During a presentation at the annual GDC Europe developer's conference in Cologne,
Joystiq reports that DICE GM Karl Magnus Troedsson indicated the company wasn't ready to start talking too much about the recently revealed Battlefield 4, but did offer a minor confirmation on the game's setting and the reasoning behind passing over a new Bad Company instalment for Battlefield proper.
with a lag time of six years between Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 3, why did the studio go with Battlefield 4 so quickly instead of heading back to Bad Company?
"There's a lot of things inspiring us as to how the franchise will move on. Everything from fans' feedback, to market research and, of course, what we want to build ourselves. It's not just one single thing," said Troedsson, continuing with a hint of sarcasm. "And, yes, I know Battlefield 4 is probably the most creative name we ever could come up with. I can't comment any more on that game because it's all secret."
However, he did go on to say, "We still want to stay in this genre, the modern day as it is. We feel this is a place we can be and continue with the series. Battlefield 4 can live in this space and be very successful."
Not ruling out a return to the more light-hearted Battlefield series, Troedsson hinted "That doesn't mean there might not be a Bad Company game again in the future".
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Posted 01:34pm 14/8/12
I'm a lot disappoint at the moment with my mates who all rushed out and bought into BF3 Premium... it sold 1.5M copies in the first week alone (and at $50 a pop it was $12 more than I paid for my 'limited edition' version at launch).
Given EA's s***e track record for support, I won't be so quick to rush into BF4. The game as it stands has some horrible flaws, and flaws that need to be addressed.
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Posted 03:17pm 14/8/12
by the time BF4 will be out, it would have been at least (or close to) 2 years which will be a bigger gap than BC2 -> BF3 and BF2 -> BF2142.
I think they're releasing at a steady pace *shrug*
same. bit of a shame :\
Posted 06:47pm 14/8/12
BF3 got it out of my system, wont buy bf4 unless bored
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Posted 02:53am 15/8/12
BF3 showed they may have a fancy new engine, but they couldn't deliver a proper modern BF2 sequel on consoles. PC players then suffered as a result.
Where as BC was based on what consoles could do and they'd be able to do an amazing BC3. They'd be way better off doing an amped up FB2 version of BC2 if they were staying with current console hardware.
If next gen won't be out for this, then they better have made some big improvements to how FB2 works on consoles. The game is good, but so inconsistent in levels, destruction and so forth. It's also still buggy as hell.
Posted 11:17am 15/8/12
BF - MOH - BF - MOH
If Activision can do it, why can't EA?
Bf3 is a f*****g good game. besides the bugs. well ahead of what cod does
Posted 01:38pm 15/8/12