And who fired the lucky forty-three-millionth shot? That would be one "James" (gamertag: jkasapi) from Peterborough, England. With no small amount of irony involved, EA is gifting the obviously subterranean James with a pair of 1943 sunglasses, a 1943 t-shirt, and custom Battlefield sneakers, for when he goes "outside."
43 million killed: Battlefield 1943's Coral Sea unlocked on Xbox
by Christopher Grant 
on Jul 14th 2009 5:47PM
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And who fired the lucky forty-three-millionth shot? That would be one "James" (gamertag: jkasapi) from Peterborough, England. With no small amount of irony involved, EA is gifting the obviously subterranean James with a pair of 1943 sunglasses, a 1943 t-shirt, and custom Battlefield sneakers, for when he goes "outside."
Reader Comments (68)
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 5:56PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
If the ENTIRE Warhawk Community Jumped to Battlefield 1943 for just 5 or so Hours.....the 43 Million Kill mark would EASILY be surpassed....its just too many people stuck on Warhawk that dont wanna give this a try sadly...
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:07PM PlatinumSkeet said
And too many of the wrong people that jumped off of Killzone 2....
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:15PM PlatinumSkeet said
I keep forgetting to pick up Warhawk for my PS3 I guess I'm gonna try it this weekend...
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:26PM Ballistic H said
Plane controls here are so bad compared to Warhawk. Anyway, after I'm done helping hte PS3, I'll go back to Killzone 2.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:40PM (Unverified) said
The only thing good about Warhawk are the plane controls. Everything else is just autolocking garbage. Battlefield 1943 is better even if it is stripped down.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:51PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Warhawk Garbage!?!?!?
OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!
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OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:53PM SheppyReturns said
Well, here's the thing. We already have Warhawk. 1943 and Warhawk do compare very similarly. The Warhawk community is a blast to play with. And for most people, we already OWN Warhawk. So in the words of Sheldon Cooper of Big Bang Theory....
"In a world that already has a Big Boy, why would I want something that's LIKE a Big Boy?"
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"In a world that already has a Big Boy, why would I want something that's LIKE a Big Boy?"
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 7:21PM Sly C said
warhawk is fun... when you're on the winning side. almost every team match degenerates into one team pushing the other team back to their base, and bombing/tanking the shit out of them, and staying like that for up to thirty minutes. when you get bombed the second you respawn, that pretty much ruins any and all fun.
that's why i like killzone 2.you still have the bases, but they're covered and guarded by a ton of turrets.
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that's why i like killzone 2.you still have the bases, but they're covered and guarded by a ton of turrets.
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 8:00PM (Unverified) said
Ya I'd call it garbage. When you have a guy shooting at you, and you try to fire back, but you can't because your crosshairs locks onto the guy behind him, then ya I'd call it garbage.
The expansions were also a waste of money >.>
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The expansions were also a waste of money >.>
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 10:33PM pukel said
Love Warhawk, played BF1943 demo, went back to Warhawk.
It reminds me of a duller, slower, less tactical version of Warhawk.
As to the complaints about spawnkilling: absolutely it is a problem, and one that many Warhawk players work hard to try to minimize. But that's Warhawk; it's brutal, it's unforgiving, it's an expert's game that requires literally hundreds or thousands of hours of play to master.
BF1943 is a great fifteen dollar online game for people who don't want to get too involved. But nobody is going to be quitting Warhawk to play it.
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It reminds me of a duller, slower, less tactical version of Warhawk.
As to the complaints about spawnkilling: absolutely it is a problem, and one that many Warhawk players work hard to try to minimize. But that's Warhawk; it's brutal, it's unforgiving, it's an expert's game that requires literally hundreds or thousands of hours of play to master.
BF1943 is a great fifteen dollar online game for people who don't want to get too involved. But nobody is going to be quitting Warhawk to play it.
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 5:57PM (Unverified) said
"James will be court martialed due to the 43 millionth fatalaty had attempted to surrender before being executed on Wake Island."
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 5:57PM Manifest37 said
This game feels pointless all of the sudden.
Where's the meat & potatoes, EA?!
I propose a 5th map with a kill count of 43 BILLION!!
That should make the game relevant again.
Maybe a small map for increased action.
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Where's the meat & potatoes, EA?!
I propose a 5th map with a kill count of 43 BILLION!!
That should make the game relevant again.
Maybe a small map for increased action.
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 7:25PM (Unverified) said
They had Wake Island for Battlefield 2 back in the day also, this map is identical. I've played 1943 alot and while it's fun, it sure does feel like a BFBC reskin with no weapons and no reason to keep playing. As a player the only rewards are postcards. :(
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:13PM Clownzilla said
Any word on if they have plans for another event like this? Maybe another level at 250 Mil. (the pace will slow down a little) and a Battlefield 1942 map pack for 500 mil.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:22PM (Unverified) said
Hmmm, conveniently enough I'll be getting a new PC in a month :P
I'll pick this one up, once I'm done whoring TF2 on full settings, having until now played it with FPS scripts that made it look like Doom (and it still had a framerate of a slideshow :(
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I'll pick this one up, once I'm done whoring TF2 on full settings, having until now played it with FPS scripts that made it look like Doom (and it still had a framerate of a slideshow :(
Posted: Jul 15th 2009 4:52AM (Unverified) said
Well, TF2 happens to be the only resource intensive Source game as many complaints on Steam forums prove. My PC's alright except that it happens to have a shitty Pentium D and TF2 is very CPU intensive to the point where clocking it 0.5ghz gave me extra 30-40fps.
