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Battlefield 1943 PC Release Delayed Until 2010
Post by Steve Farrelly @ 05:05pm 24/08/09 | 15 Comments
Speaking to G4TV, DICE producer Gordon Van Dyke has stated the PC release of Battlefield 1943 has been pushed into 2010, quite a ways off from the game's originally intended September release date, which is definitely bad news for many a PC enthusiast.

"We haven't released a Frostbite-built game on PC, so going into this project we lacked a starting foundation we had on Console," he said. "So it was and still is the absolutely right decision, for quality sake, to not release until it is ready."

There is no solid date for the game in 2010 as of yet.


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trog
Posted 06:05pm 24/8/09
Why does this make me think of that Penny Arcade Tribes dead-horse-beating strip.
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E.T.
Posted 06:45pm 24/8/09
sad face
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Althazed
Posted 06:47pm 24/8/09
I'm a PC gamer. I'm used to being shafted.

If there going to delay it for such a long time they might as well make an effort to implement some of the 'features' that games 6 years ago had. 64 player MP hmm... Finite ammo hmmm..
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elachlan
Posted 10:38pm 24/8/09
I'm with you there. Playing with 64 others was just awesome. Still play BF2.
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ctd
Posted 11:05pm 24/8/09
This is gay. I played the ps3 demo and thought it could be a bit of fun until a real game came out like Natural Selection 2 or Starcraft 2 but nope. Not buying it on console either fuck that shit.
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qmass
Posted 11:48pm 24/8/09
What is so different about PCs compared to the 360 that makes it such a challenge to port to PC? Aren't these games all made on PC anyway? It smells like bullshit but whatever, I wont be buying it regardless... would be interested to know why it is so hard to port (requiring so much extra time) On the one hand, dice have a pretty good track record, on the other hand im super sceptical about these kinds of excuses.
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bLaZe
Posted 11:49pm 24/8/09
since when have DICE worried about the quality of their release code?
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HERMITech
Posted 01:40am 25/8/09
^ Since EA got them by the balls
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Martz
Posted 05:20am 25/8/09
isn't bf3 in the making aswell?
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Tollaz0r!
Posted 06:03am 25/8/09
My Money is on the PC version being delayed so they can try and double dip. People who wanted the PC version might crack and buy the console version. Then later they buy the PC version because it is better.

That way they have actually told the truth. The game isn't ready as it needs to offer several features that the console version doesn't hahaha.

last edited by Tollaz0r! at 06:03:51 25/Aug/09
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Freewheelin
Posted 10:36am 25/8/09
On the one hand, dice have a pretty good track record,


ahaha of what exactly?
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HERMITech
Posted 12:21pm 25/8/09
When it was just Trauma studio with Desert Combat, shit was just right.
Digital Illusion bought out Trauma and evolved into Dice and then the spiral commenced.
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skythra
Posted 12:48pm 25/8/09
^ Since EA got them by the balls
Since when has EA released quality?

Just from the few sports games i actually play, each of them has their own fatal flaw which makes me buy another version the next year not because the teams are different, but because i hope that the next one fixes the lasts problems.
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Freewheelin
Posted 02:03pm 25/8/09
I don't think trauma had anything to do with it.

Trauma's influence is surely noticeable, but the quality was and is equally as poor as it always has been.

I don't think DC was anything special. The earlier releases were horrid (which is fair being alpha), but the subsequent releases weren't that much chop either. They seemed buggy as shit and unbalanced to boot. On par with the BF patches (1.3 anyone?).

Having to deal with DICE and DICE products regularly, I reckon they're the same as always. As individuals, they all seem like pretty decent people. Collectively they really suck.

last edited by Freewheelin at 14:03:33 25/Aug/09
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trog
Posted 08:26pm 25/8/09
BF1942, and to a slightly less extent, BFV, was the best thing DICE did. Embracing the old model of an "open" (moddable) game, plentiful dedicated servers, no bullshit ranking system... everything else they've done has been lame follow-the-leader stuff and it's just sad. They could have been one of the few PC developers like Valve and Blizzard to actually make a difference in the market but they've pussied out and gone the console route and will just keep churning out Battlefield franchise titles of decreasing quality until people finally get a clue and give up on it.

/rage
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