Battlefield 1943 Coming Soon!

As fans of the Battlefield franchise will be happy to know, the popular WWII team-based shooter series shall shortly return with Battlefield 1943. It's with this installment that the Battlefield series will return to its roots for the first time in years. Fortunately, the franchise has experienced quite a few refinements since then, so if all goes well then Battlefield 1943 may be everything that Battlefield 1942 should have been.

As you'll know, the Battlefield franchise first debuted in the year 2002, with Battlefield 1942. This issue was that of pacing. Battlefield 1942's maps were awfully large in scope, it didn't matter how many players there were, the fact of the case is that squaddies would be spread out across a massive map, often with a tiny concept of where they were meant to be. Not to point out the maps were small and constricting. They're actually quite big and really detailed, but they're made in a manner that forces the players of both sides to be consistently pushing forward in some way. After all, that is how war in a game should be.

With Battlefield 1943, the gameplay goals are precisely the same as in past installments. Each team spawns with a set amount of points. As players on the team die, the number of points decreases. The rate that the points on both sides decreases is also affected by many of the control points spread around the map. If you manage to capture the bulk of the control points, your opponents' points will automatically begin to drop at a shocking rate. The more control points you capture, the bigger this rate will increase.

Also, it's worth mentioning that the game carries plenty of the same destructible environment physics over from Battlefield: Bad Company. Being able to crush entire trees underfoot with a tank is reasonably gratifying, especially after so much of having to carefully navigate around them in past games.

Battlefield 1943 will shortly be released as a downloadable product for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. It is also booked for release sometime this September on the PC, though a price for this version hasn't yet been determined.