EA’S Battlefield 1943 Sells 1M Units on Xbox LIVE Arcade

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that Battlefield 1943™ is the fastest game to reach 1M units sold on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Battlefield 1943 is a critically acclaimed First-Person Shooter multiplayer game that IGN says “…is an impressive package that sets a new standard for digital titles.”

“The reception of Battlefield 1943 continues to amaze us, even months after the game was released”

“The reception of Battlefield 1943 continues to amaze us, even months after the game was released,” says Gordon Van Dyke, Producer on Battlefield 1943. “Being the fastest game to reach this milestone is an incredible achievement. The game has set a new standard for what can be done in the downloadable games category. It’s fantastic to see how gamers have recognized the value that the game delivers for just $15. It is another great entry point into the Battlefield franchise.”

Originally released in July 2009, Battlefield 1943 has won over 4 game critic awards and is the most popular download-only multiplayer action game. The game brings DICE’s first-class WWII action to gamers where 24 players can compete across four classic WWII Battlefield maps: Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Coral Sea. These maps are inspired by the award winning Battlefield 1942™ game, and have been redesigned and reengineered from the ground up using the DICE Frostbite™ engine allowing players to wreak havoc and destruction via land, sea or air.

Battlefield 1943 is now available on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1200 MS Points or on PlayStation®Network for $15. The game will soon also be available for PC.

For more information on Battlefield 1943 please visit www.battlefield1943.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/OfficialBF1943.

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I'm guessing another 600k or 700k on PSN. Very impressive numbers for a console download only title, that isn't even out for 12 months.

However I think it was a bad decision to release it after Bad Company 2 on the PC. I was looking forward to get the PC version, but now I think I'm going to skip it.

i actually thought it did better... O_o well since the kill count was huge!

I can't remember if this game was free to share over the PSN or not. Either way, I wasn't really impressed with it and only played it for an hour or so.

I want to give the new Battlefield a shot, the beta for that was much more entertaining.

They said they would release More Maps if it became successful.... so, give me more f'en maps!

Wasn't one of the first numbers that were released for this game on XBL like 600k within the first month?

i stopped playing that game once i got all the achievements. There were only 3 maps available and pretty much looked all the same.

I picked it up for 560 points but haven't played it yet other than the tutorial.

Must have put over 24 hours of playtime into this game, still play it a lot!

Give me German vs Russians.

liked the demo but didn't buy it.... it felt too ephemerial... with MW2 and BFBC2 comming after...