Battlefield 2142 hinted at by Digital Illusions producer
by Dan Choi 
{ Mar 8th 2006 at 7:30PM }
Producer Dan Blackstone of
Digital Illusions CE has hinted at the imminent announcement of "something very big" in an interview with
Shacknews, which GameSpot presumes is most likely Battlefield 2142, a most futuristic sequel.The senior producer of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for the 360 gave that little tidbit at the end of the interview, stating: "We’re about to announce something very big, so stay tuned. One other interviewer asked this and I gave him a hint, so it’s only fair that I do the same for you: 3213/3X2. Or said another way: S.R. 4588164." GameSpot subsequently put two and two together and came up with 2142, the square root of 4588164 as well as the result of (3213/3)*2, so it appears that Call of Duty and Ghost Recon are not the only FPS franchises taking their games into the future.
For an alleged video from the futuristic game labeled "'Stella' Minsk Level Video Showcase," check out the first link listed in the "See also" section below. While we don't know whether such a title would be based on PCs, current-gen consoles, the 360/PS3, or even the PSP, there are apparently quite a few walking tanks being employed by the armies of tomorrow if this clip is to be believed. (Metal Gear!) April Fool's is ah' comin' up soon, however, so please take this news with just a grain ah' salt.
[Via GameSpot]
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guano @ Mar 8th 2006 7:45PM
Ghost Recon has always been in the future. I think all Clancy games have.
I saw that vid a few weeks ago and immediately thought it was fake. This news hasn't changed that. But it is interesting none the less to think about what BF would be like that far into the future. I hope it's for PC.
EdZ @ Mar 8th 2006 7:57PM
Whilst the video looks suspect, I've always though any sequel to the battlefieldline would end up akin to 'battlefiled: future combat'. They've followed a pretty linear pattern over time, so a game set some time in the future makes sense. I'd have though it wouldn't be so far in the future though (stick with up-and-coming tech like the Landwarrior system, or even the FCS).
liquefied @ Mar 8th 2006 8:03PM
Hopefully EA publishes it. Man, they did such a great job with BF2. Challenge Everything!
Phil @ Mar 8th 2006 8:15PM
Welcome the real sci-fi FPS.
captain_duck @ Mar 8th 2006 9:03PM
Huzzah
All that world war 2 crap doesnt interest me one bit, so any more scifi shooters is a really welcome addition
ill trooper @ Mar 8th 2006 9:18PM
I would be great to have a mech/tank/soldier battle on the scale of the maps in BF:2 and BF:Vietnam...
Pencil me in for lauch day... Assuming it doesn't also require PC 2142 to run it!
sharbaz @ Mar 8th 2006 10:29PM
This is going to kick Quake Wars' teef in...I'll be right there with you on day 1, ill trooper
JPRacer @ Mar 8th 2006 10:36PM
If they could make BF2 for console I would be happy. I know there's already a BF2 for consoles, I'm not talking about this crap console version, but a port of the PC version that is 10000x better.
Gaz @ Mar 9th 2006 4:41AM
The video was from Future Cop: LAPD for the PS1 folks, and I would hardly say this constitutes news.
Curry @ Mar 9th 2006 5:30AM
Uhhhh I'm usually not the guy to say "this is so old!" on newsposts, but almost a frigging month?
See http://www.xboxic.com/news/237
Armin @ Mar 9th 2006 6:40AM
As a BF2 player, I must say DICE is the stupidest company if they even THINK about the next BF2 game now. BF2 is the buggiest game ever released, the original was a BETA in many ways...
Fix BF2 before you think about making another one.
Austin @ Mar 9th 2006 9:18AM
That is kind of a stretch from what he said. perhaps "say it another way" is a substitute for "equal to" and as such you would find X=4. 4 sounds a little more like a correct answer than 2142.
Dan Choi @ Mar 9th 2006 6:21PM
If that's true, Gaz, that doesn't diminish what the bulk of this post concerns. As far as the datedness of the original Shacknews article is concerned, however, I guess I was thrown off by the date of the referring GameSpot article, which was supposedly published on the same day as this very post. Sorry if I didn't note the original date in the post.
"That is kind of a stretch from what he said. perhaps 'say it another way' is a substitute for 'equal to' and as such you would find X=4. 4 sounds a little more like a correct answer than 2142."
Wait, come again?
Uranium - 235 @ Mar 21st 2006 4:48PM
I don't know whether to cheer or cry.
BF2 was a decent game plagued with horrible balance issues, awful ideas (that scoreboard / ranking system was without a doubt the worst concept I'd ever seen), and the same shoddy BF engine.
DICE has yet to iron out the resource-hogging, the spotty netcode, or simply make their games run smoother.
Furthermore, 95% of BF players are total idiots, so while I personally would prefer a Tribes2-esque game where you need teamwork, and the most 'fun' moments don't always involve fighting, I know that EA knows that bunnyhopping around with a grenade launcher and idiotic twitch FPS combat will sell more to the HALO / CS:S crowd.
But on the other hand it looks like Planetside. And PS was total sex (until SOE ruined it).
Dan Choi @ Mar 21st 2006 6:56PM
Hey, guys. For further proof of this, check out the follow-up posts from last night and early this morning which include PC Gamer magazine scans and the video upload link:
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/20/battlefield-2142-allegedly-confirmed-by-pc-gamer/
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/21/battlefield-2142-scans-of-pc-gamer-cover-story-leaked/
Hope that helps!
Uranium - 235 @ Mar 21st 2006 7:02PM
Awesome, thanks Dan.
I saw the scan of the magazine cover here:
http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/03/BF_2142_cover_for_PC_Gamer.jpg
And then I realized what this game reminds me of.
C&C Renegade.
Dan Choi @ Mar 21st 2006 7:05PM
^^ Hey, no problem, U-235. For further official confirmation from the folks at DICE, check out this link from today as well:
http://www.ea.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_032106