July 2nd 2009 3:01 pm PT

Next week on Arcade: Battlefield 1943

 

boxbattlefield1943[1]
With the long holiday weekend almost here at the Xbox offices, I wanted to let you know that Battlefield 1943 is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade next week (July 8th) for 1200 points. 

 

 

 

 

Arcade By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

permalink: http://majornelson.com/2009/07/02/next-week-on-arcade-battlefield-1943/

← Older Comments
  • Rixxar 06

    will it be availiable in germany?

  • VIGOR MORTIVORE

    Yes it will be available in Germany

  • NGUNS

    Finally! :D

  • metallicorphan

    @soulassassin808
    -usually at around 11am-12pm in UK,i dunno if you add an hour or what in Belgium,we are also currently on BST(not GMT)here

  • FlagshipFighter

    Darn! I only have 2400 ms points left to survive me the summer (student life) recently bought sam and max on XBLA (great game) but the rest of my ms points were reserved for monkey island and marvel vs. capcom 2. I almost forgot about this game! Now I’m going to have to make a choice, I can’t not have MvsC2 nor Monkey island, i can’t choose! :-P

  • SoulAssassin808

    @metallicorphan

    Thnx guess i can sleep in than, and maybe set my alarm for 11am ;D

  • Tekkie neXt

    I’ll be sitting there switching my 360 on and off till it shows up, instant buy for me.

  • DJ Deathstar

    Wooooohoooooo Can’t Wait!!1!! Only prob is i’m away for the week so won’t be able to play till saturday :(
    I’m going to be poor this summer spending all my money on Microsoft Points!
    This, Shadow Complex, Splosion Man, MvC2, Monkey Island, Turtles!!!!! And thats without DLC for games!!!!

  • a peeking duck

    Usually at 3 o’clock in the morning, Seattle time (PT).
    Check time zone stuff here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

  • btbam91

    I can’t wait!!!

  • Darkjov193

    i cant wait either this need to come out :)

  • xZepher

    Cant wait.

  • Exu

    Cool.

    Anything else?

  • MADEIRA STEVE88

    I hear MVC2 is coming out on the 15th July (Rumour). Heres some artwork for MVC2 they should add this to the game :)
    http://www.capcom-unity.com/s-kill/blog/2009/06/29/exclusive_marvel_vs_capcom_2_art_

  • DESM0

    Ohhhhhhh mannnnnn!! Cannot wait for this!

  • DUSTIN KRIEGER

    sweat sounds like a good game.

  • F1GHTCLUB

    All Regions? Or are we going to get screwed again!

  • Darkjov193

    hmm xbox come back now !!!

  • HellBeNt Oskool

    I’ll be camping out in front of my xbox at 6am on release day. =) BF:1943 will blow away any other arcade game released on XBLA. The other arcade titles will look like community games compared to BF:1943. Yes, it’s that awesome! (^_^)

  • MeS FEAR

    1200 Points is the best deal…keep it going like that microsoft pls…Day 1 purchase

  • wiirule111

    1200 points is a good deal for this game. Its worth more than most other games on Live.

    Each map have hours, weeks of replayability.

    Oh.. the game is a remake of some BF1942 maps using the engine of BF Bad company. :-)

  • moocow21

    I’ll just stick with Battlefield Heroes, or even Battlefield 1942 for that matter – since 1943 just looks like a vastly stripped down remake of it.

  • RolexDPracer

    I’ve been saving my MPs just for this game. Summer has officially started!

  • Eviltattoo

    True, July instead of June is no big deal, but honestly, I’m pretty disappointed with XBLA’s games lately.
    Where are the original games like Shadow Complex?
    But seriously, we have a TON of fighting games and brawlers, and Geometry Wars-style games, but where are the SPORTS games???
    NHL 3-on-3 was disappointing. Where are the re-imagined classics like NHL ’94 with updated graphics, or Baseball Stars (again with updated classics)?
    I think this is a missed opportunity for XBLA.
    We obviously can’t have the Nintendo classics, but there is plenty of opportunity to re-do classics without making them pixel-for-pixel ports of the originals.

  • Tekkie neXt

    @Eviltattoo: Shadow Complex isn’t finished yet, although I think they said it’d be out with the next 2 or so months.

