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YEAR 2011
GENRE Shooter
PLATFORM Microsoft Windows
ABOUT THE GAME

Battlefield Play4Free was a first-person shooter video game developed by Easy Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It was the eleventh installment in the Battlefield series, the game featured a modern warfare battlefield setting. Play4Free was built on a modified version of Battlefield 2's game engine, with improvements such as high resolution artwork and post-processing effects. The game was also less demanding on computer specifications, similar to Battlefield Heroes. The game was available to players for free online, under Electronic Arts' free-to-play model called Play4Free. Play4Free uses a similar micropayment store system similar to that in Battlefield Heroes. Battlefield Play4Free was announced on 5 November 2010. The game's open beta testing phase began on 4 April. Closed beta codes originally started being distributed via email on 30 November 2010. The game was released as an open beta on 4 April 2011. Battlefield Play4Free, along with other EA free-to-play titles Battlefield Heroes, Need for Speed: World, and FIFA World, went offline on 14 July 2015.

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RECORD FACTS
Developer
DICE
Publisher
Electronic Arts
First release
April 4, 2011
Series
Battlefield spinoff series
Cover
Official thumbnail
Record ID
Q791432

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