Every once in a great while, we in the journalism community receive invitations to participate in exciting and unique events. Follow along with Joe "Impaler" Highman, as he navigates the twist and turns of being a beta tester for DICE and EA's upcoming WWII FPS colossal title, Battlefield 1942.

Donster

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Originally posted by Donster:
Great article Impaler! I for one am really looking forward to the release of this game!
I just hope that EA does a better job with support than it has done with MoH. Maybe DICE is the key? Any word on a demo version yet?

Donster

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Thanks for the praise, Donster. I have no news currently about a proposed demo version, but I can tell you that things are on pace to make the late Q3 release, and it wouldnt surprise me at all if there is a public beta of at least one or two maps before the game goes gold.

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Originally posted by Spectre_USA:
Good insight in to what looks to be a good title from DICE. I am neither an FPS guy,
nor big on the multi-player thingmie. But I may have to give this one a shot, based on
this fine write-up.

Tell me, though. Are they keeping things pretty tight, like IL-2 has, to keep ha><or
types from ruining the multiplayer aspect?

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Thanks, Spectre. When I first got into multiplayer gaming, I was not an FPS fan either, largely because of the chaotic fragfest and the lack of team play. But then the hackers ruined the environment for all the players.

This title, so far, has had many of the exploits tested and worked out. However, any title that gives the local machine an option of spawning a server presents some measure of hackability.

There are several discussions in the forums at http://www.homelanfed.com/eabeta concerning cheating and hacking, and for the most part, things are pretty solid.