Here are the latest updates on the game development itself:

Patch’s:

A lot of you have asked about a patch for the game and I can confirm that we do have one currently in development.

I can’t give out any details regarding a fix list or a release date at the moment, but please keep on adding your feedback to the console bugs/game issues thread, as I am passing these on to the dev team.

As soon as I have more info confirmed to me, I will make sure I inform the forum asap.

Discussion

Server issues:

I’ve noticed a few threads created by people having problems connecting/finding games online.

Just wanted to quickly reassure you that I’ll make sure to do some investigating tomorrow when I am back in the office and provide you all with update regarding the situation.

Apologies to anyone who’s experienced problems.

Discussion

Besides from the very odd tuvan throat singing in the game here is what olly has to say regarding the songs in the game + song downloads.

Many thanks to Olly and the sound team guys for putting together this brilliant music pack! Thanks again to Olly for writing the below as well .

Tuvan throat singing? There were definitely a few raised eyebrows when it was first suggested that we wanted this style of music to grace our game, after all it’s not your typical war game music. Then again OFP DR is not your typical war game so we felt we wanted our choice of music to really stand out.

During development we all lived with this piece of music in the menu to see how it sat, Immediately it struck a chord, it’s full of sorrow and is not a gung ho orchestral motivational piece, it really gave the game an ominous feeling and combined with the random radio chatter (well done to those that spotted it) kept you wanting to hear more.

Eventually we needed to get some proper music in before we started showing the game to the press and the public, we had worked with Christian Marcussen before and knew he had the talent to deliver, Christian composed a piece of music that invoked all the same feelings of Fly Fly My Sadness and also combined that with a more western feel to give OFP DR a truly unique sound.

On many occasions we took this game to universities and had students, professionals and even forum members visit Codemasters, everyone wanted to sit and listen to the whole piece to the end and was very taken back by such “different” music, it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea but at least we hope that for some people it’s given them those same feelings we had when we first heard it.

Also we have put together for you a pack of music loops from all of our trailers, we’d love to hear them being used on films you make and posted on youtube! Thanks to Mark Willot for taking the time to make these available in such a useful format.

Enjoy.

Download Music Pack as MP3

Download Music Pack as WMV

So, we are released! Our baby is on its own in the big wide world. It’s been quite a journey involving many, many man months of hard work. A few thanks are in order. First of all I have to thank one of the most talented and surely the hardest working team I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with, I’d also like to thank all of the support teams at Codemasters for their help and expertise. Final thanks as well to you the community, for your unflinching support over the past couple of years.

The team have been eagerly reading the reviews and all your feedback on the forums and we’ve been very pleased with how the games been received, especially by console users. One of my main goals on this project was to introduce console gamers to this genre and get them excited about the possibilities of actually having to think about their actions in combat. I feel we have achieved this and I feel we are at the beginning of a very exciting journey for the Flashpoint series, We’re already prototyping new features and our Ego tech moves forwards in leaps and bounds – watch this space!

I know that our PC user base is clamouring for more features already, and we are not oblivious to your pleas! We have DLC, patches and title updates all due out (in weeks rather than months) and we are also collating all feedback regarding any issues discovered, so please keep on posting your bug reports in the tech help forum.

So to conclude, its been an epic journey for everyone on the team, trust me, you will never know how challenging this game was to develop. Blood, sweat and tears have flown regularly in the studio, now let champagne flow, we’re all going out to celebrate!!!

All the best, see you on the Battlefield

Sion

It seems that codemasters might have had a bit of a problem with youtube since the video is already up on youtube.

Some new screengrabs have been uploaded by helios that outline the graphical options in the game:

General

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you all know that the Multiplayer PVP video is due for release later today on Gamespot. It’s being uploaded by the US side of the site though, so if you are located in Europe you can expect it sometime late at night (Weds)/Early Morning (Thurs). I’m afraid I can’t really be more specific regarding what time Gamespot are going to upload it so my apologies for that.

Our US team will be making a post on Facebook when the video has been uploaded so make sure to keep an eye out for their update.

The video is also due for release tomorrow from 10am (UK Time) on www.flashpointgame.com

We also have a new multiplayer screengrab for viewers here:

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Well it seems that our cries for justice against the wave of “No demo” threads will finally be put to rest “That is if the announcement is there will be a demo released on …”. It seems that on facebook CM have posted a comment saying:

We will have an official demo announcement very soon…please hang tight.

The main irony is the fact that just as it was said a new thread appeared saying no demo. Maybe this message was set on a timer?

Discussion

Message

Helios just posted this comment for us regarding the next dev diary and another video of great interest.

Got a couple of videos due for later in the week, the “Fog of War” dev diary, and also the “PvP Multiplayer” video

So hold onto your handles since the sheets coming down again.

Discussion

Source

Recentely alot of people have been doubting that the release will not go ahead as planned for the 6th US, 8th EPAC and 9th UK. Helios today has created a sticky thread saying that this is indeed not so.

There seems to be a bit of confusion on the forums about the release date for the game and that it might have been pushed back.

This isn’t the case and the release dates are still confirmed as being, October 6th in North America, October 8th through European, Pacific, Asian and Canadian territories… Read on

Found by Hero ZaRiF215 is a new official video detailing the events leading up to the oil crisis, Chinese militarization and subsequent engagement with the US and Russian forces on Skira. It’s a great video with great production value, it is highly recommended that you watch this when you get the chance.

After oil crisis that leads to a more aggressive government. The conflict begins with a  build-up of of military forces along the border between Russia and China. Needing the reserves to stabilize the country, on May 9th 2011, China takes Skria in a aggressive sweep. After a failure in negotiations Russia fear all out war and requests US assistance Forces deploy May 12th 2011 2:30

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising – Begins.

Watch in HD

UPDATE

Helios confirms that “It’s the intro video to the campaign in the game”. Leading presumption is that the helicopter hitting the screen will play into the SF forces helicopter starting its landing on the island.