Two military sims on the way

Military simulations ArmA 2 and Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising are to go head-to-head in the software chart when they are released later this year.

ArmA 2, developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio, is based around a Communist uprising in the former USSR. The game already has a thriving multiplayer scene awaiting its release.

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising is being developed and published by Codemasters. The gameplay takes place on a real island off the coast of Japan and is said to capture the high level of detail of its predecessor but with a modern twist.

Both games arrive on the Xbox 360, PC and PS3 in the first half of this year.