The Battlefield Blog announces the incredibly long wait for the version 1.51 patch for Battlefield 2142 is over, and the new patch is now official (thanks Silvanus). The new version removes the game's DRM and adds the maps Operation Blue Pearl, Yellow Knife, Molokai, and Strike at Karkand along with extra account security, a fix for NVIDIA drivers "to solve tinitus visual effect," and a fix for a hit detection bug. As noted on the EA Forums, the new patch is the same as the final beta patch, so folks with that do not need to download anything new. For everyone else they offer several download locations, and the patch is also mirrored on AtomicGamer, Fileshack (thanks Charles), and Gamer's Hell.