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    Battlefield 1943

    Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Jul 08, 2009

    Return to the Pacific Theater in this simpler, downloadable, console-exclusive sequel to the massive World War II first-person shooter Battlefield 1942. It was later shut down on December 2023.

    Battlefield 1943: $15, Hits Consoles In June, PC In September

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    Edited By Brad
    DICE's downloadable return to World War II, Battlefield 1943, has been priced and dated. The three-map, three-player-class team-based shooter will hit Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network for 1200 Microsoft points and $14.99 in American money in June, and will follow at the same price on the PC in September.

    To celebrate the announcement, EA has released this trailer showing you why Wake Island is one of the best multiplayer maps ever designed for any game, ever.

      


    I played '43 briefly at an EA event recently, and I'm not totally convinced yet it's going to capture the magic of the original Battlefield 1942. It's been a long time since that game came out, and times have changed. Plus, with fewer classes, I'm concerned it may not have the same variety of gameplay and crazy shenanigans going on all around you. That impression is based on just a few minutes with the game, though, and on the upside, it's got destructible environments now.

    All that said, BF 1942 is one of my favorite games ever, so I admittedly have pretty high expectations for anything purporting to be a direct follow-up. Did you play '42 back in the day, and are you looking forward to this as a suitable successor?

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    #1  Edited By Brad
    DICE's downloadable return to World War II, Battlefield 1943, has been priced and dated. The three-map, three-player-class team-based shooter will hit Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network for 1200 Microsoft points and $14.99 in American money in June, and will follow at the same price on the PC in September.

    To celebrate the announcement, EA has released this trailer showing you why Wake Island is one of the best multiplayer maps ever designed for any game, ever.

      


    I played '43 briefly at an EA event recently, and I'm not totally convinced yet it's going to capture the magic of the original Battlefield 1942. It's been a long time since that game came out, and times have changed. Plus, with fewer classes, I'm concerned it may not have the same variety of gameplay and crazy shenanigans going on all around you. That impression is based on just a few minutes with the game, though, and on the upside, it's got destructible environments now.

    All that said, BF 1942 is one of my favorite games ever, so I admittedly have pretty high expectations for anything purporting to be a direct follow-up. Did you play '42 back in the day, and are you looking forward to this as a suitable successor?

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    #2  Edited By Dirty_Harry

    yes

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    #3  Edited By Captain_Fookup

    not bad.

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    #4  Edited By lamegame621

    Hmm. I'm a huge Battlefield fan and have played both console games, BF2, 1942 and 2142 (also the BF Heroes Beta) and I'll definitely be getting this.

    That said, I hope this isn't the proper PC sequel to BF2 :(

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    #5  Edited By snetErz

    Looks neat, but 1200 points. =(

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    #6  Edited By Media_Master

    very nice!

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    #7  Edited By crunchUK

    you get a PLANE?! im buying this

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    #8  Edited By Atomic_Tangerine

    Yeah man, Battlefield 1942 was epic, and Wake Island was one of the best.  My personal favorite is still Operation Marketgarden, so I'm a bit sad that isn't in there, but on the upside, Guadalcanal never worked on my PC for some reason and it's in this game, so it's like a totally new map!

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    #9  Edited By ImperiousRix

    Was kinda skeptical about this game at first.
    Feelin' a little better after seeing this.

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    #10  Edited By Dan_CiTi

    That kind of game for $15? Awesome.

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    #11  Edited By GalvanizedNails

    I'm stoked! I really dont care about single player in battlefield games so this kind of release is great with me!

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    #12  Edited By Karmum

    I figured it was going to be about fifteen bones, so this isn't that much of a surprise.

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    #13  Edited By InFamous91

    AWWWWW i Like

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    #14  Edited By Pie

    Theres too many games out in june damnnit

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    #16  Edited By dagas

    Is it only one map or why is it not a full priced game? Seems way more than your typical XBLA title.

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    #17  Edited By Brundage

    Meh, Doesn't look like its worth the moneys. I want a true Battlefield sequel for the PC in space. DO IT!

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    #18  Edited By RHCPfan24

    1200 points sounds very reasonable for its assets and scope. I am going to get it and I really loved '42 back in the day.

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    #19  Edited By Krakn3Dfx

    Lame that it's 3 months later on the PC, but since I'm indifferent seeing that it looks like a scaled down, casual gamer version of 1942 with 1/6th of the maps, I'm not going to dwell on it.  And no, not looking forward to it at all tbh.

    If you guys want to play Wake Island, 1942 can probably be had for less than $15 these days, and will play on my $250 Netbook, so I'm sure it'll play on your PC.

    Yeah, and they can their BF Heroes beta key back too, cause that's pretty much crap as well.

    DICE has had 2 worthwhile BF games, 1942 and BF2, everything else has been garbage.  Doesn't look like anything on the horizon will change that.

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    #20  Edited By Venatio

    3 maps for 1200 MS points, a little too much for me but Im not sure yet

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    #21  Edited By JJGIANT

    1942 is one of my favourite pc games ever, pumped for this....seriously pumped...woooooOOO!

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    #22  Edited By dogbox

    I'm not even a huge Battlefield fan but I think I will be checking this out in June. If only because they kept Wake Island, the map I played 99% of the time in 1942.

