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Battlefield 1942

2002 video game
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Summary

Battlefield 1942 is a video game[1].

Key Facts

  • Award received: Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[2], British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer[3]
  • Publisher: Electronic Arts[4]
  • Genre: first-person shooter[5]
  • Named after: 1942[6]
  • Followed by: Battlefield 1943[7]
  • Developer: DICE[8]
  • Part of the series: Battlefield[9]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[10], macOS[11]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[12], multiplayer video game[13]
  • Software engine: Refractor 2[14]
  • Distribution format: CD-ROM[15]
  • Review score: 89/100[16], 96%[17]
  • Input device: computer keyboard[18]
  • Country of origin: Canada[19]
  • Publication date: September 10, 2002[20], September 20, 2002[21], June 28, 2004[22]
  • Distributed by: Electronic Arts[23]
  • Narrative location: Soviet Union[24], Germany[25]

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Subject and Themes

Battlefield 1942's main subject is World War II[26].

Reception

Awards received include Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[2] and British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer[3], a class of award[27], in United Kingdom[28], founded in 2004[29].

FAQs

What awards did Battlefield 1942 receive?

Honors received include Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[2] and British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer[3].

Related Entities

Belgium Canada CD-ROM computer keyboard Dice DICE Egypt Electronic Arts England France Germany Japan Libya macOS Microsoft Windows Netherlands Philippines Trauma Studios Ukraine United States

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Class ancestry

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  1. 5w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 3456
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Abandonware-france game id: 3456, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  2. 5w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 89/100, 96%
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Review score: 96%, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275226|batch #275226]]"
  3. 6w ago · Jakub Vrána · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Databáze her video game id → 792
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54523|batch #54523]]: Databáze her representative"
  4. 7w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Senscritique work id → 76447
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Senscritique work id: 76447, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/134723986|Battlefield 1942 (#134723986)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5146|SensCritique vi"
  5. 15w ago · JAnDbot bot · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Battlefield 1943
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Followed by: Battlefield 1943"
  6. 18w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 89/100, 96%
    My abandonware game id → —
    Lki id → Battlefield1942
    ‎pc guru game id → —
    + 176 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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