Battlefield 1943 to be released next week

DICE and Electronic Arts will release Battlefield 1943 July 8th on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and July 9th on the PlayStation Network. Battlefield 1943 is an all-new download-only action game that brings DICE’s popular World War II-themed vehicular and class-based first-person shooter to gamers for $15, or 1200 MS Points.

Battlefield 1943 introduces two new modes that can be played across four classic Battlefield tropical WWII maps: Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Coral Sea. These maps are inspired by Battlefield 1942, but have been redesigned and reengineered using the DICE destructible Frostbite engine which takes down walls, blockades and cover spots, leaving players with almost nowhere to hide.

The Coral Sea map which is included in the game will be unlocked as part of a worldwide community challenge, where players will work together to reach 43M kills on both Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network. To help gamers reach that goal, up to 24 players can play together online in at once. They will have the freedom to compete by land, air and sea as either the US Marines or the Imperial Japanese Navy.

For more information on Battlefield 1943 visit www.battlefield.com/1943.. The game will be available on the PC in September.