<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
DICE	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
through	O
digital	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
planned	O
but	O
later	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
casts	O
players	O
as	O
either	O
being	O
Marines	O
with	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Marine	O
Corps	O
(	O
USMC	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
Imperial	O
Japanese	O
Navy	O
(	O
IJN	O
)	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
24	O
players	O
on	O
three	O
maps	O
:	O
Wake	O
Island	O
,	O
Guadalcanal	O
,	O
and	O
Iwo	O
Jima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Battlefield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Bad	I-Application
Company	I-Application
,	O
1943	O
features	O
the	O
Frostbite	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
for	O
its	O
environmental	O
damage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Heroes	I-Application
,	O
1943	O
features	O
only	O
three	O
classes	O
:	O
Infantryman	O
,	O
armed	O
with	O
an	O
SMG	O
and	O
anti-tank	O
rocket	O
;	O
Rifleman	O
,	O
armed	O
with	O
a	O
semi-automatic	O
rifle	O
and	O
rifle	O
grenade	O
;	O
and	O
Scout	O
,	O
armed	O
with	O
a	O
scoped	O
rifle	O
,	O
pistol	O
,	O
and	O
dynamite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
airplane	O
has	O
four	O
machine	O
guns	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
drop	O
bombs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planes	O
can	O
be	O
shot	O
down	O
by	O
fighter	O
pilots	O
and	O
anti-aircraft	O
guns	O
,	O
reducing	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
bombs	B-Device
that	O
the	O
air	O
raid	O
can	O
deliver	O
,	O
or	O
destroying	O
it	O
entirely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Arcade	O
version	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
issues	O
with	O
server	O
joining	O
and	O
statistic	O
recording	O
functionality	O
were	O
reported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Sony	O
's	O
conference	O
at	O
E3	O
2011	O
,	O
Sony	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
would	O
be	O
included	O
on	O
every	O
disc	O
of	O
Battlefield	O
3	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
upon	O
release	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
stated	O
through	O
Battlefields	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
by	O
telling	O
a	O
customer	O
that	O
"	O
In	O
lieu	O
of	O
[	O
Battlefield	O
1943 ]	O
being	O
available	O
on	O
 [ disc ] 	O
for	O
[	O
PlayStation	O
3 ]	O
customers	O
,	O
EA	O
has	O
made	O
all	O
[	O
Battlefield	O
3 ]	O
expansions	O
available	O
early	O
to	O
[	O
PlayStation	O
3 ]	O
customers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
21	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
be	O
delisted	O
from	O
digital	O
storefronts	O
on	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Battlefield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Bad	I-Application
Company	I-Application
and	O
Battlefield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Bad	I-Application
Company	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servers	O
for	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
will	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Bad	I-Application
Company	I-Application
and	O
Battlefield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Bad	I-Application
Company	I-Application
2	I-Application
servers	O
will	O
also	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
the	O
same	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
both	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
having	O
the	O
best	O
sales	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
day	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
fastest	O
selling	O
download-only	O
game	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
was	O
the	O
top	O
selling	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Arcade	O
game	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
as	O
reported	O
by	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Director	O
of	O
Programming	O
Larry	O
Hryb	O
.	O
</s>
