Despite the patch being announced well over a year ago, and the beta for the patch being released back in April, the preparations are being made for a final release for the 1.5 patch for Battlefield 2. Associate producer Barrie Tingle of Battlefield 2 gives word that the patch will be finalized and released very soon.

“When I get back into the office next week there will be some last minute checks (no more fixes (unless something is broken that I didn’t expect) or changes) and all being well the update 1.50 will be finalized and released officially.” Tingle said.

Changes since the beta started include a black cross hair on the TV guided missles and widescreen FoV on widescreen resolutions.

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Some uplifting news to the remaining Battlefield 2 players were released earlier this week; the Battlefield 2 1.5 patch has been released in a beta version. The beta is available for everyone to download and test — it can be downloaded here.

The new update includes:

FEATURES
- Additional support for Windows Vista.
- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.

GAMEPLAY TWEAKS
- Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched.
- AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
- Added checks to prevent “runway grieving”.
- Various changes made to prevent cheating.
- Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.
- Added support for the Novint Falcon controller.

A few months have gone by and EA has released a few more details about the upcoming patch, 1.5 for Battlefield 2.

Features
- Additional support for Windows Vista.
- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.

Gameplay Tweaks
- Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched.
- AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
- Added checks to prevent “runway grieving”.
- Various changes made to prevent cheating.
- Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.

EA also mentions that a beta of the patch will be available at the end of this month, but they also promised a beta at the end of November. Then it was December. And so on. Although now it seems that there is work being done on the patch.