Operation Flashpoint II multiplayer details revealed

Skira Island, a name you’ll soon familiarise yourself with when you get this game into your grubby paws. Due to release on October 6th for our American readers, and sadly only on the 9th of October for European regions, some new multiplayer details have been named. Think a mix between Battlefield mentality of “enemy in cover? Blow ‘em outta there” and Socom tactics, all mixed into an awesome jaw dropping experience.

Co-operative play is something that all gamers look for in modern gaming and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising delivers this with the whole campaign being playable in both single player and multi-player co-op modes. Enlist up to three other online Marines and take on the opposition and fight across Skira Island, each mission can be played with a different fire team so don’t worry about needing your team all the way through the campaign.

There is also the ability to play PVP (Player Vs Player) so set yourself up with your three AI Marines and go head to head against a friend or enemy for that matter and go through all the combat scenarios. The game also features two other modes of play called Annihilation and Infiltration, which will see you and your merry band of soldiers engage in the ultimate wargame across Skira Island.

Annihilation will see both teams start at either end of the battlefield with the ultimate arsenal of weaponry at their disposal and then its a fight to the death with the winning team being the last man standing. Infiltration on the other hand will see one team holding a location on the map whilst the other team will take on the role of a covert Special Forces squad and its their job to take over the location.

All this sounds fantastic as far as I’m concerned and may even provide more fun then close multiplayer rivals arriving in Uncharted 2 and Call of duty Modern Warfare 2. Only thing that concerns me is the lag factor. However, watching this video, I don’t really care! Source