Infantryman, armed with an SMG and anti-tank rocket. Beyond the basics of setting the game during the Pacific Theater of the second World War, there is no overarching narrative in the game.īattlefield 1943 can choose a class, though limited to only three classes: The game became available for digital distribution in 2009 (through the Xbox Live and Playstation Network).īattlefield 1943 casts players as either being Marines with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) or the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). It is a World War II first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Battlefield 1943 is an online multiplayer entry in the Battlefield series.