Players will be notified with a pop-up when a flag is captured.The Electronic Arts logo in the game's startup intro is presented as a stamp, with "Iwo Jima" written around it.The reload animations for both factions' weapons are exactly the same, except for their submachine guns.This is a reference to the game's developer, DICE, who are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. On each map (excluding Coral Sea) a sandcastle can be found with a Swedish flag at the top.
EA has since apologized for this and later issued codes for PS3 users to download Battlefield 1943 for a limited time in response to the lawsuit, and also kept the one-week early access deal for not only Back to Karkand but all future expansions for the game as well. Edelson McGuire, head of the group, alleged that EA ”misled and profited from thousands of their customers by making a promise that they could not keep". In spite of this, several PlayStation 3 owners filed a class action lawsuit against EA. To compensate for this, EA and Sony announced that all PSN users would get a week early access to Back to Karkand. It was later revealed that EA and DICE had decided to retract their offer, stating that many of those who had pre-ordered Battlefield 3 already owned Battlefield 1943 and had been playing it for years. This resulted in many to buy/pre-order the game, greatly boosting the game's overall sales.
Battlefield 1943 follows in the footsteps of Warhawk and any fan of shooters on the PS3 needs to own this game."Īt Sony's E3 2011 press conference, EA announced that for all PlayStation 3 players, each new copy of Battlefield 3 would come with a free code of Battlefield 1943. I think it paid off big for them because now that it sits on my XMB every time I turn on my PS3, I have to fight the urge to jump right back in.
Hell, I think you need to connect to even play the Tutorial, since it says 'Connecting' when youre in the main menu screen. You need to be connected in order to play.