![]() Bohemia Interactive did not comply and released the game with this name on. On, a press release was published by Marek Španěl, CEO of Bohemia Interactive, to clarify the situation and put an end to Codemasters' voluntarily ambiguous statements - the praised, GOTY game is Operation Flashpoint, and Dragon Rising is -not- its sequel.Ĭodemasters sent a cease and desist letter to Bohemia Interactive before Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead's release, as they felt the expansion/standalone name was too close to "Operation Flashpoint". ![]() "Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis" becomes "Arma: Cold War Assault"ĭragon Rising and Red River studio is closed down by CodemastersĬodemasters does own the rights to "Operation Flashpoint" but there is an exclusivity clause stating a sequel can only be done by Bohemia Interactive.Ĭodemasters, wanting to use the good aura of the license, decided to create a new game (technically not a sequel) with the same name and announced Dragon Rising in 2007, revealing it in 2008 at the E3 convention.Īccording to Eurogamer, Clive Lindop was introduced to them as a "veteran of the Operation Flashpoint team" before being rebuked by Bohemia Interactive and corrected. by Codemasters)Ĭlive Lindop is presented as "a veteran of the original OFP team"Ĭodemasters' "Operation Arrowhead" cease and desist letter Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer release (dev. ![]() Those delays and issues increased Codemasters' pressure on Bohemia to create and release a sequel to Operation Flashpoint and in order to leave these restrictions, Bohemia Interactive started a new franchise with the game called ArmA: Armed Assault (ArmA: Combat Operations in the USA) and terminated Codemasters' partnership circa 2005. Doing so, Codemasters would hold the rights to the "Operation Flashpoint" name, while Bohemia Interactive would keep rights to their engine, assets and narrative.īohemia Interactive and Codemasters parted ways after Bohemia encountered issues in porting Operation Flashpoint on the XBox, and delays in a very ambitious Game 2 project. It is also the name of Operation Flashpoint: Elite, the XBox version of Operation Flashpoint.īohemia Interactive was contacted by Codemasters after seeing their demo of Operation Flashpoint reaching the million downloads and both agreed to work together Codemasters would publish Operation Flashpoint.
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