Fileplanet has gained the rights to distribute the Battlefield 2142 beta, scheduled for a release later this month. Of course, you have to be a paid subscriber in order to download the beta.

Does this sound like Dice/EA? Sure it does. With Battlefield 2, and now Battlefield 2142, their ability to squeeze a penny out of everything is unrivaled by any other game company. Try to read some of the replies to the news in the totalbf2142 forums, the anti Dice/EA rants have started long before the game is out. And for a good reason.

This comes as no surprise, but neither will it be a surprise to see the beta released on BitTorrent and other filesharing networks.