October 6, 2009
THE BATTLE FOR SKIRA BEGINS – OPERATION FLASHPOINT®:
DRAGON RISING NOW SHIPPING TO RETAILERS
Fully locked and loaded, gamers prepare to be dropped
into the most immersive open world combat experience of the year as Operation
Flashpoint®: Dragon Rising mounts its assault on stores’ shelves across North
America today for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft®, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC. Operation
Flashpoint : Dragon Rising is rated M for Mature and is available for $59.99 for
Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 and $49.99 for PC.
As Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising officially ships, a climactic launch
video, now available at
www.flashpointgame.com or
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Launch Trailer
reveals the full effect of warfare as U.S. Marine Corps and PLA troops engage
each other and the massive island of Skira erupts into an explosive and deadly
battlefield. From the opening moment when APVs take the beach and infantry
climbs the hill, the conflict escalates as tanks roll across the fields, attack
helicopters rain down missiles and heavy artillery pounds enemy emplacements
with devastating effect.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is modern combat in stunning detail. The
game authentically recreates a 360-degree theater of war, which enables players
to approach objectives from any direction. On this realistic battlefield, where
one bullet can kill, players face the fear and mortality felt by soldiers as
they are challenged to survive the rapidly evolving situations of battle
throughout the game’s single and 4-player co-op campaign.
Whether assaulting, flanking or suppressing the enemy, or calling on fire
support to rain down from the skies, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
demands that players think on their feet and react quickly to any situation the
game’s advanced AI throws at them. In this theater, every decision counts,
every action has a consequence and any bullet can kill.
For the duration of hostilities, players will wage war with the most
technologically advanced arsenal the USMC has ever had. In the field,
players have access to customized weapons that meet the needs of the constantly
evolving combat scenario. Scopes, such as the Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
(ACOG) and Thermal Infrared Goggles (TIG), can be used to overcome adverse
combat and environmental conditions. Other force multipliers, including grenade
launchers, smoke and night vision devices are also featured.
Complete with 4-player online co-op play throughout the campaign and individual
multiplayer Fire Team Engagements, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising delivers
the lethality, tension and adrenaline of real war like never before.
ABOUT OPERATION FLASHPOINT: DRAGON RISING
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is the complete antithesis of the on-rails,
run-and-gun shooter. Players are empowered with the freedom to handle military
crisis situations on their own initiative, deploying the weaponry, vehicles and
equipment of a contemporary fighting force.
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 U.S. Marines and Special Forces
operatives dispatched to take back the oil-rich Russian island of Skira from an
invading force of Chinese PLA.
The 136-square-mile 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 U.S.
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.
