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G4TV: Battlefield 1943 Preview

Discover the majesty of the Frostbite engine as 'Battlefield 1943' takes you back to fight in World War II...again. Morgan Webb gives a preview of the game, talking about the 12 on 12 action, the locations, online features, vehicles, and weapons.

USMCj5453d ago

I am really excited about this. Just looks down right fun.

glennc5453d ago

yeah, can't wait. i do wish there were more maps though but it just might bring people back to bad company. that game is seriously neglected online, never gets in the top ten live games but is far superior to halo or COD for online mayhem and fun. infact sometimes i think i'm having too much fun until the girlfriend starts to laugh at me.

i am quite happy to pay for said extra maps later on if yer listnin DICE.

LinuxGuru5453d ago

12 on 12? That's freaking tiny compared to 64-player battles of Battlefield 2 / 1942...

Halo3 MLG Pro5453d ago

This feels like a demo for Battlefield 1942.

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Battlefield Legacy - Sunsetting Announcement

EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."

darthv72429d ago

This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.

XiNatsuDragnel429d ago

Digital future ppl is good they say nope imo

Eidolon428d ago

And it still says nothing about being able to downloaded even when it's off the storefront, that's a huge ouchie for some who somehow still have it in their backlog...

Shane Kim428d ago

Dont make it an issue when it's not. If you haven't played it in 15 years, chances are you'll never play it.

isarai429d ago

That all digital future sure looks great!

/s

zidane1341428d ago (Edited 428d ago )

Online game servers shut off eventually all the time. Doesn’t matter if you have the disc or not. Even if you have the disc, it’ll be just paperweight unless the game lets you connect directly to a friend or LAN play.

isarai428d ago (Edited 428d ago )

Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.

zidane1341428d ago

@israrai, you can still buy the disc for less then 10$. Hardly a loss.

TheEnigma313428d ago

You shouldn't have to buy the disc, that's the issue.

OhReginald428d ago (Edited 428d ago )

Some brilliant minds created servers to keep these old online games alive. A lot of ps2 and ps3 games that had there servers shut down a long time ago have been restored by fans to keep it going. Warhawk, killzone 2, socom 2/ confrontation, resident evil outbreak series, etc.

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DankSinatra428d ago

The disc still exist. I don’t understand the issue. You guys are upset about that “all digital future” yet these games are not “digital only”. Hell digital only is a minority in the gaming world and so far we haven’t moved into it, the only digital only games are games as a service or online only games, which end up failing in the end.

This is no different than a store that stops selling old games, just go and buy a copy somewhere else. So which is it, you hate all digital or you like it? Make up your mind.

isarai428d ago

Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.

DankSinatra428d ago

Talk about whining about something and not wanting to explain from an off handed sarcastic original comment.

I got the point just fine. You’re literally complaining about something that has an easy alternative to it.

ManMarmalade428d ago

I don't think you got the point

DankSinatra427d ago (Edited 427d ago )

@ManMarmalade

No I got it, it has to do with the push towards a future of all digital and reprocussions of losing games. Something I already stayed that hasn’t happened nor is it large enough right now to cause any issues as the games that are all digital are online only to begin with or make up the minority of games

So I’ll say it again, the disc still exists for these games that are over a decade old and can still be played easily. You guys are contradicting the whole “we don’t want a digital only future” crying when the dude I originally responded to stated:

“Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.“

So again, which is it? Do you hate all digital or do you want it?

Inverno428d ago

On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.

badz149428d ago

BFBC2 was still the best overall package offered by the franchise so far IMO

porkChop428d ago

Absolutely. BC2 was such a great game. It's a shame we never got BC3.

P_Bomb427d ago

I had a great run on Bad Company 2. Pound for pound, as solid a BF package as there’s been.

InUrFoxHole428d ago

Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game

SonyStyled428d ago

The last BC you mean? I was still able to find 10v10 on ps3 2 years ago on NA servers during the evenings. I have all the free and paid dlc installed, but there want any matches in the Vietnam dlc.

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Looking back to 2009 and the war over the Pacific with Battlefield 1943

Carlos writes: "In terms of Battlefield, the past 10 years has seen the series go from strength to strength, and whilst there will be many who would argue that the hit and miss adventures of Battlefield: Hardline didn’t quite live up to the excitement that the series is so well known for, each and every entry has at least provided plenty to shout about. Should you look back far enough and manage to take your mind away from Battlefield: Bad Company 2, what you may well remember is a small, online-only multiplayer adventure that lit up the Xbox Live Arcade – Battlefield 1943."

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TargusX1780d ago

Great little game but yet again, no offline bots so once the servers went, so did all its players. What a waste.

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History, Hate, and Trusting the Player

Game developers should - and can - trust the player to consume their entertainment while maintaining perspective.

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