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“You need something to createdemand for a game like this, and EA has been light in terms of demand- generation efforts.

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“But if the movie does well, Battlefield V should be able toslipstream the movie,” suggested Enderle. Midway was a naval battle fought with aircraft,and while BFV does have planes and ships, it doesn’t chronicle beachlandings or infantry engagements. It wassaid the Japanese never lost a battle in the Pacific before Midway,and never won another battle afterward. The upcoming Midway movie chronicles the June 1942 battle widely considered the turning point in the war. “Initial reports on the movie look positive, but it doesn’t really hituntil Nov. “It will depend a lot on how well the new Midway movie does,” said RobEnderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Will gamers be as excited by a return to the Pacific?

Since the initial release of BFV last fall, gamers have clamored foraction on the Russian front, which was the site of major tank battlesand city sieges.

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Rival Activision also jumped back into action with its Call of Duty: World War II series two years ago. The Pacific theater of World War II never has been aspopular with gamers as the European theater, and this no doubt is whyEA made its return to World War II in Europe. “Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm isthe last title I remember addressing this theater of war, and that wassix years ago.” South Pacific “There has been poor coverage of the WWII Asia Pacific Theater ingames,” he told TechNewsWorld. “This expansion could help invigorate the Battlefield franchise andtitle,” said Ted Pollak, senior analyst for the game industry at JonPeddie Research. Whether Chapter 5: Return to the Pacific will beembraced by gamers, with its new setting and factions, is the question. It was just one of thecontroversial moves that the developers made with this latestBattlefield title - and it followed the inclusion of women characters.

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One of the game’s free download chapters includes a single-player onlycampaign that allows the player to take the role of a German soldierin World War II, a first in gaming. DICE went to great lengths to set the game in areaslargely not covered in World War II shooters - such as Norway and theNetherlands. With BFV players so far have been able to play only as the British andGermans. It included numerous factions not only from theAllied forces (including the French, British, Americans, Russians andItalians) and Central Powers (including Germans, Austrians andOttomans), but also from the Bolshevik “Red” Army and “White” Army inRussia. Theprevious game in the series, Battlefield 1, focused on the First World War and theRussian Civil War. Return to World War IIĮA’s Battlefield series returned to World War II last fall. Now, a year later, EA and DICE apparently are ready tomake up the proverbial lost ground by letting players storm thedigital beaches of the Pacific. The shortfall in sales was due to the game’s delay from Oct. While that number indicates the game still has plenty of hardcore fans, the sales missed EA’s projections,which reportedly were closer to 8.3 million. However, publisher EA and game developer DICE arguably have been underpressure to build stronger momentum for the game.īattlefield V sold 7.3 million copies in last fall’srunup to the holiday season, based on reports released earlier this year. The trailer has the feel of a new game and seems far more encompassing than typical downloadable content - especially free content. New maps will include familiar stomping grounds such as Wake Island and Iwo Jima, and add American and Japanese factions to the game, along with a slew of new weapons and vehicles.

War in the Pacific is a free download that will be available on Oct.

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