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Battlefield Hardline – GM Confirms Visceral as Lead on Multiplayer and Single Player

MP1st - Following some of the slight confusion surrounding the teams involved in Battlefield Hardline‘s production, Visceral general manager Steve Papoutsis confirms exactly who is developing what in EA’s recently unveiled Fall shooter.

BattleAxe3618d ago

The idea of this game is interesting, but I'm still playing BC2 and BF3. Too many Battlefield games starting to come out.

showtimefolks3618d ago

it use to be a new BF game meant huge news but now EA will try to turn it into the run of mill Military FPS

sad thing is BF4 still hasn't been fixed and they are already releasing another.

jdktech20103618d ago

To be fair, this doesn't look too run of the mill. The only other game it reminds me of (besides Battlefield itself) is Payday which I've never played. I've heard it's a hell of a time though.

shivvy243618d ago

I went back to bf3, its was far better.

venom063618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

wow... spoken like a TRUE CoD fanboy... that has to be the STUPIDEST thing thats been put on N4G in a LONG time... so CoD comes out every year, but folks don't say anything about "too many CoDs"... this is FIRST time a Battlefield game has come out a year after a previous one and now is "too many Battleifields"???? GTFO with ridiculous statement.. Point of the matter is, this is a spin-off (like Ghosts, Black Ops, Modern Warfare), and spin-offs are great the longevity of franchises.. Battlefield should've done this long time ago and CoD has been having spin-offs forever.. Cant wait to see more one this one....

Ripsta7th3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

So venom you are OK w developers releasing 1 game a year? CoD does it so why can't they right? Actually all developers should do that since you say it adds longetivity to the franchise. They should also have microtransactions for camos because COd does it, so why can't they right??! I don't like the way you think

showtimefolks3618d ago

venom06

here is the major difference

1-Activision have this development cycle figured out

2-Most COD are fun to pick up and play(hence the reason its sold so much, the learning curve is quite steep in BF series)

3-Most COD's aren't broken, their DLC packs don't have to be delayed because the developers have to fix the game via patches over half an year after release

4-I personally hate the yearly releases, but i don't buy COD,BF or AC games. Just not my cup of tea. I am a single player gamer

I was speaking from a different point of view, as someone who doesn't buy a lot of FPS, BF name is a legit brand. People expect quality and support for long long time after release

more power to you if you think its ok. But atleast Activision are going with 3 teams/3 years development cycles instead of 2

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guitarded773618d ago

I agree. I love all the Battlefield games, but it is becoming overbearing with all the titles coming out so fast now. This really isn't on my radar... and Visceral working on the MP isn't really helping.

I wish DICE and Visceral would take a break from Battlefield, and work on the Star Wars games they have going. Hopefully, Visceral working on Battlefield means DICE is working their asses off on Star Wars Battlefront.

venom063618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

and what's hilarious and stupid at the same time, is that folks aren't even commenting on the fact that this story is about the fact that Visceral is lead on SP and MP with collaboration from DICE... folks ran to this comment section to talk about BF4 (that Visceral had nothing to do with)... Cant wait to see the new and fresh take on the franchise thats gonna come from this game..

XiNarutoUzumaki3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

Mm I'm skeptical about this. Viceral games did a really god job with Dead Space 1 and 2. However, DE3 flopped and DE2 MP was meh.

I'll wait and see.

Deadpoolio3618d ago

Ummmm Dead Space 3 did not flop....

Plagasx3618d ago

Well it certainly was not as good as the first 2 that's for sure.

showtimefolks3618d ago

dead space 1 filled the gaps for many left behind by average resident evil games. Dead Space 2, EA tried to make more action and less like original(which fans loved)

for dead space 3 they just F-ed it up, plain and simple. Yes it did flop big time.

XiSasukeUchiha3617d ago

Wait Naruto remember your ordered by me, but yeah Dead 1 and 2 were good , but I disagree on Dead space 3 was alright!

NovusTerminus3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

Sad that Visceral got set on this project. I love Dead Space (yes, all of them) and was eager to see their Jack the Ripper project which I assume now is dead, since they are just another FPS team now.

infinitewords3618d ago

Yup, same here. I really enjoyed all of the Dead Space games and seeing Visceral getting taken off doesn't bode well for the franchise.

Alex_Boro3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

Great lets make some dead space maps and charge it as dlc

Trunkz3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

Thank God!

People keep blaming EA for crap, they only made DICE push the game out early, all the coding and problems have been DICE fault tho, especially the bad netcoding.

Visceral hopefully will do things differently and get it right.

OmegaShen3618d ago

Because anything with EA on it, means buggy games or online problems.

Skate 3 anyone?

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Battlefield 1, Hardline, BF4 Servers Are Being Taken Offline by Cheaters; EA Silent on Issue

Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.

-Foxtrot761d ago

Course they are silent, they are hoping people flock to 2042

gamesftw250760d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface759d ago

wouldnt be the first time, titanfall 1+2 anyone?

PapaBop760d ago

Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.

Inverno760d ago

I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them

XiNatsuDragnel761d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps760d ago

Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.

Pudge102888760d ago (Edited 760d ago )

EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here

pr33k33760d ago

if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.

Pudge102888760d ago

Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.

FPS_D3TH760d ago

Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect

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Ranking All The Battlefield Games

From Xfire: "With the next game being a return to the classic XX42 formula, now is as good a time as any to make an utterly definitive and in no possible way controversial ranking of the Battlefield games we've enjoyed over the years, with which undoubtedly nobody will take issue in the comment section. Right? Okay then - here we go, from least good to best."

OMNlPOTENT1031d ago

Battlefield 1 above 4 and Bad Company 2? Not a chance.

Ruegrong1031d ago

battlefield 4 was broken as shit on launch same as battlefield 3

isarai1031d ago

Bad company 2 was still my favorite, sure it was a bit gimped compared to the rest if the series but more fun and far more satisfying weapon unlocks.

XxINFERNUSxX1031d ago (Edited 1031d ago )

Battlefield 1942 + both expansions are my all time favorite, it can still be played online to this day. Vietnam would be my 2nd, 3rd Battlefield 2, last BF2142 the rest I didn't care for. They really need to remake from the ground up in the new engine BF1942. Next year it will be 20 yrs since it was released. If they don't at least to me would be a disservice. ☹

CoNn3rB1030d ago

"erasing that simply reinforces toxic male privilege." I see the writer is one of those types of people...

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The Life & Death of the Season Pass

In a time not too long ago, a foul infection spread its way through the games industry. It was a vile illness that burrowed itself in deep, feeding off of greed and the incessant begging of teens desperate to receive funds from their parents. It divided friend groups, suffocated player bases, and was common practice up until recently—it was the season pass.

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IanTH1260d ago (Edited 1260d ago )

This doesn't make a ton of sense. Season Passes may slowly fade out for multiplayer games, perhaps, but I don't see them going anywhere in games that are primarily single player. They don't seem to touch on this either, with every game being some kind of online/multiplayer/GaaS title, and nary a mention of a single player game - at least that I saw.

I mean, games like Borderlands 3 just asked people to buy in to the 2nd season pass. Battle passes can't really take over in places that have story driven content and such. So I'd say perhaps they missed a bit of a necessary distinction but, since they claim the death of season pass is at hand, it appears they may have missed how single player games factor into this entirely.