Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike reinforcement incoming

It must be a cold day in heck… in the year 2142. At least as far as Electronic Arts DICE Studios is concerned with the Northern Strike expansion for Battlefield 2142.

Northern Strike re-pits European and Pan-Asian forces against each other, this time in the icy wastes of future northern Europe. And being in northern Europe, they even get to revisit at least one location ravaged by a similar global war two centuries earlier: the Bridge at Remagen (that was in BF 1942, right? It’s two centuries ago – memory does degrade over time). The booster pack also features:

• Two brand-new vehicles designed to support infantry combat available in an asymmetrical set-up, with the hovering light IFV Hachimoto available to the PAC and the massive heavy IFV Goliath available to the EU.
• Increased persistence. Ten new rewards, one new pin and ten new unlock items at the top of the unlocks trees, available also on core game maps, take persistence to new levels. Unlock credits earned in the booster pack can also be used in the core game.
• Epic Titan mode available on two maps, and for the first time in a urban setting, for more intense Titan gameplay.
• Tweaked Conquest-assault gameplay (Assault Lines game mode) on all three maps creates more choke points and more heated battles.
• Horizontal podding gives infantry additional ways of moving across the maps quickly

Welcome to the frozen jungle, the old song goes. (We know that this game takes place nowhere near a jungle, but have you heard of a song that begins with “Welcome to the tundra wastes”?) Here are some screens from the booster.

A few more screenshots after the jump! Click on the “Full Article” link below to see them.

  

It must be a cold day in heck… in the year 2142. At least as far as Electronic Arts DICE Studios is concerned with the Northern Strike expansion for Battlefield 2142.

Northern Strike re-pits European and Pan-Asian forces against each other, this time in the icy wastes of future northern Europe. And being in northern Europe, they even get to revisit at least one location ravaged by a similar global war two centuries earlier: the Bridge at Remagen (that was in BF 1942, right? It’s two centuries ago – memory does degrade over time). The booster pack also features:

• Two brand-new vehicles designed to support infantry combat available in an asymmetrical set-up, with the hovering light IFV Hachimoto available to the PAC and the massive heavy IFV Goliath available to the EU.
• Increased persistence. Ten new rewards, one new pin and ten new unlock items at the top of the unlocks trees, available also on core game maps, take persistence to new levels. Unlock credits earned in the booster pack can also be used in the core game.
• Epic Titan mode available on two maps, and for the first time in a urban setting, for more intense Titan gameplay.
• Tweaked Conquest-assault gameplay (Assault Lines game mode) on all three maps creates more choke points and more heated battles.
• Horizontal podding gives infantry additional ways of moving across the maps quickly

Welcome to the frozen jungle, the old song goes. (We know that this game takes place nowhere near a jungle, but have you heard of a song that begins with “Welcome to the tundra wastes”?) Here are some screens from the booster.