Battlefield 2142 1.51 is officialy out, soon on Steam

Electronic Arts has issued the final version of the latest patch for Battlefield 2142, bringing this installment in the Battlefield franchise to v1.51.

This new update offers the Northern Strike booster pack free for everyone, a new batch of maps including Strike at Karkand 2142 and Operation Blue Pearl, account security updates, and more.

And the most important thing – No DRM on the BF2142.exe file.

Here is the list of changes from the readme file:

– Added extra account security fixes
– Added fix for nVidia drivers to solve tinitus visual effect
– Hit detection bug fix:  Changed so that latency compensation history takes correct stored positions from buffer
– Updated as_titan_wake.tweak to allow for two attack choppers instead of the one previously allowed

FEATURES
– Added Operation Blue Pearl by Bjorn Sundell with special thanks to Jason Brice for lightmaps and finishing
– Added Yellow Knife, Molokai and Strike at Karkand 2142 maps made by Jason Brice
– Northern Strike booster pack maps and content are now free to play
– Added support for the Novint Falcon controller – http://www.novint.com

Yellow Knife
Designed and created by Jason Brice. Retouching by Mary Ellen Schrock. Contact at soundboyz@sbcglobal.net

Molokai
Strike at Karkand 2142
Designed and created by Jason Brice. Retouching by Mary Ellen Schrock. Contact at soundboyz@sbcglobal.net

Strike at Karkand 2142
Designed and created by Jason Brice. Retouching by Mary Ellen Schrock. Contact at soundboyz@sbcglobal.net

Battlefield 2142 v1.51 Final Patch (2GB)

Installation guide and information are located at EA’s Official BF2142 v1.51 forum thread.

And as DICE officials said:

Also yes, BF2142 Deluxe Edition is heading to Steam and Direct2Drive (and all other online retailers you see selling BF2 Complete Collection) once BF2142 1.51 is done.