''Battlefield Online'' () was a free online first person shooter developed by

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and

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, and distributed by Neowiz Games. It was a

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of ''

Battlefield 2 ''Battlefield 2'' is a 2005 first-person shooter game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows. It was released in June 2005 as the third game in the ''Battlefield'' franchise. Players fight ...

,'' however, its game engine was ''

Battlefield 2142 ''Battlefield 2142'' is a 2006 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth game in the ''Battlefield'' series. ''Battlefield 2142'' is set in 2142, depicting a war known as "The Cold War of t ...

''s modified Refractor Engine 2, with graphic-improvements over ''Battlefield 2''. It was developed by Neowiz Games of South Korea with oversight from license-holder

. Having started its second beta test, ''Battlefield Online'' unlike ''Battlefield 2'' had shown support for 100-maximal-player battles. The

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testing of the game was started on March 30, 2010. The game servers were shut down on May 21, 2013.

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