Codemasters har sendt oss en pressemelding som forteller at en ny add-on pakke er på vei til den populære krigs-simulatoren!
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance er en såkalt prequel, eller forhistorie, som utspiller seg flere år før handlingen i det originale spillet. Add-on pakken legger til en helt ny øy, på ikke mindre enn 100km2, og det loves bl.a. en mye høyere detaljgrad på texturene i spillet, i tillegg til nye våpen, kjøretøy, og en fullstendig overhalt nettverkskode. Her følger et lite utdrag av pressemeldingen: Operation Flashpoint: Resistance casts the player as Victor Troska, an experienced ex-Special Forces militia soldier. Having turned his back on his military past, Troska has settled into a respectable civilian life on the island of Nogova*, a short distance from the original game’s three islands. However, his situation changes when the Soviet force invades the island group and destroys Troska's idyllic dreams.
Reluctant at first to return to a conflict situation, he is forced to participate in, and then lead, the ramshackle Resistance effort, which grows up in response to the Soviet occupation of the island.
As Operation Flashpoint: Resistance begins before the US Army and its resources came to the islands, players have to scavenge equipment from whatever sources they can manage, which provides for different play experience to the heavily-resourced original game.
Throughout the closely linked missions, the overriding objectives include growing your resistance force by gaining new recruits and gathering equipment, preserving as many of your comrades as you can to build an army strong enough to repel the Soviets.
Spillet er satt til release 21. juni 2002 og vil få en pris på mellom 250 - 300 kr. Du kan lese mer om spillet på den nyåpnede hjemmesiden.