With its vision of future Armageddon, Battlefield 2142 only ratchets the thumbscrews down even tighter for Battlefield junkies. Almost MMORPG in scope, the towering amount of ranks and deep catalogue of unlockable items for each class makes this Battlefield more addictive than ever. 2142 shrinks BF2's seven classes down to only four - so things seem a little more streamlined on the surface. However, within each class, there are two "career tracks" that diverge the roles even further. For ... » Read More

19 Oct 2006

Gamers Wary of Battlefield 2142's 'Spyware'

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PC - Battlefield 2142 - Gamers Wary of Battlefield 2142's 'Spyware'

Battlefield gamers beware: by opening a copy of Battlefield 2142 and participating in a game requiring Internet access, you're agreeing to have Electronic Arts and one of their in-game advertising associates, IGA Worldwide, study you. A printed disclaimer provided with the game states the game will be monitoring "advertising data" to determine what ads are serviced to individual players.
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17 Oct 2006

Battlefield 2142 with a Dash of Spyware

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PC - Battlefield 2142 - Battlefield 2142 with a Dash of Spyware

Tipper Nic directs our attention to this forum post, where we read of a disheartening little slip of paper that suggests some seriously gross spyware will be installed along with Battlefield 2142, all in the name of in-game advertising:
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10 Oct 2006

Battlefield 2142

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The latest storming entry for the PC multiplayer shooter series Battlefield is out next week, and to keep your trigger fingers itching until then, hit the Movies tab above for two new clips. The first is a brief-but-brutal demonstration of probably the most satisfying new addition: the great stomping Battlewalkers. You'll soon learn that while they bristle with firepower, their towering height makes them ripe ... » Read More

5 Oct 2006

Battlefield 2142 Demo Available Friday, October 6th

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PC - Battlefield 2142 - Battlefield 2142 Demo Available Friday, October 6th

EA and DICE have announced the schedule and download locations for the much anticipated Battlefield 2142 Demo, featuring the Sidi Power Plant map. Players may join EU or PAC forces as they fight for control over this high tech key asset situated in a barren gorge in northern Africa. This Friday (10/6/06) players can take the next step in the Battlefield universe and challenge their friends in both the new Titan Game Mode and the legendary Conquest Game Mode.
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25 Sep 2006

Battlefield 2142 has gone gold!

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PC - Battlefield 2142 - Battlefield 2142 has gone gold!

Battlefield 2142, EA's next game in the series, has just been announced by EA/DICE to have gone gold.
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13 Sep 2006

Battlefield 2142

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We've gathered the best of a recent barrage of Battlefield 2142 shots for your viewing pleasure - including a look at the airborne vehicles that should prove as terrifying, in skilled hands, as in previous Battlefields. (Then again, a flying vehicle in unskilled hands proved pretty terrifying as well, but for all the wrong reasons.) Hit the Images tab above to check out all the latest shots. If you're not a Battlefield veteran, but these screens that don't involve men with guns shooting inside ... » Read More

22 Jun 2006

Battlefield 2142 - Lessons Learned

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PC - Battlefield 2142 - Battlefield 2142 - Lessons Learned

DICE's Marcus Nilsson discusses the lessons learned from Battlefield 2 and how their next title in the franchise will come away stronger.
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8 Jun 2006

Battlefield 2142

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The futuristic setting and hardware of Battlefield 2142 comes across crisp and clear in these latest shots released by EA. We've also got action shots of the new Titan game mode. The objective of the Titan mode is for each side to capture and secure several strategic points on the map, then focus moves on to the destruction of the Titan. The Titan is a hovering command centre bristling with defenses, and can only be taken down from inside. The Titan's defense system must be taken down, and ... » Read More

11 May 2006

E3 2006: Battlefield 2142

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To twist a few tired metaphors, in Battlefield 2142 war is hell on Earth frozen over. The latest title in the squad-centric online shooter series, 2142 finds Earth caught in the floes of a new ice age, as the creeping freeze squeezes two coalitions - the European Union and the Pan Asian army - into a fight for the last remaining pockets of habitable land. Battlefield 2142 might be futuristic, but it's not science fiction. There're no ray guns, lasers or teleporters in this chilly dystopia, ... » Read More

30 Mar 2006

Battlefield 2142

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If current events are any indication, people around the world still won't have their problems sorted out in 136 years. This is great news for fans of the team-based military shooter franchise, Battlefield. EA and developer DICE have announced today that they are taking the conflict into the future to the year 2142. Battlefield 2142 will bring all of the massive online action to a futuristic battleground, where a new Ice Age forces the globe into a conflict over the last remaining fertile ... » Read More

22 Mar 2006

Battle to the future

PC News | Battlefield 2142

Excited about Battlefield 2142 on PC? Then check out our brand new screens of Dice's futuristic online combat game by clicking on the images tab just above. The Battlefield series has been host to some of the greatest online scraps available, and 2142 - which takes the fight into a mech-filled dystopia - looks to be no ... » Read More