x360a writes: "This isn't Hollywood, soldier! This is war! Two short sharp sentences that pretty much sums up Codemasters' upcoming realistic shooter, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. The sequel to the still popular Operation Flashpoint looks to bring a realistic shooter to consoles for possibly the first time. Codemasters Executive Produce Sion Lenton was on hand at E3 to run us through a short mission taking place off the main isle of Skira with the objective of taking down a radar tower blocking signals preventing the use of heavy artillery support.
A bit of background first; the island of Skira is 220 square kilometres with a whole array of different terrains ... all of which are accessible by you, the player. Operation Flashpoint gives you access to over 60 different weapons and 30 vehicles you can get behind the wheel of, from jeeps to jets. The title is 4 player co-op enabled but doesn't support drop in and drop out support due to technical limitations ... we presume because of the vast scale of the environment. Seriously, it's absolutely huge. Expect fully destructible buildings and persistent damage in a sandbox environment that lets you do what you want..."
