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Both were supposed to be available on PC in the near future but DICE has decided to halt development on the projects to focus its energy on a completely new title. "There comes a time when we as a studio have to choose where to best put our efforts," explained general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson. "This is one of those cross roads where I need to make a hard decision."
Although the developer will continue supporting Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and previous games, much of DICE's manpower will be allocated to the creation of Battlefield 3. The upcoming installment is being developed with a new version of the Frostbite engine and will be unveiled at a press event before this year's Game Developers Conference (February 28 through March 4).
"Our goal is crystal clear: we're going to build the best Battlefield game ever, and we'll do whatever it takes to make this the biggest launch in DICE's history," Troedsson said. Little is known about Battlefield 3, but Frostbite 2.0 supposedly takes "full advantage" of DirectX 11 and 64-bit processors. Building hype, Troedsson told fans to keep their eyes peeled for some exciting news.
Update: Game Informer has revealed its March cover featuring none other than Battlefield 3.
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ElShotte said:
Hey Relic, thanks for posting that BF3 link. Just from the title of that post, I can tell it's gonna rock. This game will bring back ALOT of players back to the PC.
Indeed, I hope this will be a true sequel and with this news it looks to be heading in the right direction. The PC hasn't had a major multiplayer FPS title in years that wasn't some port that could have been better optimized and designed for the PC. I feel this could be the one that starts off the next generation of awesome PC shooters, or at least I hope so :P .
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Im Doing my savings to my next upgrade when Battlefield BC3 comes out, I want the whole eyecanDY, and Im sure my Ath II X3 and my 5770 just canīt please me in those matters, This Game Will rock!
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captaincranky said:
Yeah,so deep I think there's a movie called the, "First Wives Club"!
Ooo look, there is; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Wives_Club
Never pegged you as a big Bette Middler fan cranky.
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I like being shat on so a CEO can go buy a Ferrari instead of a Vette.
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KG363 said:
Why should I be angry? "oh no! They're not gonna make 1943 and instead they're putting more and more resources behind a bigger, fuller game!"
That's good news people
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Isn't this a good thing because now they have more time and people to work on BF3 and make it awesome?
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Never pegged you as a big Bette Middler fan cranky.No way, I'm a leg man. Somewhat sheepishly though, I admit to being very fond of her song, "The Rose". Beyond that, not so much.
Actually, another title came to mind later, even closer to this theme, "The Starter Wife"; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810726/
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very well said, feels like we have been dumped
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