PS3 Informer writes: "If there was a defining moment for America's Greatest Generation, it was quite possibly the experience of U.S. Marines, fighting in the Pacific theater during World War 2. Clinging to the side of a barren piece of hillside on a godforsaken island, mortar shells and bullets zipping past in all directions, these brave Americans faced a high probability of death. Tenacious Japanese forces clung to every inch of island; with nowhere to retreat behind them, they were extremely dangerous and motivated opponents. Battlefield 1943 is just a video game, and some will argue that it trivializes the very real sacrifices made by members of our grandparents' generation. If our forgetful, modern culture is intent on making video games about war, however, it would be hard to do better than Battlefield 1943, which does an impressive job of capturing the scale and intensity of combat."
EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."
This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.
On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.
Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game
Carlos writes: "In terms of Battlefield, the past 10 years has seen the series go from strength to strength, and whilst there will be many who would argue that the hit and miss adventures of Battlefield: Hardline didn’t quite live up to the excitement that the series is so well known for, each and every entry has at least provided plenty to shout about. Should you look back far enough and manage to take your mind away from Battlefield: Bad Company 2, what you may well remember is a small, online-only multiplayer adventure that lit up the Xbox Live Arcade – Battlefield 1943."
Great little game but yet again, no offline bots so once the servers went, so did all its players. What a waste.
Game developers should - and can - trust the player to consume their entertainment while maintaining perspective.