The Battlefield video game series is a successful and popular series of games created by EA or Electronic Arts.
This series of games has been developed over the past 10 years. The Battlefield video game series has won a number of awards over that period.
One of the things that characterizes the Battlefield video game series is that they focus more on strategy than individual one-on-one combat. There is a frequent use of maps as vehicles and troops are manoeuvred around the battlefield.
The PC versions of this popular series are most commonly used as multi-player online games.
The first game in the series was called Codename Eagle (it was released in 1999). This was followed three years later with the 2nd Battlefield video game, Battlefield 1942. A version for Mac OS followed two years later.
In early 2003, Electronic Arts release The Road to Rome, which was followed a few months later by Secret Weapons of World War II. The next Battlefield video game to come out was Battlefield Vietnam in 2004. Then, in 2005 there were three more Battlefield video game releases.
The first was Battlefield 2, the second was called Special Forces, and the third release was Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. Battlefield 2 takes place in current times and features a fiction war between China, the Middle East, and the United States.
Euro force followed in 2006 followed the same year by Armored Fury. Things got futuristic in October of 2006 when Battlefield video games released Battlefield 2142 for both Windows and Mac OS. This game took place during a global ice age. The game featured some in-game advertising that not all players appreciated.
Northern Strike followed in 2007 and Battlefield: Bad Company came out in 2008 as the success of the series continued.
The Battlefield video game franchise released Battlefield Heroes in 2009 and Battlefield 1943 in 2010. That same year saw a new Battlefield video game called Battlefield: Bad Company 2:Vietnam and Battlefield Online.
There were three new releases in the Battlefield video game series in 2011. The first of these was Battlefield Play4Free. This was followed by Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 3: Back to Karkland.
As the popularity of multi-player online games continues to grow, the Battlefield video game franchise should continue to be a successful one.