From Battlefield 1942 Community update – 1/15/04

Good Day, Soldiers!
Its been an eventful few weeks here as we gear up to release the 1.6 patch, by far the most comprehensive patch to date. Youll find a complete feature list for the patch below. As you will notice, its a very large patch with the full client patch weighing in at a hefty 266 MB. With the addition of Punkbuster, were commited to releasing the cleanest patch yet. So, please be patient. We want to give you this patch just as much as you want to get it!
Continue reading Battlefield 1942 Patch 1.6 Update Information →

Coming to the Gamers Radio Battlefield 1942 server on Friday, January 30th! Its an all custom map Friday Night Fights! Thats right, we will be rotating up to 5 custom maps for Battlefield 1942.

Everyone always complains that not enough servers play custom maps! We agree, but its hard to run a BF custom map only server, so this is our way of giving you a chance to play some of the best custom maps available! We are also running stats on our server, so you can see just how well you do against everyone else.

We are currently reviewing the latest crop of custom maps. We will announce our playlist on January 24th. All you have to do is drop by Gamers Radio, get the list, download the maps and join us on Friday, January 30th!

The MOD team for Black Hawk Down has created a new model for the Black Hawk… This model looks awsome! If you have not checked out the info on this MOD, go hook it up! They are pulling out updates all the time to make this something for everyone to enjoy when it is available…

Blak Hawk Down BF1942 MOD

Even though the 1.6 patch is not available yet… Punkbuster has their files ready for you… Now, I wouldnt try to do anything with them untill the BF1942 patch comes out, it is good to see that everything is rolling right along…

Click “Read more” for the details… Continue reading PunkBuster for BattleField 1942 →

The people at EA have posted an update with information on the soon to be released 1.6 patch. They are still trying to work out a few issues, but they will get it out as soon as they can…

Click “Read More” for the information… Continue reading BattleField 1942 1.6 Patch Update →

The ever-popular mod Desert Combat was updated and released yesterday to add enhancements and bug fixes.
This update is considered one of their biggest updates with the inclusion of three new maps and MANY new vehicles.
The team has been working on making the teams more balanced and this update seems to have helped a little bit. While they do note that there are still some issues of some things being more powerful then their counterparts, they do mention that they are still working on this issue.
From a personal perspective:
I played this updated mod at a LAN party yesterday from both sides and thought that things were better when it comes to balance. The new vehicles seemed to be the causing factor in this. I highly recommend trying out this update if you have been unhappy with the previous ones. Click “read more” for the list of updates for this mod.
Mod Located at: http://www.desertcombat.com Continue reading Desert Combat 0.6f Released →

Dice had some new info on the upcoming 1.6 patch for BF42. In addition, they will have 2 new maps. One for regular BF1942 called Liberation of Caen and one for Secret Weapons of WWII called Raid on Aghelia. Two of the images even show off the new WWII Helicopter. Click Read More for the full scoop and links to pictures of the new maps and vehicles. Continue reading Battlefield 1942 1.6 Patch Info →

The Gamers Radio Battalion -=*GRB*=- is proud to announce the start of our Friday Night Fights. This friday night, we will play RtR CTF, along with a few Regular BF maps. If you have RtR, drop by and join us.

The map list is currently set to play in this order: Anzio, Stalingrad, Baytown, Battleaxe, Salerno, Kursk, Santo Croce.

Id also like to publically thank BigTuna, Death2U, and Racer for donating towards the server. It has been very appreciated.

Atomm…

I am glad to see EA address cheating in BF42. It would have been nice if they had done this from the beginning. Hopefully they learned their lesson and will incorporate this into future games. Here is the message from the Official Battlefield 1942 website.

In response to the #1 request from the community, DICE & EA are proud to announce the inclusion of anti-cheat measures in the next patch for Battlefield 1942. The Battlefield team is committed to providing an exploit-free gaming environment for members of our community. Our goal is to have measures in place which address both current and future cheats. As such, after researching existing anti-cheat programs, weve determined that Punkbusterâ„¢ suits our purposes perfectly. Well keep everyone updated as to our progress. For now, we have successfully integrated Punkbuster into the upcoming 1.6 patch and were in the process of testing it.

EAComMike and the rest of the Battlefield team…

I did not post any info on our Custom Map Friday Night, but I promoted it on PlanetBattlefield.com and BF42.com, along with my local lan group. I wanted to give a review of the maps we played last Friday night and what I thought of them.

The three maps we played for Regular Battlefield 1942 were:

Okinawa

Battle for Rome

Valley of the Shadow

To get the reviews and my favorite of the three, click Read More.
Continue reading Battlefield 1942 Custom Maps →

It seems Vivendi Universal is not taking good care of their domain names. If not for the quick actions of an independent artist who registered mp3.com after it expired, under his own credit card, the site may have disappeared altogether. You can get the full scoop on The Register.

Gamers Radio is proud to announce the launch of our 20 player CTF Battlefield 1942 server from KillerGameServers.com. So far, everyone who has tested their in game ping times are doing 60 or less. This has been a great server for the Gamers Radio Battalion to practice on.



Consider this an open invitation to join us on Friday nights or any night for that matter. Just open your server browser and look up GamersRadio.com. We are easy to find. If you are looking for a smacktard free server, then this is the place for you. We hope you will join us.



Server:69.56.178.83:14567

Its been a while since I posted the NPD Group/NPD Techworld list of the top 10 selling games, but the latest list brings up a point. Take a look at who is in the number 1 spot.



Week of September 14-20, 2003:



Rank – Title – Publisher – Average Price

1 – Battlefield 1942 – EA – $29

2 – Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy – LucasArts – $49

3 – Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII – EA – $25

4 – The Sims Deluxe – EA – $42

5 – Flight Sim 2004: A Century of Flight – Microsoft – $52

6 – Homeworld 2 – Vivendi Universal – $48

7 – EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath – Sony – $27

8 – Madden NFL 2004 – EA – $35

9 – The Sims: Superstar – EA – $30

10 – Diablo II – Vivendi Universal – $20



I find it very interesting considering the game peaked a while back. I wonder why BF42 has seen such a turn around. I think the resurgence is based not only on the game itself, but on the lower price and the cool mods currently available and gaining in popularity. These mods include Desert Combat, Eve of Destruction, Forgotten Hope, Pirates, Galactic Conquest, GI Joe and Experience WWII. Without the hard work of these free mods, I do not believe Battlefield 1942 would not be as popular as it is.