The Operation Flashpoint: Red River Developer Diary #1 offers insights into Codemasters' upcoming military shooter sequel from the development team. Word is: "The developer diary features explosive footage of the game in action, including the devastating effects of JDAM airstrikes. Marines are shown engaging insurgent enemies at close quarters, clearing them out of towns and villages and hunting them down in mountains. The overwhelming conventional might of the Chinese PLA is also shown with state of the art equipment, including the tanks and helicopters that make them such a formidable foe. The footage shows off the new setting of Tajikistan with its epic vistas and huge open landscapes which present unique and evolving tactical challenges as players are tasked with achieving objectives on their own initiative." There's also an Operation Flashpoint: Red River Interview on Strategy Informer where Codemasters' Adam Parsons tells them that Operation Flashpoint is a "thinking man's" FPS and that ArmA is "no threat" and the admission that Dragon Rising was "over-stretched," and that "key areas fell short". The embedded version of the trailer follows.