Following the announcement of Battlefield 2042, DICE teased a new mode which will be a love letter to fans. While we’ll have to wait to see what that turns out to be, but in the meantime I’m sure that there are plenty out there who want to play some of the older games in the series. Help is at hand, especially for playing Battlefield 2 and 2142 online, though 1942 and Vietnam are more complex.
To celebrate the Battlefield series’ 10th Anniversary and the 2 millionth Premium Member, DICE and EA are giving away the one that started it all, Battlefield 1942. The official Battlefield Twitter account confirmed this earlier this evening and if you head over to the Origin website you can see 1942 listed under the demo section as being free to play.
It is just the base game without the expansions Road to Rome or Secret Weapons of WWII and it doesn’t appear to have received any updates with this free release. We are stuck with a maximum resolution of 1280×960, but it is worth it to play this game which has had such an influence over online shooters. …