We’ve got great news for you today! Red River is out now and you can pick it up from all your favourite retailers! To mark this momentous occasion we’ve this spectacular TV advert that shows Codemasters putting the everyday folks, like you and me, in the boots of a Marine!

We’ve strived to make Red River the closest experience you can get to being a marine without signing up. Whether you choose to hit the battlefield as a Grenadier, Scout, Rifleman or Automatic Rifleman, the drop-in / drop-out co-op makes sure that there’s plenty of fun to have. If you then want to break from the exhilarating campaign you can always immerse yourself in the 4 excellent FTE game modes.

• Last Stand – Fight off hoards of enemies! The longer you and your friends hold ground, the more points you get. But don’t forget to bug out or you’ll just bag a big fat zero points!
• CSAR – Combat Search and Rescue sets you in a Black Hawk Down style scenario. Find the downed pilots and escort them to safety, but watch your buddies backs, the PLA won’t be too pleased to see you!
• Combat Sweep – This is clean and simple fun. Work with your team through a series of compounds clearing out enemy insurgents. Grab some friends and run through this as quickly and effectively as you can for a big time bonus! Clear orders are the key to success.
• Rolling Thunder – Escort your convoy to safety watch out for IEDs, RPGs, and ambushes from insurgents. Make sure the convoy doesn’t stop for too long or you and your team will start losing points!

If you’re looking for some fearless Marines to recruit into your fireteam then head over to our co-op forums to meet other Red River fans and jump online.

If you’ve got a question about Red River, then just leave it in the comments and we’ll get on it.

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It’s exciting times here at Codemasters as we’ve officially announced that F1 2011 will be coming to the PS3 on the 23rd September. Not only that, but we’ll be also developing F1 2011 for the NGP too.

F1 2010 marked the long awaited return of FORMULA ONE to consoles, and we we’re very proud to be awarded a BAFTA for our efforts, but we’re not letting that get to our heads and with your help we’re going to make F1 2011 even better.

We’re giving you the unique opportunity to play F1 2011 before anyone else. All you have to do is upload a clip to YouTube asking the developers a question. Maybe you want to know what improvements we’re going to make to the AI, or what new features we’re adding to make multiplayer even better. Whatever your question is, just send your YouTube link to our facebook page.

Your efforts won’t go unnoticed either. We will be hand-picking 20 lucky people and transporting them to our Birmingham, UK Studio. There you will get a studio tour, exclusive hands-on time with the game, and the opportunity to ask your question in person as part of our Developer Diaries.

So get your thinking caps on, and try to be as creative as you can!

For full terms and conditions go to our facebook page.

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In just a few short weeks you can finally get your hands on top quality Marine Corps action. With Red River coming out on the 21st April (EU & AU) we thought it’d be about time to reveal what glorious trophies that will be yours for the taking.

Whether you’re a casual FPS player, or an unstoppable M4 wielding killing machine, we all love those trophies. Let’s get some! Ooh-rah!

Bronze

• Welcome To Gissar – Complete Welcome To Tajikistan
• Protection Detail – Complete Meet The Neighbors
• Venomous Bite – Complete The Human Terrain
• Doing It The Hard Way – Complete Almost Too Easy
• Work Your Bolt – Complete The Wrong Way
• Devils At The Crossroad – Complete Careful What You Wish For…
• The Alamo, Vahdat – Complete Line In The Sand
• Keeping It Simple – Complete 1st & 10, Let’s Do It Again
• Freeing The Eagles – Complete Vantage Point
• Shock And Ore – Complete End Of The Beginning
• Sweeper – Complete one of the Combat Sweep FTE maps
• Defender – Complete one of the Last Stand FTE maps
• Rescuer – Complete one of the CSAR FTE maps
• Protector – Complete one of the Rolling Thunder FTE maps
• Peacekeeper – Complete and survive a Combat Sweep mission having killed all enemies and destroyed all caches
• Get To The Chopper! – Complete a Last Stand mission to stage 4, wave 4 and escape alive
• Package Delivered – Complete and survive a CSAR mission, rescuing both pilots
• Thunder Run – Complete and survive a Rolling Thunder mission with the entire convoy surviving
• Operation Enduring Shield – Complete Act 1 of the campaign
• Hardened – Max out one core soldier skill
• Outlaw 2′s Brave – Obtain the highest level for one character class
• With A Little Help – Play Red River with three other friends
• Catch This! – Destroy an enemy vehicle with the FGM-148 Anti Tank Weapon
• Buzz Kill – Destroy an enemy vehicle with the FIM-92 Anti Aircraft Weapon
• Driver’s Ed – Drive a humvee
• Danger Close – Call in Combat Support and be within 300m of it when it lands
• Pride Of Balletto – Complete a mission as the Auto Rifleman
• Pride Of Kirby – Complete a mission as the Rifleman
• Pride Of Soto – Complete a mission as the Scout
• Pride Of Taylor – Complete a mission as the Grenadier
• Weaponsmith – Customize a weapon
• Of The People, For The People – Pick up an enemy AK
• Old Enemies Die Hard – Kill your first PLA soldier in the Red River campaign
• Hidden Trophies (10)

Silver

• Operation Unbroken Resistance – Complete Act 2 of the campaign
• Veteran – Max out three core soldier skills
• Outlaw 2′s Finest – Obtain the highest level for two character classes

Gold

• Operation Dragon Slayer – Complete Act 3 of the campaign
• Lifer – Max out all core soldier skills
• Outlaw 2′s Hero – Obtain the highest level for all character classes

Platinum

• Obtain all Trophies in OF: Red River

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Listen up marines: we’ve got a brand new trailer for you.

You’ve met Sgt. Damien Knox and you’ve met Cpl. Ryan Balletto. Today we introduce you to Sergeant William Kirby who’s both squad leader and Rifleman in Fireteam Outlaw 2 Bravo. He’s seen it all and some more. The insurgents, they’ve got blood thirst, and the PLA ain’t too friendly either. It’ll be his leadership that will keep you alive.

As a little extra bonus for all you Playstation Blog readers we raided the Red River studio and came away with this exclusive screenshot, just for you. This shows Outlaw 2 Bravo and another sunny old day in Tajikistan.

Can’t get enough? We’ve got tonnes of great videos, screenshots and more over at flashpointgame.com. You can also like us on facebook and follow us on twitter for the latest Red River developments.

Dismissed!

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Calling all gamers! How would you like to play DiRT 3 before anyone else?

We’re looking for people of all different ages and gaming experience to visit the Codemasters HQ for a day of focus testing. ‘What’s focus testing?’ I hear you ask. A focus tester plays the game and gives us their fresh perspective on what we’ve done so far. We want to hear what you liked and what you disliked so we can make it even better. (Obviously we’re hoping you like it!)

DiRT 3 has more cars, more locations, more routes, more events and more fun than any other game in the series. This is your chance to be one of the first people to play DiRT 3 outside of Codemasters. You’ll also be grabbing a unique chance to meet the developers behind the game. So are you interested?

Before you jump up at the chance, we’ve got a few small requirements we need you to look over first:

• You need to be free on the Thursday 3rd of February. If you have work or go to school, you’ll need to arrange some time off.
• You need to be able to get yourself to the Codemasters HQ in Southam, UK (near Leamington Spa). We promise it will be worthwhile!
• If you’re under 18 we will need your parents’ consent.

Still waving your hand in the air? Great! Then head over to our facebook page and just answer the five questions we’ve listed so that we can get to know you a bit better.

We’ll be contacting the lucky individuals next week, so don’t miss out: apply today.

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