No release date for BF 1943 on PC

By Oli Welsh Published 2 August, 2010

EA issuing refunds for pre-orders.

EA has admitted that there's still no sign of a release date for the PC version of DICE's hit downloadable shooter Battlefield 1943 and is issuing refunds to anyone who cancels a pre-order for the game.

Examiner reports that a reader, contacting EA's customer service about the game, was told that there was no information on its eventual release and it would be easier to offer a refund.

EA subsequently told VG247: "All pre-orders can be canceled with refund at anytime and we do not have any further information at this time about a release date for the PC version of Battlefield 1943."

Battlefield 1943 launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 in July 2009. A PC release originally planned for September last year was pushed back into "early" 2010 and then quietly disappeared.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • S.J.Rogers #1 2 years ago

    PC LOL... ;-)
    Edited by S.J.Rogers at 02/08/10 @ 09:31

  • RedPanda #2 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012

  • Der_tolle_Emil #3 2 years ago

    I also think that they simply missed their timeframe. It's a good game but I doubt it would sell millions anyway and most of the sales would probably just cannibalize Bad Company's 2 player base.

  • Velvetmeds #4 2 years ago

    yeah bit too late to release this at all, probably should just can it

  • darth_paul #5 2 years ago

    last year i was waiting for the PC version... but after seeing that DICE was constantly pushing it back, i gave up. Got it on the 360 for around 500pts instead (some gold-members sale at the end of the year). Its right now on my blacklist, and one of the reasons i lost some love for DICE. I felt they were giving the PC owners the finger. hope they just can it now, unless they plan to offer it as "FREE" DLC for BC2...
    Edited by darth_paul at 02/08/10 @ 13:14

  • el_pollo_diablo #6 2 years ago

    BF1943 was fantastic though. I think it was a massive wasted opportunity by EA / DICE / Whoever decides such things not to release a bunch of map packs for it.

    edit: on the consoles I mean. I agree with everyone else that a new release on PC is probably a little too little, a little too late.
    Edited by el_pollo_diablo at 02/08/10 @ 13:17

  • hiddenranbir #7 2 years ago

    Nice to say they're willing to refund instead of "oh it's coming soon!"

  • glaeken #8 2 years ago

    I actually prefer BF1943 to BC2. I just loved how pure BF1943 was and I actually think some of the things like regenerating ammo really improved the BF experiance. They really worked that feature out well to prevent excessive spaming. I realise in BC2 you are meant to rely on other players for ammo but I have always been someone who mainly plays on pub servers and as such spend lots of time searching for people to top up ammo which just never happens in BF1943.

    If they had only supported the game with more maps I would probably still be playing it.