Battlefield 1943

Battlefield 1943 is an upcoming first-person shooter developed by DICE and EA Games. It is considered to be the "sequel" to Battlefield 1942. It will run on a verion of the Frostbite Engine.

General Overview
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Overview
Battlefield 1943 is set to feature 24 player action and three classic Battlefield locations: Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. In addition there is a dogfight (planes-only) map called Coral Sea.


 * Destructible environments
 * Available on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and PC download (no cross-platform multiplayer)
 * Price has been confirmed by Dice as $15 on PlayStation Network Store and 1200 Microsoft Points for Xbox Live Arcade.
 * A maximum of 24 players on one server
 * There will be two playable factions: The US Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Conquest game mode only
 * Ability to level up, but not to unlock new weapons or abilities
 * There will be three maps with 5 capture points each: Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima Wake Island. In addition there is a plane-only map, Coral Sea.
 * Japanese officers can melee with a katana
 * 3 classes - Infantryman, Rifleman, and Scout
 * Regenerating health system similar to the Call of Duty or Halo series
 * It will utilize the Frostbite game engine
 * 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 suicide bomb by use of A.I. controlled Japanese.

Gameplay
thumb|274px|right|Trailer for the latest announced map Coral Sea Gameplay will be similar with DICE past game Bad Company, you can drive, shoot and take your enemy, or allies, down with a myriad of planes. A new feature called "bombing run" will be featured. To gain access of this feature the player must enter a bunker which cannot be destroyed and for a short time control 3 planes that can drop bombs, to stop overuse of this feature there will be a time limit and one must wait before they can enter the bunker again.

Release Dates
Battlefield 1943 will be released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 simultaneously. There is no official release date, but the lead designer, Gordon Van Dyke, said in a forum post that "[the release date] is looking more and more like very early July to be honest with you guys." Several different sources state a release date as being June 30th.

Battlefield 1943 is releasing for the PC in September. DICE has said that they do not want to make a "cheap port" but more wanted to make a stand alone PC game, and to optimize the engine for PCs.

Coral Sea
Coral Sea is a fourth map that gets unlocked once the community (Xbox 360 and PS3 individually) reach 43 million kills. Coral Sea is a plane-only map with mostly ocean. Coral Sea will be unlocked automatically for PCs.

Vehicles
There are a number of vehicles in Battlefield 1943 ranging from bombers to tanks. This is an incomplete list.



Planes

 * F4U Corsair
 * SBD Dauntless
 * A6M Zero
 * Aichi D3A
 * B-25 Mitchell (Bomber Shack Controlled)
 * Mitsubishi G4M "Betty"(Bomber Shack Controlled)

Tanks

 * M4 Sherman
 * Type 97 Chi-Ha

Jeeps

 * Willys MB
 * Type 95 Recon Car "Kurogane"

Landing Craft

 * LCVP "Higgins Boat"
 * Daihatsu transport boat

Weapons
So far official material from DICE has demonstrated a number of infantry weapons available to players. This list is based on pre-release and teaser content and is therefore subject to change.

Rifles

 * M1 Garand
 * Type 5 Rifle
 * M1903 Springfield
 * Type 98 sniper rifle

Sub-machine Guns

 * Type 100
 * Thompson M1A1

Machine Guns

 * Browning M1919

Pistols

 * Nambu Pistol (Type 14)
 * Colt 1911 Pistol

Anti-Tank

 * Type 18 recoilless AT
 * M18 Recoilless Anti-Tank
 * M9 "Bazooka" Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher

Other

 * Type 94 Shin Gunto (Melee, Military Sword)
 * Type 12 wrench (Presumed Melee)
 * M12 Wrench (Presumed Melee)
 * M1 Bayonet (Melee)
 * Explosives (Anti-Tank, Plane, infantry, ect.)

Grenade/Launcher

 * Type 97 hand grenades
 * MK2 Hand Grenades
 * M7 grenade launcher
 * M17 Rifle grenade
 * Type 91 rifle grenade