Battlefield 1943

“Electronic Arts studio DICE today confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is in development, as Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello revealed few days ago. In addition, the company revealed the development of Battlefield 1943.

Unlike the first Bad Company, which was only released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Bad Company 2 will also get a PC release. DICE promises a “level of fervor to vehicular warfare never before experienced in a modern warfare action game.”

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is not expected until early next year, but gamers will still get their Battlefield fix this year as Battlefield 1943 will be released this summer.

A presumably budget-priced release, Battlefield 1943 is a downloadable multiplayer-only title coming to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It will feature 24 player action, three classic Battlefield locations–Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima–and uses the same Frostbite engine that powers Bad Company 2.

“Bad Company 2 takes everything that players liked in the original and ups the ante – more vehicles, more destruction and more team play,” said Battlefield franchise executive producer Karl Magnus Troedsson. “Battlefield 1943 is a new take on a blast from the past classic coming to life with brand new technology.”

DICE is also working on the free-to-play Battlefield Heroes, which is expected by April”

[source: shacknews]

Are you ready for Battlefield, because it’s coming for you!

To be released on all platforms, so if you own an X Box, PS3 or PC you will be able to get in on the action. I do however really hope that this is a proper/decent port if they really want the game to get going on all platforms.

I was entranced with the Battlefield that I played, which was 1942. I was into the whole olden WW2 battle style, until they kept pushing more ahead in time with Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142, which was not really my cup of tea.

I recently wanted to get into the local-online FPS scene but was stuck with the problem that Battlefield servers were only hosted internationally, in the way that you would first have to logon onto their servers to verify, and then can you only join a local server.

I hope the new version of the game will bring a real dedicated server to South Africa, where it can be hosted locally by SGS.