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Battlefield: Bad Company info unleashed
Want to hear some info about the next Battlefield game set for the 360 and PS3 next year? Why, you're in luck! We've got the scoop. How would you like a deep, cinematic single-player experience set in a near-future conflict? It's not World War II! That's a great start (now if only RPG main characters would stop being able to use swords as a default. More spear-wielders, please!). Also, there's not as much gritty realism here -- more dark humor. The world of B:BC is completely destructible. Shape the battlefield to match your play style! Drive tanks through buildings, make a hole in a wall for optimal sniping, etc. Can you stack stuff? That'd be the only improvement, really. Stacking crates or something. You get your choice of land, sea, or air vehicles as well to keep things fresh and fun. Speaking of keeping it fresh and fun, how do 24-player online matches sound? It's shaping up to be a neato game. Anyone with a next-gen system (sans Wii, regrettably) will have to keep their eye on this one!
EA jumps on the in-game ad bandwagon [update 1]
Reuters is reporting that Electronic Arts has signed deals with Microsoft-owned Massive Inc. and IGA Worldwide to put in-game advertising in up to seven games, including Need for Speed: Carbon and Battlefield: 2142. EA Vice President for Online Commerce Chip Lange promised that this is just the beginning, saying that EA is negotiating with other providers to put ads in many future titles.While sideline billboards in Madden or racing games won't look out of place, it might be a little jarring to see an ad in the middle of Battlefield's battlefields. It might be worth it if the ads lead to lower prices for games, but we're not holding our breath on that count. How do you feel about ads in your games?[Update: the AP is reporting that the ads will be automatically updated over broadband connections on the PC and Xbox Live]
PC impressions: Battlefield 2142
Any FPS gamer on the PC knows that Battlefield has a reputation. In this latest title, Battlefield 2142 tries to build upon that reputation and set itself apart as a wide-scale futuristic title focusing on team play.
Battlefield 2142 officially confirmed
Well, it looks like it's official... sorta. The BF2142 Team has updated EA's Battlefield 2 site with a note today confirming the ongoing development of Battlefield 2142 ("scheduled for release this Autumn"). The "official" corporate press release will arrive sometime later this week. So there you have it. And for those of you who were wondering what's up with patches for BF2 right now, "the DICE Canada studio will be hard at work on a 1.3 update... as well as the Armoured Fury Booster Pack," leaving DICE Stockholm free to focus on building the franchise's future. [Thanks, A2000 and Iced_Eagle] See also: Battlefield 2142 allegedly confirmed by PC Gamer [with video trailer] Battlefield 2142 scans of PC Gamer cover story leaked
Battlefield 2142 scans of PC Gamer cover story leaked
The Battlefield 2142 hoopla is starting to look more and more real as scans of the PC Gamer issue in question have surfaced online with BF 2142 featured as the magazine's May cover story. Digg contributor Iced_Eagle has pointed us to an 8.5MB archive of images from the mag, with 9 pages concerned with 2142 and 2 pages having to do with Half-Life 2: Episode 1. If you're interested in knowing "where your unstoppable 20-foot Mech is," then you'd best get to that reading online or off ASAP. For those still skeptical of any gaming news outlet coming out with such a story in the general vicinity of April Fools' Day, keep in mind that the game appears to not only be the magazine's cover story, but that its coverage also fills up all those pages of print mentioned earlier. EGM merely dedicated a single page with a brief line in the table of contents to its Apple iGame prank this year, so this would seem like a lot of effort on PC Gamer or some extremely dedicated Photoshopper's part to fool the gaming public. Will this fall prove to be the point when the BF franchise finally frags in the future? At this point, it would certainly seem so. Read on for further details about the game; the cover pic links to the scans.
BF2MC demo hits XBLM March 24
Now that EA owns 100% of Digital Illusions CE, it's good to know we can download 100% of the Battlefield 2: Modern Combat demo available this Friday according to their official site: If you want to experience all-out 24 player Xbox Live action in eye-bursting next-gen graphics, make sure that you download the Battlefield 2: Modern Combat demo, which will be available for download over Xbox Live Marketplace from March 24. Forget eye-bursting graphics, I'll be impressed if an anticipated demo shows up on the scheduled date for once. [Thanks Thundapimp]
Man the unmanned aerial vehicle in BF2
One of the minor changes in the version 1.2 patch of Battlefield 2 was the appearance of a visible UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) whenever the commander calls one in. Instead of both teams having to "pretend" that the UAV actually existed in the game world, after the update a little plane actually buzzes around in the sky, giving enemy teams the chance to shoot the drone down. One gamer demonstrated the drone's physical presence by landing on top of the thing, sacrificing his $15 million helicopter in the process.