But now the fucker sorta broke down and overheats so I'm back to shitty default clocks and 10-20fps.
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But now the fucker sorta broke down and overheats so I'm back to shitty default clocks and 10-20fps.
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:25PM (Unverified) said
Now heres the weird thing, the press obviously think this somehow means that Xbox has more gamers than PS3 does. However to me it suggests PS3 owners have a far better pool of current games to choose, and don't need to all rush to the same game at the same time.
We know the on the ground userbases are similar when you take out RROD replacements...
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We know the on the ground userbases are similar when you take out RROD replacements...
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:33PM Mazrael said
...and I thought PS3'ers were still playing Infamous.. though my mate is playing Mirrors Edge (free dlc) & motorstorm while nothing is coming out.. he still can't convince me to buy one... I'm still playing Phantasy Star 2 & Tiger Woods 09 (picked it up a month ago) while I can't be bothered to open up Star Ocean.. maybe it's my age or that I'm nearly at 100 games on my card.. I just feel less interested..
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:36PM TherionMEC said
Or more likely, that you won't get as much activity by selling a new game on the PS3 as you would the 360.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:47PM (Unverified) said
@McWilly:
www.nofussreviews.com/survey-results.php
Ouch.... If X B o t s should never throw failure rate stones, as it will ALWAYS come back to hurt them...
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www.nofussreviews.com/survey-results.php
Ouch.... If X B o t s should never throw failure rate stones, as it will ALWAYS come back to hurt them...
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:53PM FredFredrickson said
Sorry, but sometimes the numbers don't lie. More people own Xbox 360's right now, and if the rate of each sales continues as it is now, the PS3 will never catch up.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 11:37PM Special Agent Steve said
Just goes to show, the Wii kicks-ass in terms of failure rates. Oh, that wasn't your point?
Oh well.
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Oh well.
Posted: Jul 14th 2009 7:04PM andysexton said
The reason the PS3 launch was probably better was that there is a smaller community playing (hence the kill numbers) which led to less overloaded servers.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:34PM aughscreennames said
After playing the PS3 demo I have to say.... I'll get it for PC. It made me really want a mouse and keyboard.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 7:06PM dishwasher said
If you wanna get it for the PC guess you will have to settle for 1942.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 10:44PM (Unverified) said
1942 isn't settling. It's way better than this crap. 1942 is the best game in the series and the community is still kicking. Best mods of any PC game to date in my opinion and still fun to put in and play anytime I don't feel up to Killzone 2 or Infamous.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 11:10PM gonintendo said
I honestly wouldn't mind having it on both. I like my gamepad and hate sitting hunched over in a chair for hours but nothing beats the accuracy of a mouse.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 6:43PM (Unverified) said
I have been trying my best to play this game, every time I am on. I boot it up but I keep getting failed connection. probably happened 20 times so I can even get the demo to run to see if I like it enough to buy it. guess Iw ll spend my points elsewhere. monkey island I think tommorrow. maybe when they get this pro fixed
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 7:01PM SheppyReturns said
Well, games to play bullshit console warrior fantardedness aside, one point made here IS valid.
From what I've noticed, the live community, outside of a few exceptions, does seem to swarm collectively like a flock of locusts from game to game whereas concentrated PSN play tends to only really happen during betas. I see people on my PSN playing a much wider variety of games from much wider in the life of the console. Although it's also possible to get some games going on some really obscure crap on Live whereas PSN you have to play those events. As an example, I played Crimson Skies online a few days ago, but I couldn't find any online matches of MK2 despite it being one of PSN's top sellers.
Also, OF COURSE THIS SOLD MORE ON 360! But keep this in mind, it moved copies on PS3 as well. I'm glad that developers are realizing that, while the 360 version will do better, this doesn't mean the PS3 version won't sell at all.
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From what I've noticed, the live community, outside of a few exceptions, does seem to swarm collectively like a flock of locusts from game to game whereas concentrated PSN play tends to only really happen during betas. I see people on my PSN playing a much wider variety of games from much wider in the life of the console. Although it's also possible to get some games going on some really obscure crap on Live whereas PSN you have to play those events. As an example, I played Crimson Skies online a few days ago, but I couldn't find any online matches of MK2 despite it being one of PSN's top sellers.
Also, OF COURSE THIS SOLD MORE ON 360! But keep this in mind, it moved copies on PS3 as well. I'm glad that developers are realizing that, while the 360 version will do better, this doesn't mean the PS3 version won't sell at all.
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