Battlefield 1943 Out Next Week for XBLA, PSN

[modeps]

Battlefield 1943, the sort-of-dumbed-down and graphically updated version of Battlefield 1942, will be hitting consoles next week. Wednesday for Xbox 360, Thursday for PlayStation 3 for $15.

Battlefield 1943 is a critically acclaimed First-Person Shooter (FPS) multiplayer game that puts players in the middle of a dogfight on land, sea or in the skies. The game introduces two thrilling new modes that can be played across four classic Battlefield tropical WWII maps: Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Coral Sea. These maps are inspired by the award winning Battlefield 1942™ game, but have been redesigned and reengineered using the DICE destructible Frostbite™ engine which takes down walls, blockades and cover spots, leaving players with almost nowhere to hide. The game delivers endless hours of social online gameplay for extraordinary value.

The Coral Sea map will be unlocked as part of a worldwide community challenge, where players will work together to reach 43million kills on both Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network. To help gamers reach that goal, up to 24 players can play together online in countless matches. They will have the freedom to compete by land, air and sea as either the US Marines or the Imperial Japanese Navy. Whether they choose to play the role of a rifleman crawling through the trenches, a steel-fisted tank commander, or a dog fighting ace pilot, gamers will have the power to rule the battlefield.

Feeling patriotic?

[foomojive]

I'm through with FPS games until Modern Warfare 2.

[brandonjclark]

Originally Posted by foomojive

I'm through with FPS games until Modern Warfare 2.

That's too bad, I'm guessing this will be massive fun!

[Phades]

Originally Posted by foomojive

I'm through with FPS games until Modern Warfare 2.

I'm not and I love Battlefield. I'll be buying this immediately.

[SXE Krevan]

buying the day of release... as soon as i see this on the marketplace, im buying

[PerryBothron]

For $15, I can't say no.
I wonder if flying planes will be any easier with a controller? 'cause man I sucked at it with a keyboard and mouse.

[Valkyrist]

Originally Posted by PerryBothron

For $15, I can't say no.
I wonder if flying planes will be any easier with a controller? 'cause man I sucked at it with a keyboard and mouse.

$20 flight sticks ftw!

But I agree totally, the $15 pricepoint just makes this irresistable.

[Flatulus]

Originally Posted by modeps

... the sort-of-dumbed-down ...

Could you elaborate on that? Is that referring to vehicles being much easier to control than in 1942? I remember the choppers being though to pilot in 1942...

[dr_wily]

sounds like a good detour from my 98% playtime of cod4/5

[brandonjclark]

Originally Posted by dr_wily

sounds like a good detour from my 98% playtime of cod4/5

Ugh, I think I'd knife MYSELF if I played COD4/5 98% of the time.

Sounds like you need some genre variety, my friend!

[Ulysses]

How does one dumb down BF1942 ?

[Earth Djinn]

I'm gonna be all over this.

I expect it to gather a massive online community on 360.

[EL CABONG]

Getting it.

[shadow763]

Day 1....I have been at the ready to download this since the first trailer.

[Vulture]

We got a 4 man squad just waiting to wrench our way across the islands.

[brandonjclark]

You lucky bastards and your consoles! Back in my day, games like this came out on the PC first! And patches were already included with the release! And prices were low!

..And we walked both ways and thankful!


Seriously, my wad is building for this baby! $15 is a fucking gift. Hell, I would've payed $15 for Battlefield:Heroes!

[Mysterio]

I'm enjoying the simplicity (and price!) of Battlefield Heroes, but I'll gladly pay $15 for the more complex Battlefield 1943.

[3Suns]

I am all over this, but not day one. I want to wait until the dust settles - like a day or two, to find out how broken it is (if at all). When I know that I can jump online with my friends and play for hours on end without this or that networking code break dumping us out or some stupid thing - THEN I will slap down the points. It is a steal if the networking code is solid.

[saulob]

And no PC version? Really?

[Ulysses]

Ah ok for the 'dumbed down' bit

"The 24-player game will also grant players unlimited ammunition, as well as automatically regenerating health. While these steps are being taken to ensure that the game has wide appeal, they also remove the team-centric strategy of past titles"