Battlefield 1943 PC Delayed into Early 2010
Battlefield 1943 PC Delayed into Early 2010
Posted 08/21/2009 at 12:49am
| by Nathan Grayson
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Another week, another game calls in sick for 2009. So, Battlefield 1943, what’s your excuse? After all, it feels like you’ve been out on consoles since, well, 1943. What’s the hold up? Said producer Gordon Van Dyke:
“We haven't released a Frostbite [DICE's game engine] built game on PC, so going into this project we lacked a starting foundation we had on Console. There are also many different and unique only challenges to the PC that has lead to us pushing the release even further to Q1 CY 2010 [early next year].”
“This was a hard pill to swallow, but it was absolutely needed to ensure the features and functionality that PC Players have come to expect from Battlefield on PC are not missing. Things like support for DirectX 9 and 10, higher player count (up to 32-player matches), wide peripheral support i.e. Joysticks for flying, VoIP, and ranked server provider hosting. So it was and still is the absolutely right decision, for quality sake, to not release until it is ready.”
Disappointing as it is, you can’t really argue with that. See you front-and-center in 2010, Battlefield 1943. Until then, at ease, soldiers.
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arkweld
August 22, 2009 at 8:47pm
Why should it bother PC owners that a nerfed version of the franchise with 5 maps is going to be late?
We've had BF1942 and two expansions, BFV, BF2 and expansions and BF2142 ... Been there, done that over and over.
And we are supposed to be bothered that this lazy attempt to make a quick buck is delayed?
If anyone really cares enough about this at all to be disappointed, just go and pick up BF2 cheap. People are still playing it and it's far better than this.
Stry8993
August 21, 2009 at 10:15am
1. THat you're making us wait = B.S.
2. That we're waiting to get... 32 players? WTF! I'll just play a different BF for the 64 thanks.
3. No mod support, and only 3 maps... again, WTF!
4. It'd best be free, because BF:H is not up to snuff.
5. And if you're new Engine can't push 64 due to Server Stress, I suggest you go talk to Bohemia Interactive, because playing on a server with 178 people... just doens't get old.
popstop785
August 21, 2009 at 6:45am
It's a nice and fairly cheap Xbox 360 game that can provide a few hours of mindless fun ever so often. :P
squarebab
August 21, 2009 at 5:33am
I don't know much about Battlefield 1943, but it occured to me that a game that featured two eight-to-sixteen fighter squadrons battling each other would instantly get my money. I haven't very much enjoyed any combat fighter games before (too realistic, therefore too slow), but the thought of two dozen fighter planes filling the screen in a co-op dance of death definitely fires up the imagination.
samduhman
August 21, 2009 at 3:42am
While I loved BF1942 for 2 years isn't 1943 just a graphical update of 3 maps from BF1942? Doesn't sound all that impressive to me. You would think in these days and time they would be able to streamline all the periperal support. A chunk of code they just stick in and tweak as necessary. Of course I'm not a programmer so what do I know. :)
Comon DICE! You created the next level of PC games and abandoned it to cater to consoles. Get back to your exclusives on PC and stop giving EA oil rubs.
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