Desert Combat

Desert Combat
Developer(s)	Trauma Studios
Engine	Battlefield 1942
Version	0.7 Final (0.8) (not by Trauma Studios)
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Release date(s)	October 17, 2004 (version 0.8)
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer

Desert Combat (DC) is a mod for the first-person shooter (FPS) computer game Battlefield 1942, created by Frank Delise, Brian Holinka, Tim Brophy, and Stephen Wells. DC features many new weapons and new Conquest and Capture the flag Maps. DC is set in Iraq during the first Gulf War. It acquired popularity since the 2003 invasion of Iraq by Coalition forces and has been featured on many media websites.^[1][2]

Trauma Studios

Main article: Trauma Studios

On September 1, 2004, Digital Illusions CE (DICE) bought Trauma Studios, the developers of the Desert Combat Battlefield 1942 Modification to help work on Battlefield 2.

Shortly before the release of Battlefield 2, DICE announced that the company has "decided to discontinue the New York office, Trauma Studios." DICE will no longer pay $200,000 in outstanding funds from the original deal.^[3]

A screenshot showing weapon and map configuration

Notable modifications

There have also been secondary mods for Desert Combat, such as Desert Combat Extended, Desert Combat Realism, and Desert Combat Final, which modify gameplay and add new content such as additional armies and features. When Trauma Studios was purchased by DICE, some of the Desert Combat team chose not to join DICE and continued on to make Desert Combat Final, an update to Desert Combat. It was released on October 16, 2004 though it was not an official release by Trauma Studios or by the Desert Combat team.^[4]

Awards

• FilePlanet's Best New Mod of 2004 for Desert Combat Final^[4]
• FilePlanet's Best Mod of 2003^[5]
• GameSpy's 2003 PC Modification of the Year^[6]
• FilePlanet's Best New Mod for 2002^[7]

See also

• List of Battlefield 1942 mods

References

1. ^ Morris, Chris (2003-03-25). "War games see spike". CNN. http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/25/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 
2. ^ Ly, Phuong (2003-04-07). "In Wartime, Teens Go Back to Their Quarters". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A43712-2003Apr6. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 
3. ^ GameSpot on Trauma closure
4. ^ ^{a b} "Desert Combat official website". http://www.desertcombat.com/. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 
5. ^ "File Planet weekly 30 December 2003". http://www.fileplanet.com/fpweekly/fp_weekly_03_12_30.html. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 
6. ^ "Game Spy's Game of the year 2003". http://archive.gamespy.com/goty2003/pc/index12.shtml. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 
7. ^ "FilePlanet's Poll for Best New Mod of 2002". http://www.fileplanet.com/polls/new_mod/. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 

External links

• Desert Combat home page on the Internet Archive
• Desert Combat FAQ on the Internet Archive
• IGN interviews Desert Combat founders