No Battlefield 1943 PC this year

All about Frostbite

The cheap console shooter Battlefield 1943 won't be coming to the PC anytime soon, says DICE.

The problem concerns the fact that the Frostbite engine doesn't exist for the PC platform yet. Gordon Van Dyke from DICE, speaking to G4TV said that there were other technical considerations holding the release back.

"It was absolutely needed to ensure the features and functionality that PC Players have come to expect from Battlefield on PC are not missing. Things like support for DirectX 9 and 10, higher player count (up to 32-player matches), wide peripheral support i.e. Joysticks for flying, VoIP, and ranked server provider hosting" he explained.

"So it was and still is the absolutely right decision, for quality's sake, to not release until it is ready."

By Jason Cartwright