While E3 2014 is only hours away before opening its doors to the public, Electronic Arts chief operating officer Peter Moore has jumped ahead of their press conference to show off concept art for upcoming Mirror's Edge sequel.

Moore revealed the concept art through Twitter, with the words "Have faith" attached. The image seen below shows main heroine Faith surveying some rather interesting futuristic buildings and landscape.

Electronic Arts unveiled the new Mirror's Edge last year at E3, which will tell the origin story of Faith. DICE said the upcoming reboot is only possible on next-gen machines, stating in August that "the design of [the new Mirror's Edge] and the online and technical capabilities of the game design make it only possible on a gen 4 [PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One] machine."

A release date, and even better more information on what to expect from the new Mirror's Edge will most likely be revealed this week at E3.

In reaction to recent comments made by EA VP Patrick Soderlund about DICE not becoming just a "Battlefield Factory", outspoken ex-EA employee Ben Cousins (former GM of EA Easy, not the footballer) has stirred some emotions by claiming the Swedish studio has a sequel to Mirror's Edge on the boil (thanks VG247).

In a Twitter post, Cousins wrote "It is general knowledge in the Stockholm dev scene that Mirror's Edge 2 is in production at DICE".

Pouring a bit of cold water on the matter however, and perhaps stirring up a little more drama, DICE Technical Director Stefan Boberg has countered with his own uncertain statement, Tweeting "Never trust a man who badmouths and talks down all his ex-employers... but still attempts to gain credibility by association #nohire".

The original Mirror's Edge was released in 2008 to mixed acclaim, as a uniquely stylised first person free-running game. DICE is only currently confirmed to be working on the upcoming Battlefield 4, and supprting Frostbite Engine tech across a growing number of other EA-subsidiary studios.

Amidst all the Frostbite 2/Battlefield 3 talk, every once in a while DICE are asked about that far left-field title they parkoured onto an unsuspecting videogame industry, Mirror's Edge, and the potential for it to triumphantly return in sequel form.

The game was critically acclaimed for its visuals, free-running mechanic and art-direction, but none of this resonated with consumers enough to mark the game a retail success.

However, in a recent chat with SPoNG, DICE's Patrick Liu rekindled hope we'd see a sequel to Mirror's Edge at some point in time and that he feels "there's a market there".

"I think it’s something that people are ready to get into again," he said. "We see that there’s a huge fan following, it’s almost like a cult! And we know what strengths we had, and what weaknesses we had in that game. If we were to release a new game, we’d know what to improve and how to reach a broader audience."

We're inclined to agree as well. The first-person market has expanded immensely since Mirror's Edge was released, and next year will see a massive list of titles that are anything but modern-conflict shooters, with the likes of BioShock Infinite, Prey 2, Syndicate, Dishonored and more serving up expanded first-person gaming.

If a Mirror's Edge sequel did arrive, what would you like to see changed or added? (And could you imagine how good it would look running on Frostbite 2?!).

Stumped for what games to spend your money on at the moment (because there are so many)? AusGamers has your back. Well, at least we're ploughing through them as best we can as well (we're only a handful of brave men, remember).

At any rate, today we have the impressive and bold Mirror's Edge in review; a game that is big in its ideas, but smaller in its execution of them. That doesn't mean, however, you should overlook it - in fact, far from it. If you're looking for innovative, enjoyable fun with a new edge that isn't overly tied down to traditional gaming concepts this is for you. If you hate being frustrated, then you may want to prepare yourself.