    I think they’ve been saving some of the Arcade games for the Summer of Arcade dealio coming up, Turtles in Time, Shadow Complex, Splosion Man and more.

  • RJ Horsey

    I’m not understanding the negativity towards this game. It’s going to be a good game and one of the best on the arcade. Battlefield fans will carry the game in numbers and the Coral Sea map will be unlocked fairly quickly. Hopefully it will be as good as 1942 and hopefully the graphics only enhance the game.

  • KOJ1RO

    Doesn’t this use the Bad Company engine? Couldn’t it have just been a map pack?

  • MeS FEAR

    yes it is the Frostbite Engine…and it looks goooooood…its worth every point

  • Ollyh

    Points are ready for this little number.

  • MACPH1ST0

    It’s funny how butthurt some people get just because everyone else doesn’t like the same games they do. Guess what? Everyone has their own preferences! For instance, I would much rather save my points for some of the upcoming Summer of Arcade games (btw Major when are we gonna get an announcement about those?) that I(!) think are going to be more fun and entertaining than spend them on yet another war shooter. But hey, if you’re a Battlefield fan, then have fun! :)

  • SMFC

    Looking forward to this one

  • TheKillingBean

    First gonna try this, 1200 points is alot but maby it’s worth the money.

  • Sticky Owens

    instabuy

  • BrooksterMax

    hours away from release – much anticipated :)

  • III CR30N III

    nICCce!!!

  • MyJewlzHurt

    This is multiplayer only on xbox live correct? No single player….please correct me if I’m wrong.

  • SumHydroponic

    Pure Multiplayer goodness (Multiplayer only) @MyJewlzHurt. Around 30 hours left until release, cannot wait to get my hands on this.

  • Hayden267

    Battlefield 1943 looks good, but isn’t something I plan on buying. Has anyone heard anything about Zombie Apocalypse, like a release date? That’s something I want to check out.

  • Three0neFive

    I’d totally get this if I didn’t completely detest the controllers for FPSes.

    I’ve seen the light of PC gaming, and now I can never go back to the sloppy, auto-aiming world that is console gaming. :/

  • Jonah Falcon

    Community achievement for the win (40-something million kills to unlock Coral Island)!

  • Jonah Falcon

    “I’ve seen the light of PC gaming, and now I can never go back to the sloppy, auto-aiming world that is console gaming. :/”

    And yet you’ve been playing Red Faction and Halo 3 lately.

  • Three0neFive

    @Jonah Falcon:

    Ah, let me rephrase that: I can never go back to competitive console gaming. I’m still fine with singleplayer games (especially third-person/open world, as the PC ports of those tend to be garbage), and I only keep coming back to Halo because it’s one of the only decent splitscreen games this generation.

    Otherwise, CS:S, TF2 and Warcraft 3 all the way! :P

  • Darce Sustar

    I think that the games on xbox live have all been priced high lately. This is just one of many.

  • DHartmann

    I can’t wait !

  • WooDyWalKerHK

    Released!!!

  • Silv3r89

    I almost wish they made these arcade games more expensive. That or release a bigger harddrive than the 120gb as I have to delete some DLC/whatever else every so often just to keep some free space.

    This should be fun if it’s anything like Battlefield 1942…

  • Tekkie neXt

    @WoodyWalker Not according to the UK marketplace it’s not.

    @Silver89 (I refuse to to use number to replace letters) I hope they get cheaper, 1200 points should be the absolute max price for an arcade game, yet I foresee Shadow Complex (Epic’s new Arcade game) being 1600 just because it’s by Epic.

  • Mcmax3000

    I’m downloading it right now. Check the ‘ads’ in the game marketplace. I couldn’t find it listed under the XBLA games but I found an ad for it there & pressing X on it brought me to the screen to purchase it.

    Keep in mind that I’m in Canada, so the ad may not be on the other dashboards.

  • Lynch182

    it’s on the xbox.com marketplace for me. it’s downloading now. :D :D

← Older Comments
search
Latest Podcast
Show 439

see more

Twitter Feed

see more
Blog Archive
RSS Feeds
Helpful Links
Ads