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Source: Gameplanet

EANZ have sent us through an update on what's coming up for Battlefield 1942 players. First of all, the v1.4 patch was released today - see previous news article for details!

One thing that caught our eye is the announcement of a new free map coming soon, called The Battle of Britain. The map is due to be released later this month.

This won't be just a map though -- included with the free download is also new content. The German forces will have a new aircraft, the Junkers Ju88 fighter/bomber, one of the most versatile aircraft of WWII. And the British forces now have Radar-equipped dual Flak Cannons.

"This free download lets our players experience the most desperate hours in the history of Great Britain," reads EA's announcement. "The German objective will be to destroy important British buildings within a shelled out portion of London. The British objective, on the other hand, will be to keep these buildings intact until Germany’s tickets run out or the time expires.

"The Germans will launch from airfields in France or Belgium and cross the English Channel on their way to attack London. Meanwhile, the British forces must engage the attacking Germans before all hell breaks loose."

The map will be large, roughly the same size as the El Alamein or Midway maps. The size is necessary to recreate a relatively large English Channel. "This will give the British AA gun/radar operator a chance to identify incoming aircraft while they are still over the water, and the pilots time to intercept these raids."

Battlefield 1942 players can also look forward to the Secret Weapons of WWII expansion pack later this year, which was a hit at E3, and for those who don't have Battlefield 1942 yet, a BF1942: Deluxe Edition will be made available around the same time as Secret Weapons, containing both the original BF1942 and the Road to Rome expansion pack, a Prima Strategy Guide, the Coral Sea and Aberdeen maps and the latest patch.

AA practise like no other

/me gears up for turkey shoot!

cant wait

Quote: Originally posted by bozza _b AA practise like no other /me gears up for turkey shoot!

LOL!!! Now all we gotta worry about is avoiding burning wreckage falling from the sky.

lol i dont like AA guns

A - i suck at shooting them
B - i hate being shot down by them

I was wondering when we might see a new map.
Hope its good, if theres lots of planes expect a migration from the Coral Sea server.

It's going to be cool if those tards actually migrating to this map, so we can finally have our revenge on those tards

AA practice.... sounds going to be very very fun, and not to mention dodging fallen plane wreckages...:p

w00t! AA Gunning... Loving that shiz.

so will this be a new style of play in BF? ie: not conquest or CTF. As Egor describes it your objective is to destroy buildings or defend them. Depending on the side you're on!

Sounds like more and more good things will be happening with BF1942 which is always a bonus..

Man EA steal all of the mods ideas!!! its been Forgotten Hope's plane from the start to make objective based maps..now EA do that and there is also a Battle of Britian mod...

Ahh well should be a blast anyways...pity i suck at flying, AA time for me >:)

hope it will not turn into the BFkids server Coral Sea is today.

^Theres a good chance it will.

Quote: Originally posted by bozza _b AA practise like no other /me gears up for turkey shoot!

OOOO me drool for night missions and search lights and wailing sirens!!!!!

they had viable radar in the battle of britain??




meh, should still kick some ass

Yeah but only fairly primitive ones...not that accurate though




"Big patch of stuff moving towards southeast of london, lets roll!" ...kinda thing.

god ea are gay.

this has been planned before (battle of britain) by a few mod things and was in the making

no wonder they are not releasing a sdk

haha

well when pearl harbour was bombed, they had picked up the jap airforce on their "radar" but it was such a huge blip they thought it was ****ed,



idiots.

Quote: Originally posted by blur haha well when pearl harbour was bombed, they had picked up the jap airforce on their "radar" but it was such a huge blip they thought it was ****ed, idiots.

They needed more than a radar upgrade after that ****er.

Quote: Originally posted by And the British forces now have Radar-equipped dual Flak Cannons[/B]

oh mammy, if they are twice as kick ass as the new 1.4 flaks, It'll be carnage

U cannot really steal a map rumor, as the battle of britain was a crucial part of ww2 so anyone has the right to make it

just wondering but was the battle of britain actually during 1942?

(its been a long time since 5th form history)

Quote: Originally posted by SASQ just wondering but was the battle of britain actually during 1942? (its been a long time since 5th form history)

It was the summer of 1941.

Yep it sure was, it was more or less beginning of the end for the European war. It left the Luftwaffe decimated and pretty much prevented Hitler from advancing any further (ie his planned invasion of Britain).

It lasted from July to October 1940, a somewhat crucial and desperate time for the ol poms I daresay.

My grandfather was a firefighter during WW2 putting out all those fire the Germans caused through London.

...Just thought i would share that