From a leaked PDF for investors:

* Release in late 2008
* Powered by “Frostbite DX” engine
* Set in year modern day
* Will ship with 8 maps, each supporting up to 40-players per team
* Two playable factions, NATO and MEC
* Same “ticket-based” gameplay style as before
* Maps are mostly urban, based in Middle East
* Squads and Commanders are present, introduced are “Battalions” which consist of three to four squads.
* Five playable classes; Sniper, Assault, Engineer, Medic and Support
* Will feature 48 different vehicles (24 for each faction)
* Will feature 34 different weapons (17 for each faction) and another 22 unlocks (for both factions), in total 56 different weapons.
* Other unlocks include different types of ammunition, body armour, helmets, camouflage and accessories.
* Possible public beta in “Summer 2008″
* Online stats tracking, awards and “real world ranks”
* “Soldier” feature, looks like MMO-styled characters and avatars
* Ranked servers will be available for resellers weeks before the game ships
* In-game replay and recording feature
* VoIP, friends list, in-game IM-client and “extensive clan support”
* Built-in auto software updater (no more patches!, ed.)
* Widows Vista and OS X (Not sure if this means no XP, or if they just forgot)
* Announcement and teaser trailer in January 2008.

Sounds good, if true.

oh lawd

lets hope so

Hopefully it'll be as fun as BF2 was for me, but I hope the addiction might last longer than 2 months.

Yay, I was about to start playing bf2 again. We can do squads like we used to.

Well at least we did in 2142.

Squads in BF2 fail.

Naaa they were pretty good. Not as much teamwork involved but still.

They were bad . I hope they improve the team play and make it objective based . You know something like quake wars

They always have been...

Have you ever played quake wars ET ? Because no BF 2 never had any thing objective based like that . Don't make me write long posts because i'm using my mobile phone keypad for now .

Quake Wars' objective system is great, but (unless it changed since last time I played it) it isn't tied to squads so it's pointless bringing it up really as anyone alone on a team can make use of it. Also, the squad system it does use is ultimately as pointless as BF2's and only serves to highlight where your buddies that are in the squad are and not much else.

The best squad system I've seen in an FPS is again, BF2142. But I'm not sure why that opinion is so unpopular with everyone else.

i loved bf2142 squads, it was so much fun we owned like 90% of the time ^^

I can't say i've played BF 2142 that much but i still don't see how is it any better than bf 2 . Unless there is an online feature that i don't know about

Squad leader gets extra points for following commanders orders, members get extra points for following squad leader's orders, those extra points also go toward allowing the squad special squad items and temporary field unlocks such as placeable spawn beacons so if the leader dies like he always does the squad doesnt get seperated or sent back to a main spawn. Squad members also get bonus points for assisting other squad members, reviving, healing, resupplying, kill assisting, spotting, etc.

All things BF2 lacks.

Its actual motivation/reasoning to fight as a team, now I really hope it turns out good.

BF2 was a ******ing free for all. Just take care of yourself and you good. Should of been just a FFA game mode.

It really was, even though I'd try and find people in servers that were working as a group and follow/stick with them. I'd also join squads with people that were in clans, since they tended to function in groups as well. Coordinated teamplay was optional really, but its nice to see that they're attempting to make teamplay more essential to playing and winning the game now.

http://battlefield2.filefront.com/news/EA_...d_3_Rumor;35664

this sounds awesome.

This better have widescreen support.

just a quick question, how do they get rid of patches, they still have to update... Is it likely to come out on any consoles?

It says... an inbuilt updater. As in, you log in, it downloads any update you need automatically, you restart the game, done.

but you can't play as it updates can you?

No... Almost certainly not...

so it's basically the same as a patch except the game us running while you download.. whoopdy doo.

Well done...

then what was all the hubbub?

You tell me, I never made any. Presumably because it's quicker and you don't have to faff around on gaming sites finding out what version you have, what version you need, incremental or full, etc. And this is presuming any of this is accurate by the way...

ok, wolf made it seem like a big thing.

Hopefully the updater will keep EA away from the 500mb patches and also, if they dont do a Divo.net, let you DL the latest patch at good speed and when it comes out.

I liked the demo video of the physics of this new engine, and the textures didnt look bad: might be a good purchase.

I think I'd get it if my computer could run it.

So this is BF3, I guess.

http://www.battlefield.com/1943/

Graphically it looks like BF2...

I also heard they are doing a BF:BC2

But it's pants so nobody cares about that.

Fuck, I hate when games go from future back to WWII. Another modern one would have been nice.

Maybe Bad Company 2 will be 'Nam

WWI here we come.

Oh god how much that would suck.

TRENCHES! CHARGE! wait here for a few days...CHARGE! wait here again for a few days...CHAR-OH SHIT THEY HAVE TANKS!

no, its following the four guys from the first game, new mission yada yada, the major flaw with BC was once you killed the enemies, no new enemies spawned
which leaves a stale taste in my mouth. Unlike call of duty where you finally move up a bit and kill abunch of guys then rush to far up and run into 6 guys. (i prefer the latter)
the MP was alright but it just didn't feel like battlefield. That could have been because of the frostbite engine?!? idk, the engine was good and destroying walls to make a quick door
was quite handy. As buggy as battlefield 2 was, i still prefer it to all, it was fun and i had alot of fun playing it.

Battlefield 1943 is going to be on PC/360/PS3, I'm quite skeptical on this, just a MP game should be on PC. EA slow the fuck down and stop putting quantity first before QUALITY

Battlefield 1943 is apparently an XBLA download with like 3 maps. So... It'll be cheap and I'll probably get it.

Oh wow, you're right:


It's quite literally an XBLA game. Count me out. I'll wait for the real Battlefield 3.

thats just stupid, pass

Oh... I thought it was just mini-Battlefield 1942 with slightly upped graphics for consoles. I didn't know it would be 15 bucks, nor did I realize how much would be removed. Count me out as well.

Doesn't have bot support ,so it's no good .and I guess BC2 won't be any good either.

Sigh.... why won't they do a BF3 already?!

1943 is BF3...can't you see how clever they are? Instead of another 1942, they did 43. Oh you guys at EA are so clever.

That's what I thought at first ,but no, it's only a mini MP game with 3 maps and no bot support, and it's limited to 24 players max.
the name is clever though ,but unfortunately that's the only thing clever about this game.

BF2143 pls.

So it seems there is indeed a Battlefield 3... Some guy mentioned it accidentally, so no official announcement or info.