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Former EA UK man Kevin Flynn has leapt over the sandbags of Battlefield’s barracks to become senior brand manager for Call of Duty. Flynn has spent the past two years as senior product manager for Battlefield at Electronic Arts, but this month joined Activision’s UK team as senior brand manager …
Read More »Analyst: Expect sharp decline in NPD sales through July
Financial services firm Cowen & Company has projected a steep decline for videogame retail sales over the next few months. Games Industry reports on a note from the company forecasting a rather bleak period between now and the annual Madden NFL release in August. Following a strong March line-up that …
Read More »MCV AWARDS: See EA’s Battlefield 4 ad
Attendees of last night’s MCV Awards 2013 were treated to a big-screen look at EA’s impressive 60-second Battlefield 4 ad. And the good news is you can see it right here. Battlefield 4 looks to push the graphical envelope further than ever before thanks to the power of EA’s Frostbite …
Read More »Battlefield 4 trailer airing at MCV Awards
EA will air itslatest trailer for Battlefield 4 at tonight’s MCV Awards. The new Battlefield is due out later this year and promises to continue the success of 2011’s top-selling Battlefield 3. The 60 seconds trailer, also used for the game’s TV spot, features content from the 17-minute gameplay reveal …
Read More »Battlefield 4 release date leaked by Xbox.com
Battlefield 4 arrives on 29th October, a post on Xbox.com has inadvertently revealed. The date was listed in an Xbox.com blog post and then quickly removed, but it was up just long enough for a few eagle-eyed observers to pick up. All Games Beta has published a screenshot of the …
Read More »DICE dismisses chance of a Wii U Battlefield 4 port
The Frostbite game engine doesn’t support Wii U and studio DICE feel its resources are best employed elsewhere. That’s the cold truth of EA’s decision not to release Battlefield 4 on Nintendo’s Wii U, making it the latest triple-A game to snub the machine. The game is currently confirmed for …
Read More »Retail hails Battlefield 4 reveal, as Q4 war heats up
Retailers are braced for a blockbuster end to 2013 now that Battlefield 4 has joined the fray. Leading specialists and supermarkets have told MCV that they have huge expectations for the new shooter, following the long-tail success of Battlefield 3. The original title shifted well over 1.5m units in the …
Read More »Radeon HD 7990 powered the Battlefield 4 demo – will PS4 be able to match it?
PC tech giant AMD has revealed that it was the upcoming Radeon HD 7990 that powered EA’s technically impressive Battlefield 4 demo at GDC. Until now AMD has rarely spoken about the HD 7990 specifically. As expected, the card is basically two high-end HD 7970s spliced together on a single …
Read More »DICE: Single-player a very important part of Battlefield 4
Calling Battlefield 3’s single-player campaign a fail”, DICE is aiming to infuse the true Battlefield experience into the campaign for Battlefield 4. We still have a lot of people who liked the campaign in Battlefield 3, but there were a lot of people who were like, this is not Battlefield. …
Read More »GDC 13: Video: EA reveals Battlefield 4
Frostbite 3-powered blockbuster to release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in Autumn
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