Standing orders · Your own copy
Your game files
Battlefield 1943 Reborn ships no game files. You bring your own copy of the game, and we are happy to help with everything after that. Getting the files is the one thing we cannot help with, and this page explains why.
Bring your own copy
The download holds only Reborn's own code: no game files and none of the game's code. Reborn runs on the files from a copy of Battlefield 1943 for Xbox 360 that you own. You point it to them once, and they are installed on your PC, for you alone.
How to point Reborn to your copy
Why we can't help
Battlefield 1943 belongs to Electronic Arts and DICE, and its files are protected by copyright. If we shared them, we would be handing out someone else's game. That is piracy, and it is the quickest way to get the whole project taken down: the download, the source code, the servers and this website, for everyone.
So we cannot send you the game's files, host them, link to them or help you get them in any other way. We also cannot help with files that came from anywhere other than a copy you own. Reborn can exist because it ships none of the game, and we want to keep it that way.
Please don't ask
We understand why people ask, and we know it is frustrating if you do not have the game. But requests for game files in our Discord, in GitHub issues or anywhere else will not be answered, and neither will questions about where to find them. It is nothing personal: answering even once would put the project at risk.
Want games to stay playable?
Battlefield 1943's original servers are gone, and that is the reason this project exists. If you want game companies to stop shutting games down or leaving them unplayable, the place to put that energy is Stop Killing Games, not us.
We are a small fan project. We cannot change how games are sold or switched off, and we can only work with files people already own. Stop Killing Games is the campaign for keeping the games people buy playable after their support ends.
Quick answers
Can you send me the files?
No, not privately and not publicly. Please use your own copy.
Can I use files from somewhere else?
We cannot help with files from anywhere other than a copy you own. We cannot suggest sources, check files for you or help you find them.
Does the PlayStation 3 version work?
No. Reborn runs on the Xbox 360 version, the Xbox Live Arcade game.
I own the game, but something does not work
That we can help with. Tell us in the playtest's bug reports channel on our Discord, and attach the file bf1943.log from your user folder.