XFire to host Bf2 demo this friday!

KdjaCL

The new Battlefield 2 demo is coming out soon. Sign up for Xfire's FPS Demos channel today, and you'll automatically be set up to start downloading the demo as soon as it's available - no worries, no waiting. You'll also get the official Battlefield 2 trailer immediately!

If you use it handy i suppose.


kdjac

CyberGhost

eh, it going to be all over the net anyway

I'm gonna bittorrent it probably

Winters

As usual EA download servers would get hammered within moments of the demo coming online. This is once again a perfect time to show the benefit of BitTorrent technology.

Hopefully there shall be some torrent links up online as soon as possible. I shall try and get as many links as I can find when it comes out

Jammer

it says PCCD, please let there be a DVD version...sick of these games coming on 2/3 CDs! Only basic computers made Pre-Win2k don't have DVDROMs, which, for what its worth, have no chance of running this game!

Nietzschean

There is a DVD version, but i don't think its been confirmed if both formats are going to all markets, we could end up with just DVD or CD.... last i heard it sounded like DVD only to some of the uk retailers...

From play.com wrote:

16x DVD-ROM drive

US retailers have been doing pre-orders seperately for both versions..

vibe666

but the US is still strangely pre-disposed to the CD format for some reason, so I guess we'll see!

Nietzschean

the only reason i can see why they would still stick cd is :
3 cd's + cost to burn 3cd's < 1 dvd + cost to burn that dvd...

I guess alot of spare cd burning capacity in plants now?

Rew

Iv loads of bandwith available so ill see if I can mirror the demo Friday as soon as I can get a copy my self.

Nietzschean

As shall i, should have a US and Irish mirrors of it both on 100mbit connections ... though initally getting it could be a problem...

Rew

We can see how things pan out but if sombody had either XFire or IGN login we should be ok.

Winters

The problem will be as usual not enough 'free' mirrors for people to use. EA's servers will be hammered as they usually are when normal patches just come out. The only other places after that then are going to be the usual fileplanet, filefront etc. which will all have nice big queue's unless you pay them uber $$$.

After its out a few hours I'd expect some local mirrors to be out for it at least.

spooky donkey

im just buying the game screw this demo lark. Its not that long a wait for it and ive waited long enough another 2 weeks wont kill me.

Shiny

spooky donkey wrote:

im just buying the game screw this demo lark. Its not that long a wait for it and ive waited long enough another 2 weeks wont kill me.

It would kill me!

I'm dying here.

Busting to play with the toys and be used to every weapon
and class before the full game comes out.

bizmark

spooky donkey wrote:

im just buying the game screw this demo lark. Its not that long a wait for it and ive waited long enough another 2 weeks wont kill me.

Thats just insane your better off getting the demo to make sure it's worth the money and will run alright who know's it could end up the boreing buggy unblanced mess that was vietnam

balkieb2002

The demo was apparently leaked on the net today, managed to nab the torrent but will let ya know if its a fake or not.

CyberGhost

balkieb2002 wrote:

The demo was apparently leaked on the net today, managed to nab the torrent but will let ya know if its a fake or not.

but I doubt it's real, first the demo is going to be gamecentre exclusive, and then it will be leaked by someone

Lenny

Not real, just a rename

Nietzschean

the only problem with this release is that if gamespy are given it excluseively other mirrors maybe forced to close as they appear as infringing on gamespy's exclusive distribution of the demo....happened before for something similar iirc

KdjaCL

Bobo !!! your a psychic!!!!!!!

BF2 Demo Exclusive? [June 07, 2005, 11:47 pm EDT] - 24 Comments
Battlefield Nation has word from a video interview with producer Scott Evans saying the Battlefield 2 demo, planned for release this Friday (story) will have an as-yet undefined period of exclusivity on GameSpot's GameCenter service: "Yeah, you guys are gonna have an exclusive period on the demo where you have to go to GameCenter to get it." These exclusives are sometimes actually in essence just premieres.

kdjac

Nietzschean

So secret mirroring then, effort.... or well just no posting links on ere i guess....

