Battlefield 1943: Pacific

Battlefield 1943: Pacific
Developer(s)	EA Digital Illusions CE
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Designer(s)	Gordon Van Dyke
Series	Battlefield series
Engine	Frostbite Engine[1][2][3][4]
Native resolution	720p (Console Versions)
Platform(s)	Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	To be announced PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 TBA Microsoft Windows June 2009
Genre(s)	First Person Shooter, Action
Mode(s)	Online Multiplayer
Rating(s)	PEGI: 16 ESRB: Teen
Media	Keyboard & mouse, Gamepad
System requirements	Console versions: 450MB on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

Battlefield 1943: Pacific^[ is an upcoming World War II first-person shooter video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 ,and PlayStation 3. Like Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield 1943 is a downloadable multiplayer-only title. Unlike past WW2 Battlefield games this game will take place only in the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II.

Battlefield 1943 is set to feature 24 player action and three classic Battlefield locations: Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. On May 29, 2009 Digital Illusions CE announced an additional dogfight map called Coral Sea, which gets unlocked after the community of a specific console (Xbox or PS3) gets a total of 43 million kills online. Coral Sea will be automatically unlocked when the game comes to PC.

Unlike previous game releases Battlefield 1943 is embedded with destructible environmentsA multi-platform release, it is available on Xbox Live PlayStation Network, and PC download (no cross-platform multiplayer). Price has been confirmed by Dice as $14.99 on PlayStation Network Store and 1200 Microsoft Points for Xbox Live Arcade. A maximum of 24 players on one server, with two playable factions: The US Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army In order to better reflect the war in the Pacific the game will offer conquest game mode only.Players will have the ability to level up, but not to unlock new weapons or abilities. Three maps with 5 capture points each are included: Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Wake Island^]There will be 3 classes - Infantryman, Rifleman, and Scout, with Japanese officers having melee capabilities with a katana (type 98). The game is based on a regenerating health system similar to the Call of Duty or Halo seriesBattlefield 1943 will utilize the Frostbite game engine^[4] In addition to all of the new features, BF 1943 sports the addition of the "bomber shack"

• • Building player can enter on the island
  • Calls in a squadron of 3 bombers controlled by the player
  • Ability to steer squad left and right
  • Switch to bomb sight to view the payload
  • Recharge time before it can be used again
  • Can be destroyed by enemy planes
  • Can Kamikaze attack by use of A.I. controlled Japanese.

References

1. ^ Goldstein, Maarten (February 5, 2009). "Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 2 Announced" (in English). Shacknews. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57100. Retrieved on 2009-02-05.
2. ^ Orry, James (February 5, 2009). "DICE confirms Bad Company 2" (in English). VideoGamer. http://www.videogamer.com/news/05-02-2009-10566.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-05.
3. ^ http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=156537
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Talbot, Ben (2009). "Battlefield 1943: Pacific". Xbox 360: The Official Magazine (United Kingdom: Future plc) (43): 58–59.
5. ^ "Twitter / Battlefield 1943: @nugen the plan is to...". Digital Illusions CE. http://twitter.com/OfficialBF1943/status/1961728165.
6. ^ ^{a b} "Battlefield 1943 Features". Planet Battlefield. http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Gameinfo.Detail&id=302&game=11. Retrieved on 2009-02-07.
7. ^ Magrino, Tom. "Battlefield 1943 rages on consoles in June". http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/battlefield1943/news.html?sid=6208412&mode=news. Retrieved on 2009-05-13