OperationFlashpoint: Dragon Rising, the upcoming, realistic battlefieldfirst-person shooter. As the leader of a four-man fire team, its up toyou to successfully direct your men to their objectives and accomplishthem with minimal injuries to your troops. Along with the standardcampaign, Dragon Rising will also feature a multiplayer component toexpand the warfare to friends or friendly competition. At a recentevent, I got a chance to check out both the campaign and multiplayer,and tested the controls as both a squad member and a team leader.

Forthose of you who dont know about Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising,the game takes place in the near future where China has invaded a smallisland called Skira off the coast of its mainland for its recentlydiscovered oil. Chinas justification for its actions is that the landoriginally belonged to the country from the 1400s, when it wasoriginally discovered by Chinese explorers. However, Russia hascontrolled Skira since the end of World War II, leading to regionalizedtensions that could erupt in full scale war as both countries amasstheir armies along their mutual border. The US deploys troops to Skirain hopes of averting this conflict, putting you squarely up against thePeoples Liberation Army. While you can play the game by yourself, itspossible to take three additional friends and deploy into a new campaignas a squad, each player taking on the role of one of the members of thefire team.

Game Features:
* Go closer to the experience of the US Marines on campaign with the ultimate tactical infantry shooter
* Stand together with 4 player drop-in drop-out online co-op multiplayer in campaign mode and standalone Fire Team Engagements
* Become immersed in an engrossing narrative which unfolds over three acts in campaign mode
*Play as Grenadier, Scout, Rifleman and Automatic Rifleman classes, eachwith unique strengths and weaknesses for increased replayability
* Earn and spend XP on weapons, attachments and abilities for each of the fireteams specialists
*Call in Combat Support such as Mortars, Howitzers and JDAMs, whilstAH-1Z Helicopters and A-10 Ground Attack Aircraft provide Close AirSupport

System Requirements:
Operating system: Windows XP SP2 or later
GPU: DirectX 9.0c/Shader 3.0 (GeForce 7900 GT / 256 MB VRAM or higher)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Memory: 1 GB
Hard disk: 8 GB
CPU: Dual Core CPU 2 x 2.4 GHz