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Battlefield Origins: Designing 1942

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by Ben Hanson on February 23, 2011 at 07:00 AM

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Sometimes hoarding is a good thing. On our recent trip to see Battlefield 3 in Sweden, DICE veteran Lars Gustavsson dug through his office and unearthed the original Battlefield 1942 design documents. Watch as he shares memories of DICE's first big shooter, reveals features that were cut from the final version, and talks about his favorite Battlefield maps with Game Informer content manager Matt Bertz.

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by freezeimacop690 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 07:06 AM

Are you guys doing more Battlefield stuff like this? I have to say that I love all of this and I really want you guys to do more things like this!
by magiccoffeepot Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 07:50 AM

I love 1942! It was just the best game I had ever seen, so ahead of its time in so many ways.
by GTA mushroom kingdom Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 07:51 AM

awww so many good memories from so many good games from them... in fact Battlefield 1942 was the first fps i played on PC, good times
by linkchief13 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 08:23 AM

Im only 15 but I got the Battlefield collection awhile ago and I just love it. Its still fun and stuff, I think its great.
by Cody Bauman Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 08:25 AM

It's so cool learning all the roots of my favorite series ever. ^^
by Akhrod Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 08:54 AM

How much I love this kind of things! Nice to see all the history details in the mission description.
by Ian Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 09:04 AM

I loved Medal of Honor Allied Assault and Spearhead, but BF 1942 blew them out of the water. Nothing like flying a B-17 around, bombing hold-points, and gunning down the opposition to turn the tide of the battle. Epic, just epic.
by Pimpstallion 9 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 09:28 AM

keep the videos coming....need gameplay on bf3
by Opfer der Seele Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Hmm its not every day that you get to see where it all began
by Jason Hunter Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM

BF 42 still remains as one of my favorites, I can't even fathom how many hours I spent playing this game. It is still an awesome game to this day, they could reskin BF 42 with new graphics, gameplay, and physics and I would be all over it. I know there is a BF 43 but I think I can speak for the masses that we want moar! I like how Bertz tried to hint around at new maps for BF 43, well played sir you tried.
by WS-N Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM

Cool video. I'm looking forward to Battlefield 3 a lot.
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by Warbuff Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 11:48 AM

Coolest Battlefield video so far. 5 days left in the month. What else will be revealed?
by Philip Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 02:55 PM

The BF1942 intro is one the best game intros all time. It still gives me chills
by Draco Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 06:05 PM

Lol at the guys in the back, right, window space
by JohnnyBNL Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 05:57 AM

I would like to see a Wake Island for BF3 :D
by Ivan The Great Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 10:45 AM

Can DICE just take over the Star Wars Battlefront Series already? Pandemic, LucasArts or nooone else seems to be doing it, these guys will master it!
by falloutboy1001 Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 07:12 PM

Ahh, I think I'll have to pop in my 1942 disc and jump on moronville!
by Drym Shyuan Friday, February 25, 2011 at 04:59 PM

My favourite game in the franchise.
by ShadeLurker Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 11:55 AM

This was pretty cool. I used to love playing Battlefield 1942 at my friends house or at LAN parties. I played Call of Duty 1 and 2 too, but I still like Battlefield more. It was just so much larger, and with the ability to use vehicles it was just so epic.

I played Battlefield 2, but I haven't touched either of the Bad Company's. I think I'll have to pick up Battlefield 3, though.
by Rawkfan90 Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 05:03 PM

cool

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