Battlefield 1943: coming to XBLA, PSN (July 8th/9th) and PC this Fall...

[heybtbm]

Very excited about this. The whole WWII FPS thing has been done to death EXCEPT when it's done by DICE. Airplanes are back!

http://kotaku.com/5147008/bad-compan...43-this-summer

Battlefield WWII >>>>>> Call of Duty WWII. That is all.

[Nico87]

I believe it's 1942.

[Nionel]

Wow, so BF 1943 is being released on XBLA and PSN? That's awesome, I never played BF '42, but I'll cerainly be looking into this game once it's released.

[esquire]

I believe it's 1942.

Actually, the Wake Island map looks like an enhanced version of its 1942 bretheren, hence perhaps the 1943 designation. The graphics look more detailed.

I would like to see Battlefield 1918, like Codename: Eagle or Iron Storm for the PC.

[mnkysuit]

I just like the fact that it's on XBLA. That's neat.


Vehicles. Mhm.

[roushimsx]

Neat, I'll probably wind up playing the hell out of this. I generally don't play online-only shooters, but Battlefield 1942 was the exception. Hopefully they don't screw it up and fragment the market like they did with the first game and its retail expansions. Take a lesson from Epic's (old ) playbook and release that shit for free. Road to Rome was great, but too many people never picked it up.

[heybtbm]

Kotaku has a nice (brief) preview up today...

http://kotaku.com/5148080/battlefiel...needed-upgrade

Essentially this is a HD/Frostbite engine upgrade of Battlefield 1942. Download only via XBLA, PSN, or PC and $15 to $20. Can't wait.

[Nesmaster]

Wait until I tell my buddy, he's going to flip. He played BF42 on the PC religiously for quite some time and got me into it for a brief period. If he decides to buy it I might and play with him. It'll be like going back in time a few years!

[Leo_A]

3 classes and 3 maps?

Sounds too stripped down. Bet they sell new classes, maps, and so on through microtransactions and completely fragments whatever online community develops.

[cyberfluxor]

There's still a good count of 1942 players online even today. The collection set for the PC is $10 new in most anywhere you go. I'm interested in seeing how 1943 pans out.

[heybtbm]

Achievements out today...

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/g.../achievements/

Game out July 8th (360) and July 9th (PSN). Can't wait!

[GrandAmChandler]

Sweet, I'll have to pick it up

[dave2236]

Sweet, I still play BF1942 on my PC at least a couple hours a week.

Just get me in the seat of a fighter plane and its over for the other team.

Look forward to playing against you guys.

My X-box ID is vgkyourmom

[Ed Oscuro]

EA sure has been going crazy with the stripped-down Battlefields lately, haven't they? First Heroes, now this. I'm hoping it won't be expensive on PC and will be available in stores (1200 MS points or whatever - $15), but I'm wondering about the planes since it already felt rather tight flying about in 1942 (although the slower speed of the classic prop fighters should help; flying Battlefield 2's jets was a matter of circling around constantly).

I'm not expecting it to be incredibly polished - they mentioned the Japanese snipers use a K98 instead of the appropriate rifle because they couldn't afford to build another. It does have a better engine though.

I'll probably play it and like it.

I will say that CoD5: World at War looks pretty slick on 360 though (so PC should be even nicer).

[Darren870]

Stripped down? Its meant to be an online only game for $15. Of course they aren't going to put in lots of maps and classes.

They also said they are going to release a 4th map once a certain amount of online kills have been reached.

[Ed Oscuro]

Essentially this is a HD/Frostbite engine upgrade of Battlefield 1942.

Sounds familiar - remember the Battlefield 1942 update that came out for the much-maligned Battlefield: Vietnam? (Don't actually remember how many maps that had; it did keep the usual number of classes however.)

[Nesmaster]

Those are some seriously easy achievements. Shame my buddy who I was going to play this with has no Live Gold, or money to buy this and a subscription at this time. Oh well. Once he's connected we'll likely play this.

[Howie6925]

Airplane are available after a total comined kills of 42,000,000 Kills. There are 3 maps to start then after the kill target is reached then another map will appear then you get the planes.

[unwinddesign]

Destructible environs? Count me in.

Bad Company was a great game. I should have played it online more, it was damn fun...

[Therealqtip]

Another $20 dollar arcade game? :/