Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a first person tactical military game that developed specially for the PC, Playstation3 and Xbox 360 by British game developer Codemasters. Codemasters have advertised the game as a tactical shooter designed to realistically representing the modern infantry combat. It was then following up with the Bohemia Interactive’s Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis but then was developed entirely by Codemasters due to a falling out in between the two companies. Dragon Rising eventually takes place on a fictional island named SKira in May 2011.

After the Global Economic Crisis causes the mass of unemployment and political destabilization in China as the PLA seize control of Skira and the vast plus there was a newly discovered reservoir of oil located there. The situation deteriorates quickly and China begins to fortify its northern provinces in anticipation of armed conflict with Russia. Russia, already countering the PLA on the Chinese mainland, calls to the United States of America to retake Skira from the Chinese. Bound by treaty arrangements made after the end of the Cold War, America agrees and the two greatest armies in the world begin to clash on the island.

Dragon Rising also features in a multiplayer mode. In storyline co-op mode, up to 4 human players can play through the singleplayer campaign together, each human player replacing a computer-controlled character. There are also the pure multiplayer modes Annihilation and Infiltration, with more multiplayer modes promised for after the release of the main game. It is important to note that the game does not support dedicated servers. The multiplayer numbers are 16 vs 16 on PC and 4 vs 4 with three bots (AI) per person on PS3 and Xbox 360. As in co-op mode, human controlled characters must stay in within 274m of each other. As in PVP missions the area of operations is limited to 4 square kilometers.

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