As the missions progress, depending on the player's performance, Armstrong is promoted and can command a squad of his own. The player begins in the role of Private David Armstrong, fresh from training on Malden and under the supervision of his commanding officer Sergeant Arnold Berghoff. The NATO base on Malden is alerted and the plot progresses from there. Guba attacks nearby Everon, an independant republic, sparking an international flashpoint.

Not everyone is willing to accept his leadership, including General Ivan Vasilii Guba, leader of a well-equipped army based on Kolgujev. The Soviet Union is in turmoil after Mikhail Gorbachev is designated General Secretary of the Communist Party. The story is set in 1985 on a group of three islands - Kolgujev, Malden and Everon. Later, a 'Game of the Year' (GOTY) edition was published by Codemasters, which included the two BIS games, plus the Red Hammer campaign. Then in 2002, BI produced another version of the game (as an expansion pack) called Operation Flashpoint: Resistance. Codemasters then produced and published an add-on campaign for the original title called Red Hammer. The game snagged a glowing 9/10 in Eurogamer's original Operation Flashpoint review back in 2001.The world famous Operation Flashpoint (OFP) series of games began with Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis in 2001, produced by BI and published by Codemasters. 'This step will not only avoid potential confusion amongst users and the wider gaming public, but it will also preserve what is now a classic PC game for years to come as it could no longer be available under its original name.' 'After all these years of continuous support and improvements we are delighted to be able to unite our lineup of military simulators for PC under the Arma brand,' commented Bohemia CEO Marek Spanel. We've asked for clarification and will update when we get a response.

For everyone else, the game will be available through various online stores in the near future.īohemia's announcement neglected to include any further detail on when and where you'll be able to download it.

However, Bohemia, which was franchise custodian until Codemasters controversially took the series in-house with 2009's Dragon Rising, is now re-releasing it as Arma: Cold War Assault.Īs well as the original game, you'll also get the 2002 Resistance expansion pack.Īll existing Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis users will be able to download and install it for free. The first game in Codemasters' Operation Flashpoint series is returning from the dead, courtesy of original developer Bohemia Interactive.įirst released back in 2001, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis has recently been discontinued by the publisher.

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