progress slowly as you move from house to house and alley to alley, since you never know where an insurgent with an RPG might be hiding, and taking a run and gun approach will surely get you killed.

As I said before, this isn’t the type of wargame you’re used to.

Besides the campaign mode, there are also four different game modes which are completely drop in/drop out for 1-4 players as well.

Convoy Escort – Rather self explanatory – you’ll escort and protect a convoy.

Combat Search and Rescue – Bring back a downed pilot behind enemy lines.

Combat Sweep – Moving through villages and compounds going house to house looking for insurgents and objectives.

Defense (I played this mode) – You’ll defend a town against increasingly difficult and larger waves of Chinese enemies. While playing this mode I found that the first few waves were no match for me and my sniper rifle plus a few key commands that I’d given to my NPC teammates. However, once the Chinese invasion got a bit heavy, I was forced to switch to a mounted MG and call my guys back for a more strategic approach to the defense. The mode was fun enough by myself, but it would definitely be more fun with a couple of friends on my fire team instead of NPCs who’d simply bark standard military jargon at me.


The game also features a class system which works throughout the entire game. You gain XP in all game modes and will be able to use that XP to advance both basic skills and unlock B mods (scopes, attachments) and specials (armor piercing, quicker reloads) which are similar to the perks found in Modern Warfare. The classes available are Rifleman, Auto-Rifleman, Scout and Grenadier. Each of these classes has their own set of unlockable mods and specials, so don’t expect to be a jack of all trades – specialization is defnitely one of the key elements to this game.


All in all, Operation Flashpoint: Red River shows promise. In a world dominated by military shooters that go, “over the top” it’s refreshing to see Codemasters stick to what makes the Flashpoint series so unique, while also trying to improve upon the franchise. The game is not set for release until Q2 2011, so I’m sure I’ll have a chance to get my hands on it again in the near future. When I do, here’s to hoping it looks even more promising.

One of the key gameplay aspects of Operation Flashpoint: Red River is the use of suppressive fire against enemy forces, however in Red River it’s entirely possible that you may find yourself at the wrong end of some suppressing fire, and in many cases when up against the insurgent forces in Tajikistan it’ll be this weapon making sure that you keep yourself firmly behind cover and out of harms way.

Meet the PKP “Pecheneg” Light Machine Gun, a weapon you’ll come to fear and respect on the battlefields of Tajikistan.

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It will land in the US on April 21 in Europe and April 26 in the US for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, according to Gamespot.

According to Codemasters, the game will contain a 10-mission campaign which is playable for up to four players in co-op, and a new Fireteam Engagements mode will allow for skirmishes qith up to four players. One will allow you to face waves of enemies, and another one has you trying to save marines from a downed helicopter under heavy fire.

xAgostx escribió:Yo jugue al primer OF en PC... el primer juego de la saga. Y me gusto. Era estilo Batlefield pero mas relajado. Me compre el de PS3 con la esperanza... Pero para mi, fue una decepcion como un piano. No obstante, este parece k se ve mejor asi k tmb me lo pillare... Espero no equivocarme.

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Many single-player campaigns seen in first-person shooter titles have come under fire in recent years due to their short length. Luckily, the team at Codemasters has your back, as upcoming shooter-simulator Operation Flashpoint: Red River will feature a campaign around 10 hours long.

Over the weekend Red River game designer Tim Browne told me that the campaign is “around 10 hours but obviously it depends on the difficulty you play on.”

The sequel to the 2009, ever-so-slightly flawed Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising releases later this year for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. A 10 hour campaign sure is appealing, and the gameplay Codemasters has shown so far is looking promising.

Speaking in a GDC video interview with GameFront, Browne said the firm still wants the game to be accessible and fun, so it’s not a full-blown military simulator either.

‘We kind of got a sliding scale with getting the level [in the game] between simulator and authentic military shooter… so it’s nicely placed,” said Browne. “You know, you’ve got your run n’ gun shooters and they’ve been done to death. People are getting tired of those games so they want something that tests the gray matter so that’s why we’re calling it a tactical shooter.

“It’s a thinking man’s game.”

Red River lands on April 21 in Europe and April 26 in the US for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Watch the video interview below.

With a barrage of military shooters all clamouring for space on your gaming shelf in 2011, Codemasters’ Creative Director Sion Lenton has been talking up the team-based tactical gameplay of Operation Flashpoint: Red River. “Our goal is to take the player as close to the experience of being a US Marine as possible,” he asserts. “[It will require] as much brain as brawn.”

With this added focus on realism, you can expect one well-placed enemy bullet to equal death, meaning you’ll have to use your noggin to successfully navigate your way through Red River’s campaign. All the soldiers are mo-capped, with enhanced rag-doll physics meaning you can literally blow the limbs off opponents. Ouch.

You can up your chances by playing co-op with up to three mates, each one of you taking on a class with specific strengths and perks. There’s Sergeant William Kirby (who was introduced in the latest gameplay trailer) who’s your squad leader, a Rifleman, and good old fashioned all rounder. Lance Corporal Daniel Taylor is your Grenadier – a short-range explosives expert. Then we’ve got yee-hawing Corproal Ryan Baletto, introduced in the first gameplay trailer, who’ll be handling heavy weapons as your Auto Rifleman. Lastly there’s Corporal Jose Sato, a Scout specializing in reconnaissance and long-range fire.

You can expect the usual XP grind and subsequent unlocks for each class, plus there are a slew of game modes to tackle – albeit no competitive multiplayer. You’ve got Last Stand (defence), Combat Sweep (assault), Rolling Thunder (convoy escort) and lastly CSAR (search and destroy), all of which are played against AI bots. Bit of a shame maybe, but then this should allow for more tactical online battles as opposed to the frantic death-fests of other multiplayer shooters.

Pleasingly, we’ve been promised a complete AI overhaul, meaning your opponents should be up to the challenge of, well, challenging you. They’ll react to changing situations in real-time, scampering quickly for cover if exposed. This is not a game where you can simply pop open the skulls of dumb AI opponents, you’ll be made to work for your kills.

Codies are also keen to point out the massive graphical improvements over previous OF title, Dragon Rising, with the setting of Tajikistan in particular looking wonderfully vibrant in an earthy, gritty sort of way. Expect cosmetic touches like dirt building up on your weapons too.

Red River is certainly shaping up to be a must-have FPS title for realism-o-philes and tactics junkies, and we can’t wait to get our first taste of the action. Make sure you check in next week when we’ll have two more Red River information blow-outs on both the various gameplay modes and ranking systems, plus an in-depth look at the game’s weaponry. Hoo-rah. Until then, have a browse through the new screenshots below. Purdy ain’t they?