Battlefield 4 to have vehicle testing range

Battlefield 4 will let players try out different vehicles before they get into the game.

DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson told IGN that “We’ve definitely heard that people are afraid of getting in there [and using vehicles like helicopters] and that’s not our intent”

“So … we’ve added a test range, which allows you to try out all the hardware ahead of time.”

Gustavsson confirmed that there aren’t any plans at the moment for a Dinosaur mode, nor will the game support bots.

Battlefield 4 launches for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on October 29th The game will be available as a launch title for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 15th and November 22th, respectively.

 

Source: IGN

EA on why DICE is a perfect fit for Star Wars: Battlefront

EA Labels president Frank Gibeau spoke to IGN whilst at E3 about how Battlefield studio DICE is the perfect studio to make the hotly anticipated upcoming game.

“Battlefront is a vehicle experience, it’s a character experience. DICE has … been able to demonstrate through the Frostbite tech and through their design capabilities and talent that they can create these huge, epic set-piece wars. That’s kind of the dream of Battlefront. Hoth, the battle of Hoth. You’ve got space, you’ve got the surface, you’ve got infantry, you’ve got AT-ATs. That’s the table stakes that they come in with. They know how to do that. They’re really good at it.”

“They’re not just going to ape what we’ve seen in the past …They’re going to bring their own sensibilities and design ideas. We want to innovate. We want to try new things … From our perspective, it’s capturing that epic, Star Wars, all-out huge scale. That’s what we’ll go after.” Gibeau said.
Source: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/06/18/star-wars-battlefront-ea-on-why-dice-is-a-perfect-fit