Codemasters, the company publishing the game, retained the rights to it, and has gone on to release several new titles in the series.
Yet it was Bohemia Interactive who pioneered the idea and developed the first game. This is why they went off and made the ArmA series, which are basically Operation Flashpoint games without the name. Confusing for consumers, annoying for Bohemia.
That sad tale has a happy ending today, though, as the Czech developers revealed that the original 2001 game, Operation Flashpoint, has been “discontinued”. In its place, they’ve regained the rights to release the game (if not use the Flashpoint name), and are bringing it back into the ArmA family where it belongs, renaming it Arma: Cold War Assault.
There’s no major changes or updates or anything like that going on. They’re just welcoming the prodigal son home!
MattC
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 7:28 PMALL! Move to… HOUSE!…….. UNDER FIRE!
*ADVANCING*
*ADVANCING*
Ahhh nostalgia; so many fond memories with this game.
Mase
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 7:30 PMJust what we need, another military shooter
Dissection
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 7:46 PMI’m not a fan at all of these games but they are DRASTICALLY different to your standard military FPS ala Battlefield and COD.
Mr.Ferret
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 7:48 PMYou obviously did not read the article. This isn’t cod or battlefield , its navigating by compas, patrolling the woods at 2 in the mowing with a 12 man squad. Full scale warfare across multiple fronts it’s as real as it gets and a version of it is used by the military for training. It was a massive technical acheivment for it’s time and is one of the finest games ever made.
Back in your box.
Jullzzz
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 7:59 PMDid you even read the article? They are releasing the old game under a new name, some people are such knobs.
The Insufferable Senor Steengo
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:24 PMYou can also install it if you own the original game and… lost the disc or are too lazy to put it in the disc tray.
Helps that it’s prepatched with the latest version, though.
AussieSniper
Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 10:03 PMBetter than another SCI-FI shooter…
Slek
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 9:02 PMOH NO
1
IS DOWN!
Andrew
Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 12:32 AMI cannot begin to recall how many times i heard that particular phrase, usually after a tank shell or rifle round passed through the space my body was occupying :P
Joe
Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 3:00 AM4, 5, 6 move to bush 50 meters 8 O’clock. FIRE!!!!….. Cannot fire. Oh, no! 4 is down, 5 is down, 6 is down.
Doh.
cyk
Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 12:21 PMSpent so much time trying to make custom maps in this game, the editor was just so buggy. Great times though, we need more games of this quality.