Flamethrowers in Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass.
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First impressions of Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass expansion

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Electronic Arts and its DICE studio revealed gameplay of its first Battlefield 1 expansion pack, dubbed They Shall Not Pass, at an event at EA headquarters last week. I played the expansion for a few hours and was impressed with the careful balance of the maps in the French Army’s homeland.

Battlefield 1 was a great game that told of the sacrifices that soldiers made in the Great War. But if I had to name a flaw in the original Battlefield 1 campaign, it would be that each of the vignettes focused on lesser-known theaters in the war, from Palestine to the air war.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.