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DICE not working on futuristic Battlefield "would love to make it" Poll

Posted: 26.09.2012 by Technet2k

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Lars Gustavsson of Swedish dev DICE confirms there's no 'Battlefield 2143' in the works at the studio, "but I would love to make it," he said. A lot of people "ran over and wanted to apply" for 2142.

The sci-fi nature of the futuristic Battlefield affords greater "creative freedom" as its not constrained by a "historical and contemporary" setting. The in-development Battlefield 4 is set in modern day.

Battlefield IP now a decade old, over 50 million gamers "served" Poll

Posted: 13.08.2012 by Technet2k

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The Battlefield series may be on its way to those awkward teen years, but creator DICE is twice the IPs age at 20. General manager Karl Magnus Troedsson is celebrating at GDC Europe today.

Since it debuted the series has "served" over 50 million players, and the studio is "in love" as ever with their "core franchise." A 'Premium Edition' is rumoured to commemorate hitting 10.

Origin and GameSpy multiplayer will be down later today

Posted: 19.07.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Electronic Arts has announced that both their Origin and GameSpy servers will be taken down for maintenance, which will shut down multiplayer gaming for several games for roughly three-and-a-half hours.

The downtime will be later today from 10PM PDT / 1AM EDT / 6AM GMT to 1:30 AM PDT / 4:30 AM EDT / 9:30 AM GMT.

DICE's Patrick Bach 'always ashamed' of games he's making

Posted: 30.09.2011 by Technet2k

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Speaking in an interview, Battlefield 3 executive produced Patrick Bach confesses that he's 'always ashamed' "about the games I'm involved in making."

He can't 'bring himself' to start up Battlefield: Bad Company 2, despite knowing it's "great", because Bach only sees what they "could have done better."

New info about upcoming Bad Company 2 PC patch

Posted: 20.09.2011 by JonahFalcon

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EA has released information about the upcoming patch for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which was originally hinted at being released tomorrow on September 21, which is now a confirmed launch date for the update.

The patch will improve stability and bug issues. The patch will not, however, tweak or improve gameplay balancing. This update is strictly to fix nagging problems such as memory leaks and game crashes. The update also removes SecuROM from the non-Steam version.
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