Even Balance has dropped support for Battlefield 2. The BF2 section on the EB website has been removed.
Streaming support will continue for the time being.
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/battlefield-2-windows-file99.html
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/battlefield-2-linux-file100.html
Even Balance has dropped support for Battlefield 2142. The BF2142 section on the EB website has been removed.
Streaming support will continue for the time being.
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/battlefield-2142-windows-file98.html
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/battlefield-2142-linux-file101.html
Even Balance has dropped support for America's Army 3. The America's Army 3 section on the EB website has been removed.
Streaming support has been discontinued.
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/americas-army-3-windows-file97.html
Even Balance has dropped support for Battlefield Vietnam. The BF Vietnam section on the EB website has been removed.
Streaming support has been discontinued.
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/battlefield-vietnam-windows-file96.html
Some have already started analyzing the closed alpha files that are on the internet
There is only one reference to PunkBuster in the executable which is the same reference found in NFS Rivals (Which doesn't use PB) while there are multiple references to FairFight. Considering the alpha trial for BF4 and BF Hardline had PB but Battlefront doesn't may lead to the possibility of it not using PunkBuster. However that can change before release.
Looks like another MoH Hotzone DLC in that it was extremely difficult to find a populated server. Peak players looks to be
50% off on Origin right now too
https://www.origin.com/en-ca/store/buy/battlefield-hardline/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition
PunkBuster is for the PC only and I doubt it will ever be made to work on consoles. I assume since FairFight runs on the server only that it may work on consoles.