Battlefield 1943 out July 8/9

Xbox 360 gamers get to play one day before PS3 players.

DICE has announced that Battlefield 1943 will be available on July 8 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and July 9 on PlayStation Network. The download-only action game is priced 1200 MS Points/£9.99.

“Battlefield 1943 is going to change consumer expectations of what a downloadable game can be. By offering Frostbite’s next generation destruction technology with a full Vehicle Warfare FPS multiplayer experience at a mere 560MB, Battlefield 1943 sets a new standard,” said Gordon Van Dyke, Producer on Battlefield 1943. “Our goal is to blow people away with a fully accessible, retail-calibre game for veteran Battlefield fans and shooter fans alike to enjoy for only £9.99.”

Battlefield 1943 features two new modes that can be played across four classic Battlefield tropical WWII maps: Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Coral Sea. These maps are inspired by Battlefield 1942, but have been redesigned and re-engineered using the DICE destructible Frostbite engine.

The Coral Sea map will be unlocked as part of a worldwide community challenge, where players will work together to reach 43 million kills on both Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network.