Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Booster Pac...

Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Booster Pack Details And Trailer

Looks like the recent rumours stirred by some in-game ads, about new vehicles being added to Battlefield 2142, were right: there's a booster pack on the way, and EA holds nothing back: details, screenshots and a first trailer, we have them all. The pack is being titled Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike, and it's developed by the good Swedish folks at the [EA] Digital Illusions (DICE) studio. Set for release in March 2007, the Northern Strike pack adds three new maps, new vehicles, badges, ribbons, and other gameplay features, and it will naturally require the full version of Battlefield 2142 to play. Here's a bit more about it:

"Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike drops gamers deep into a desperate conflict for control of Earth’s last scraps of inhabitable land following the onset of a cataclysmic new ice age. The Pan-Asian Coalition (PAC) has secretly moved into mainland Europe, using abandoned urban areas to establish new strongholds in a last-ditch push for superiority. The European Union must quickly mobilize north to dislodge PAC forces from a series of urban strongholds and regain the upper hand.

Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike features three new maps, including the infamous WWII battle scene at the Bridge at Remagen, an Alpine Titan docking harbour in Port Bavaria and a claustrophobic showdown in the Liberation of Leipzig. The booster pack also features new vehicles including the EU’s heavily armed IFV Goliath and the PAC’s hovering light IFV Hachimoto in addition to new unlocks, new badges and ribbons, new gameplay and more."

For even more details, you can check out the new Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike page on Electronic Arts' website, as well as an in-house interview with the booster pack's producer Kristoffer Bergqvist, who talks about the back story, the new vehicles, increased persistence and more.

Our local gallery has already been set up for your brief viewing pleasure, and speaking of which, we also have the first Northern Strike trailer ready for streaming and downloading.

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