Battlefield 1943 Now Available On PS3
Fancy a wee taster before today's big event? Head on over to your Japanese account. Related stories (more)Battlefield 1943 DLC On The Way
BallsupField: 1943
BF1943 Problems Investigated
Article written by nofi in PS3 News, on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 6:00.
Fancy getting your hands on Battlefield 1943 before everyone else in Europe and the States? It’ll be 10 hours until the game is out in Europe and another 6 or so on top of that before it lands in America, but Battlefield 1943 is now out on the Japanese PSN Store and it’s fully in English. Look for バトルフィールド 1943 体験版 which is the demo version, grab the download, switch back to your normal account and you’re off and running.
We don’t yet know if you’ll be able to purchase the full Euro version from within the Japanese version, we’d assume not, but if you don’t mind using up 500MB of bandwidth just to grab 30 minutes with the game then this will be your best option for a taster until the full game lands later today. We’ve been playing 1943 since yesterday and we absolutely love it, watch out for a full review on the site as soon as possible, and keep an eye on our Store Update post for all today’s F5 Thursday madness.
Thanks, kassatsu.
Comments
Please note that all comments are the opinion of the individual author and not TheSixthAxis.
Latest Forum Posts
- The closest battle... literally, ever.
- So what are the most dissapointing or best games that you have bought so far?
- Anyone playing MAG?
- So what are the most dissapointing or best games that you have bought so far?
- Anyone playing MAG?
- Anyone playing MAG?
- Say cheese!
- Anyone playing MAG?
- Say cheese!
- Say cheese!
AcidCrashX | 09/07/2009 06:56
Member
576 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
thanks for the heads-up!
mark w. | 09/07/2009 07:23
Member
597 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
I must wait until this evening so I can grab the demo directly from the EU-store.
Erroneus | 09/07/2009 08:25
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
2773 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
Madness you say? THIS IS SIXTH AXIS!
Sorry
superjag86 | 09/07/2009 08:53
Member
631 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
Awesome! This is the first PSN release that has got me excited since the Big Surf Island release.
smokeybeef | 09/07/2009 09:14
Member
249 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
I played a brief round against nofi and FRUITofDOOM last night, naturally I killed myself more than killing either of them.
nofi | 09/07/2009 09:34
Wants a custom tag.
3870 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
It’s fun playing a game for the first time, eh?
hannes_truce | 09/07/2009 09:16
Member
2808 TSA Points | Member since: Sep 2008
Damnit. why could’nt i have read this before leaving home this morning as opposed to when i got to work. i would’ve pulled a sicky.
I’m soooo hyped for this game
BigD-UK- | 09/07/2009 09:35
Member
172 TSA Points | Member since: Nov 2008
Must read the whole artical before rushing to euro psn store next time!
haza103 | 09/07/2009 09:43
Member
451 TSA Points | Member since: Dec 2008
I heard the servers are getting mullered on the 360, let’s hope it all runs smoothly over here!
Jumping Monks | 09/07/2009 09:45
Legend
1049 TSA Points | Member since: Jan 2009
Having just completed the “half hour” demo. It seems to me I was playing for an hour. I think that it lets you complete the match before it kicks you out. Luckily for me, before I started my last match I had 5 mins left, and if the match took half hour or so, then I got an extra 25 minutes. I can confirm this is great fun, and I’ll be buying it the minute it’s released. Bring on the update!
nofi | 09/07/2009 09:52
Wants a custom tag.
3870 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
Psst: you can get another 30 minutes with another PSN account.
Jumping Monks | 09/07/2009 10:06
Legend
1049 TSA Points | Member since: Jan 2009
You expect me to go through that ordeal again of making other accounts, navigating those pages all in Japanese wasn’t fun. It did cross my mind though. I think I’ll just wait until later though.
Amphlett | 09/07/2009 09:58
Member
1003 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
Woah, someone’s working overtime to track down Battlefield for us! Thank you Nofi.
Carl | 09/07/2009 10:46
Member
611 TSA Points | Member since: Jan 2009
Awesome. I’m gunna be buying it anyway, but i’ll download this, because if it’s anything like the 360 version, the server will be getting abolutely hammered tonight
BoyDay | 09/07/2009 11:14
Member
790 TSA Points | Member since: Oct 2008
Not cool Nofi – I read the tweet which only shows the headline, so gotmyself out of bed, turned on my PS3 and couldn’t find it because I only looked on the UK PSN. Basically I got up for nothing.
Cock tease!
nofi | 09/07/2009 11:21
Wants a custom tag.
3870 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
Well look on the Japanese PSN then FFS.
Carl | 09/07/2009 14:00
Member
611 TSA Points | Member since: Jan 2009
Had a bezz (i managed to get more than an hour out of it due to well timed matches
Good fun though i did get bored after a while
makibah | 09/07/2009 16:04
Member
310 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
Awesome. Also I was USMC, thought it was quite funny how it’s available on the japanese store first (they are kind of the bad guys). Hope I’m not promoting xenophobia
colossalblue | 09/07/2009 16:38
Team TSA: Editor
1146 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
They’re only the bad guys because they lost the war. Because America dropped atomic bombs on two huge civilian populations. So it depends on your perception really doesn’t it?
TheDeathAvenger | 09/07/2009 17:10
Member
1562 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
Just checked and can confirm that you cannot use the Japanese trial of Battlefield 1943 with the UK unlock code. I just wish the UK trial would hurry up and download, I can’t wait to play more of that great game.