Big Nelly

Cant wait!!

Jim

Darth Bobo wrote:

So secret mirroring then, effort.... or well just no posting links on ere i guess....

Damn straight bitch.

Rev Hellfire

Well someone get a copy of the linux server for me and send me a link to a mirror.

Winters

I've heard rumours that EA have said there will be no Linux at launch. However DICE have wlways said there will be.

Worth a look: http://www.bf2linux.com/index.php

Not sure if there will be a Linux version of the demo released however

CyberGhost

Darth Bobo wrote:

the only problem with this release is that if gamespy are given it excluseively other mirrors maybe forced to close as they appear as infringing on gamespy's exclusive distribution of the demo....happened before for something similar iirc

In the gaming industry, the free playable demo is one of the most popular and powerful tools to interest gamers in the final product. Production and testing of a demo can also take significant resources out of a development team. It therefore seems logical to expect publishers will maximise the game's exposure by giving the demo the widest possible release.

Unfortunately this is not always the case, and sometimes a demo is given the most restricted release: to one site for several days or even a week. The marketing perception that this creates good exposure for the pertaining demo is actually a misconception, as enthusiast gamers resent having only one, crowded, choice for download. And all file hosting sites, including the ones listed below, will simply not mention the demo at all, thus limiting its exposure to general news sites only.

Promotions like this only help one website, but at the expense of alienating the enthusiast community which makes up a large chunk of the overall audience and download traffic. It absolutely hurts the industry at large much more than it can help a single relationship.

We have already presented this situation to several major publishers who have had plans to do exclusive demos in the past and who have agreed to stop this practice, but it's still happening. Therefore, in an effort to end this once and for all, the following gaming websites (together representing 19 million unique visitors per month) have agreed not to host any exclusive demos anymore, even after they eventually become public:

3D Downloads
3D Gamers
3D-Shooter.net
ActionTrip
Adrenaline Vault
AusGamers
Boomtown
ComputerGames.ro
Daily Rush
Fappin
FileCity.gr
FileFront
FileShack
FileRush
Fragland.net
Fragzone.se
GameCenter.cz
Gamer's Hell
GameNavigator
GameSurf.de
GameTab
LoadedInc
NoFrag
NordicGamers
PC Gameworld
Tiscali Games
WorthPlaying

While these websites are normally competitors, this competition provides the freedom of choice that enthusiasts want by offering the widest possible distribution of any demo rather than the most restricted one. Therefore, something this disrespectful of the industry as a whole has inspired all of these websites to stand together in this open letter.

We value your readership and ask for your support in sending out this message by not downloading exclusive demos, emailing game companies who release exclusive demos, and letting your opinion be known on public message boards.

Sites wishing to join this alliance are welcome to contact us.

from the forums on www.filerush.com

bizmark

3D Downloads
3D Gamers
3D-Shooter.net
ActionTrip
Adrenaline Vault
AusGamers
Boomtown
ComputerGames.ro
Daily Rush
Fappin
FileCity.gr
FileFront
FileShack
FileRush
Fragland.net
Fragzone.se
GameCenter.cz
Gamer's Hell
GameNavigator
GameSurf.de
GameTab
LoadedInc
NoFrag
NordicGamers
PC Gameworld
Tiscali Games
WorthPlaying

Good lord no one will have it and theres no way in hell gamespot can cope with the demand on their own.

CyberGhost

torrents will flourish!

and tbh I think for BF2, all those websites will swallow their pride and still host it, and EA knows it.

Nietzschean

I notice the IGN network(which includes gamespy,fileplanet.com,etc..) is missing off that list...them probally being the biggest one... and the one which usually recieves the exclusives...

I'm guessing the smaller sites are banding together because they never get the exclusives, its not about getting a game's hype up, gamespot/gamespy pay for it...plain n simple...


if gamespot/cnet network have it, and after the embargo IGN have it too, thats enough bandwidth for everyone... But were not that patient...

torrenting might be the way to go...