{"id":103081,"date":"2016-09-01T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T09:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=103081"},"modified":"2016-09-01T11:53:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T09:53:13","slug":"you-can-now-download-and-play-battlefield-2-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/103081-you-can-now-download-and-play-battlefield-2-for-free","title":{"rendered":"You can now download and play Battlefield 2 for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While not the newest game by any means, we still have a special place reserved for Battlefield 2 in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we were surprised to learn that the game is now free-to-play, according to this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pcgaming\/comments\/50jjsd\/til_that_you_can_play_battlefield_2_for_free\/\" target=\"_blank\">post <\/a><\/strong>on the PC Gaming subreddit.<\/p>\n<p>Consider this a public service announcement\u00a0to get back into some fine multiplayer gaming, if only to compare it to the upcoming Battlefield 1.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the client <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/battlelog.co\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, if you are looking for a more cerebral experience, we suggest you check out the excellent Project Reality Mod <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realitymod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How much you should pay for a gaming PC in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/102987-how-much-you-should-pay-for-a-gaming-pc-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How much you should pay for a gaming PC in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How to catch the African Ring of Fire during South Africa\u2019s Solar Eclipse\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/102971-how-to-catch-the-african-ring-of-fire-during-south-africas-solar-eclipse.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to catch the African Ring of Fire during South Africa\u2019s Solar Eclipse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The PC Games pirates still haven\u2019t cracked\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/102787-the-pc-games-pirates-still-havent-cracked.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The PC Games pirates still haven\u2019t cracked<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how to play Battlefield 2 for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":103083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31,21673,109,4197],"class_list":["post-103081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-active","tag-battleield-2","tag-download","tag-free"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103085,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103081\/revisions\/103085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}