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    #23  Edited By Mooshu

    Played 42 back in the day, but im going to have to go with "No" if you're asking me if this game seems to be a worthy successor.

    Fewer classes, fewer max players, fewer maps (though to be fair, it's only 15 bucks)

    In every way (except for graphics), this game is a total downgrade. And the whole infinite ammo thing is really dumb.

    If this is the direction EA wants to take the battlefield series; then I'm sorry, but they can kiss my ass.

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    #24  Edited By giyanks22

    Yeah u think this will turn out good.

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    #25  Edited By smokepants

    '42 was lightning in a bottle. I never got the same feeling from anything that followed, including BF2. So, it'll be interesting to see how I feel about this. I don't really mind the class changes or regenerating health. BF '42 was never really about teamwork; it was much looser in the sense that you could venture off by yourself and still manage to accomplish something. Which was nice.

    Definitely buying it. $15 is a steal and includes Wake and Iwo Jima, two of my favorites. I hope they completely redo Guadalcanal, though. I also hope this is gentle on my puny hard drive in terms of space requirements.

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    #26  Edited By Crono

    Well I won 2000 microsoft points in a random winner contest on evilavatar.com awhile ago.  They are still sitting in my account; guess this is where I will spend them!

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    #27  Edited By ch13696

    I'm definitely going to pick up this game. But I'm dissapointed that they're going to release it on consoles first. It came out on the PC first and it should continue to have support that way. I mean I still have a PS3 (sold my 360 so I can repair my PC). But I'm just going to wait for it to come out on PC before I get it. Any idea if it will be coming to Steam?

    Oh and Krakn3Dfx Battlefield 2142 is really good as well. Though it only has 4 classes. But it has tones of unlockables and medals. You should check it out. I still play that and Battlefield 2 to this day.

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    #28  Edited By MC_Izawa

    Dude, there aren't even that many classes in Battlefield.  You kill dudes, heal dudes, kill tanks, heal tanks.

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    #29  Edited By someguy890

    '42 was the first game I played online, so I can't wait to get back in this game.

    And yes, Wake Island is the best map ever made.

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    #30  Edited By Diamond

    I'm looking forward to it.  Really liked the original on PC.  I'll be the guy owning everyone on the 360 version.

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    #31  Edited By MichaelBach

    I will get it on the 360. This is the kind of xbox live games I would be interrested in.

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    #32  Edited By eddyka2

    14.99$? count me in!

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    #33  Edited By Hector

    Never played the original so I might give this a try.

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    Full of fail.

    Don't want your shitty console ports to PC.

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    #35  Edited By Diamond
    PapaLazarou said:
    "Full of fail.Don't want your shitty console ports to PC."
    Anyone notice how stupid and flaming PC fanboys have been lately?
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    #36  Edited By Reverseface

    This should be free......payback for battlefield: bad company having the worlds worst servers of any game on xbox 360. IT WAS HORRIBLE playing that game online,such a shame because when you got in a good lag free game it's hella fun. :/

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    #37  Edited By sleepythief

    The music, ah nostalgia.

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    #38  Edited By IncredibleBulk92

    Not to sound like an elitist or anything but I kinda hope this game is geared more toward the hardcore crowd than it sounds like it does right now.  If this feels arcadey or anything like that I doubt it'll hold my interest for too long.  That trailer is pretty good though and gives me a lot of confidence.  Worth a demo download at least

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    #39  Edited By nick69

    nice!

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    #40  Edited By Diamond
    IncredibleBulk92 said:
    "Not to sound like an elitist or anything but I kinda hope this game is geared more toward the hardcore crowd than it sounds like it does right now.  If this feels arcadey or anything like that I doubt it'll hold my interest for too long.  That trailer is pretty good though and gives me a lot of confidence.  Worth a demo download at least"
    I hold the same concerns, but does added complexity really add to the long term enjoyment of a multiplayer game like this?  Biggest loss will be doing crazy stuff like filling a jeep with remote explosives and driving into an enemy base.
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    #41  Edited By FuzzYLemoN

    The fact that it's coming to consoles first is DISGUSTING.

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    #42  Edited By yoitsmee

    is it $15 or 20 because 1200 microsoft points is $20

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    #43  Edited By Kohe321

    cant wait!

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    #44  Edited By Diamond
    yoitsmee said:
    "is it $15 or 20 because 1200 microsoft points is $20"
    1200 MS points is $15
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    #45  Edited By PercyChuggs
    "is it $15 or 20 because 1200 microsoft points is $20"

    No, 1200 Microsoft points is $15.
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    #46  Edited By yoitsmee

    microsoft points are so crazy

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    #47  Edited By zityz

    Im having too much fun with Heros at the moment to bother with this. Maybe later on down the road.

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    #48  Edited By bwooduhs
    Diamond said:
    "I'm looking forward to it.  Really liked the original on PC.  I'll be the guy owning everyone on the 360 version."
    I'll be the guy getting owned on the 360 version because believe it or not i've never played 1942. I am pretty hyped for this though.
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    #49  Edited By CL60

    Can't wait.

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    #50  Edited By skilzlost

    should stand up to al the hype tbh...

    looks promising.

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