Battlefield 1943 Delivers Nonstop Multiplayer Action Across Four
WWII Maps for $15
STOCKHOLM, May 29, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that Battlefield
1943(TM) will kick off a worldwide community challenge that, when
achieved, will reward players by unlocking a fourth map called Coral
Sea. The WWII Coral Sea map will be unlocked when the multiplayer
community achieves 43M kills on Xbox Live and the same number on
PlayStation(R)Network. When it ships this summer, Battlefield 1943will
include three maps (Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Wake Island) plus this
fourth bonus map, all for $15.
Coral Sea is designed to showcase the intense battle in the skies,
offering an all-new Air superiority game mode. The legendary WWII action
this map provides will have players dog fighting in this airplanes-only
map, proving once again DICE delivers on a first class online vehicle
warfare experience better than anyone else! Players will be able to
track the progress of their respective console communities at www.battlefield.com/1943.
Battlefield 1943 is a premium arcade title that delivers endless
hours of 24-player First-Person Shooter (FPS) action on popular maps
inspired by Battlefield 1942(TM). In addition to Coral Sea, Battlefield
1943 will also have players battling over three tropic locations:
Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. These maps have now been updated
with the DICE Frostbite(TM) engine, providing destructibility to the
battlefield and leaving players with almost nowhere to hide. Gamers play
as the US Marines or the Imperial Japanese Navy, competing by land, air
and sea. They have the freedom to pick their path in battle - be it as a
rifleman crawling through the trenches, a steel fisted tank commander,
or a dog fighting ace pilot that rules the skies!
All four maps will be playable at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3
Expo) at the intersection of West Hall & Concourse Walkway.
Battlefield 1943, this highly anticipated FPS game, will be
available on Xbox LIVE(TM) Marketplace (1200 MS Points) and
PlayStation(R)Store ($14.99) this summer, and in September on PC.
For more information on DICE, please visit www.dice.se
or www.ea.com.
For more information on Battlefield 1943 please visit: www.battlefield.com/1943.
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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA Mobile TM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies.
EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
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Battlefield 1943, Battlefield 1942 and Frostbite are trademarks or
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SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
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