Additionally, you can subscribe to EA Access on Amazon for $29.99 for a year - a sound investment if you want to be playing the latest game in the series when it launches in October 2018. The game, which released years ago for Xbox 360, was a smash success with its multiplayer-only take on the series, and now players can enjoy it again as it's been added to the growing list of Xbox. Joining the ever-growing catalog of backwards compatible titles, Battlefield. So if you are looking for a way to enjoy an EA DICE-created World War II game, feel free to pop in the Xbox 360 disc into your Xbox One. Theres more in the way of Battlefield news following the announcement of Battlefield V. Battlefield 1943 was released in 2009 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Following that, EA announced that Battlefield 3 would come packed-in with Battlefield 1943 for pre-orderers on PS3 - another claim that would eventually fall through. Battlefield 1943 is now a part of the Xbox backward compatible list and is available as part of the EA Access Vault. It first started when the PC version was canceled two years after the launch of the PS3 and Xbox 360 version, reportedly to focus efforts on Battlefield 3. The game launched as an all-digital title through Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360 and PSN on PS3, mainly because the game consisted of Conquest mode solely.Īlso, in case you forgot, the game was also the source of drama all its own. In case you were looking to scratch a WWII Battlefield itch, Battlefield 1943 is now available via Xbox One Backward Compatibility and EA Access. Coming after Heroes but before Bad Company 2, the game takes place in the Pacific Theatre (specifically Wake Island, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima). Battlefield 1943 Now Backward Compatible on Xbox One Thursday, by Alan Pettit 19 No campaign, no buy As Expected, Battlefield 1943 is Todays Holiday Deal Thursday. In case you aren't following, this means that anyone currently subscribed with EA Access should be able to simply log into their Xbox One and play the nearly decade-old game.įor those who don't remember their historical-based war game history, 1953 was the 2009 iteration of the World War II-based series.

Battlefield 1943 backwards compatible