When EA and DICE revealed that their next entry in the Battlefield franchise would be set during World War I, I had mixed feelings. As a lover of history, the time period was instantly acceptable to me. WWI is a largely unexplored in the video game space, and I think most of that is due to the prevalence of World War II content being more of an inspiration thanks to the multitude of movies and television shows that portrayed it. I think its accurate to say that WWII is a...
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Opinion: Battlefield 1 – This is Not a Beta: It’s a Sales Pitch, and It’s Working
(Author’s Note: All game play shown in this article is my own, captured on Xbox One, and shared via xboxdvr.com) Let’s be honest with each other for a moment. We’ve all played the Battlefield 1 Beta. Judging by internet reaction, captured metrics across all three release platforms, and YouTube saturation, everyone with thumbs that function normally gave Battlefield 1 a shot during the Beta test this past weekend.
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Collector’s Edition shows the Duality of Faith
Adding to the growing number of fancy collector’s packages that will be assaulting my bank account this year comes what may be the most thoughtful, if not expensive, collectors’s edition yet. EA and DICE have revealed their plans for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst’s collector’s content. Aside from the typical steelbook and artwork content these collector’s packages have, the edition also includes an interesting statue that features the main...
WATCH – Star Wars – Battlefront Trailer
Much like yesterday, the folks at Star Wars Celebration are getting another big trailer reveal. Today, it is for the highly anticipated Star Wars Battlefront, from EA/DICE. This is the third major entry in the series, but it may as well be a reboot. It’s been 10 years since the last installment, and this will be the first from EA/DICE following their pickup of the series. DICE is the developer behind the hugely popular Battlefield series, known for its huge combat...
First Look At EA Access’ Battlefield Hardline Trial
This article contains spoilers of the prologue of Battlefield Hardline— viewer discretion is advised reading forward Battlefield Hardline‘s prologue starts out as an opening cutscene with Detective Nicholas Mendoza, played by Nicholas Gonzalez, who has starred in several crime dramas like Dirty, Scenes of the Crime, Spun, Down for Life, and S.W.A.T.: Firefight. Nicholas Mendoza, accused of being a dirty cop, is being transported in an orange jumpsuit on a...
Battlefield Hardline now available on EA Access
Earlier this month, EA announced that EA Access users would be getting early access to Battlefield Hardline on March 12th, 2015 until the game goes live on March 17th. Only available to paying EA Access members on Xbox One, take on the prologue and first mission with a 10 hour trial on gameplay including multiplayer. EA Access has updated it’s vault and has allowed download of the trail as of now. So gear up and take on the mean streets of LA and fight on both sides...
DICE and EA announce Mirrors Edge 2
DICE and EA today announced Mirrors Edge 2, the sequel to the much heralded parkour free-running story-driven game that released in 2008, and DICE has had real parkour artists come in and show them the nest ways to do things. The games slick white and black art style with hard color contrasts throughout the world holds true in the sequel, and while most of the gameplay we saw was conceptual prototypes, the team at DICE seems to be holding firm with what the fans know and...
DICE and EA Show of Frostbite 3’s New Features
EA and DICE today released a video detailing the new features coming with Battlefield 4 in the new Frostbite 3 engine. Among the new details are the “seamless reality” which will have our trees swaying in time with the “real” wind, which will also be controlling the water and the clouds. It will all work together to create – like it says – a seamless reality. They also detail the new game changing destruction as well as...
EA Unveils Battlefield 4’s Multiplayer
Today at EA’s E3 2013 confrence, EA showed off new gameplay for Battlefield 4’s multiplayer. The biggest addition is the ability to influence the game directly from your tablet through “commandor mode” which allows you to give important intel and recon to your team. Squads are now five men teams and games feature 64 players, 32 on each side, making them bigger than ever. Battlefield 4’s maps also look to be even bigger than the largest from...
Mirrors Edge 2 Announced!
Faith is back! At E3 today, Mirrors Edge 2 was teased by Dice. They listened to the fans who wanted another and they definitely delivered. The game look absolutely beautiful. We will keep you updated with more information. On the trailer shown it’s announcement is “Coming…When it’s ready”. Very exciting! [More news as it happens]
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