DICE has announced that the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Battlefield 1943 will become available for download next week, with the Xbox 360 version going live on Wednesday 8 July and the PS3 version becoming available the following day.

The Xbox 360 version will cost 1200MS points and the PS3 version will cost $15 (R120). The game will come in the form of a 560MB (+-R35) download and will be available on Xbox Live and Playstation Network.

Initially the game will feature 3 maps; Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. Dice has announced that a fourth map (Coral Sea) will become available only when Xbox 360 and PS3 players log a combined total of 43million kills.

The PC version however is still scheduled for a September release. Dice has issued a statement claiming that the additional development time for the PC version is necessary to make sure that it is up to scratch.

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