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Battlefield 2 patch blows up

EA advises gamers to destroy update but promises new patch soon

Words: GamesRadar US

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Electronic Arts is advising gamers not to download the latest patch for Dice's , and for those who have already done so to delete it and reinstall the original game.

The v1.01 patch, which was originally designed to enhance the recently released FPS, has been reported to cause all sorts of new and unseen problems including team-mates who appear as enemies and the loss of any stats and rankings already gained.

In response to the problem EA has dropped the program from its servers and has promised to fix the patch as soon as possible.

In a statement posted on the , an EA representative says, "As the v1.01 update is causing memory leakage on some systems, we recommend that you reinstall the game and not the v1.01 update we released earlier this week.

"Reinstalling Battlefield 2 will not affect your in-game medals or ranked server statistics. EA and Dice are committed to getting a fix for v1.01 as soon as we possibly can and will continue to keep you informed through this web space in the coming days".

With no further comment currently available, we will keep you updated with news of when a fix or replacement patch will be released.

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Battlefield 2

Genre: Shooter
Release date: Jun 21, 2005
Published by: EA GAMES
Developed by: DICE

Min system requirements: Pentium 4 1.7GHz or equivalent, 512MB RAM, 2.5GB HD space, 128MB DirectX 9.0c video card
Recommended system: Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz or equivalent, 2GB RAM, 2.5GB HD space, 256MB DirectX 9.0c video card
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

64 player VS

1 player SOLO

Online

64 player VS

9 AWESOME
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