A couple of Battlefield related news as the series celebrates its 10 year anniversary today and Battlefield 4 will stay in the modern setting.
During the ongoing 2012 Game Developer Conference, the general manager of DICE, Karl Magnus Troedsson, revealed the Battlefield series turned 10 years old today with about 50 million games sold in the entire series. Battlefield 3 alone accounts for 12 million of the series total sales.
Troedsson also revealed Battlefield 4 will be taking place during the modern day just like Battlefield 3. So far the only other details known about the game is a release date of late 2013 is currently being planned for the game.
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“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,” he said at GDC Europe. “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 games because it’s all secret.”
“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.”
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Previously, DICE had teased a bit at the potential for the next Battlefield game to take place in the near future after becoming worried about first person shooters becoming a bit stale in the modern setting while the market soon could be showing signs of loosing interest in favor of wanting something new.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...he-modern-day/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...urns-10-today/
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Daily Recap:
1) A supposed "Durango" dev kit for the next Xbox console was recently put up for sale on eBay by allegedly the same person who was the first to leak images of the debug and UI menu screens which were later confirmed to be true by developers who actually have the device.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/aleg...-kit-sale-ebay
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-sale-on-ebay/
2) EA is really emphasizing the upcoming Medal of Honor Warfighter game will be "the most authentic shooter" by linking the official website of the game to gun makers and shops who have the actual guns available to purchase online.
http://gameological.com/2012/08/partners-in-arms/
http://www.destructoid.com/medal-of-...s-232993.phtml
3) Developers Firaxis Games release a new video for the upcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown showing off some of the multiplayer modes, strategies, and a new points system which is used to completely customize a player's squad.
http://www.screwattack.com/video/XCO...vealed-2507776