Battlefield: Heroes - New Character Art

DICE has released 4 new pieces of character art for their free to play TDM shooter; Battlefield: Heroes. Check ‘em out below:

EA Delays Tiberium & Battlefield: Heroes

In a conference call, EA announced the delays of Tiberium and Battlefield: Heroes. Tiberium is now scheduled for 2009-2010 release while Battlefield: Heroes will be debuting later this year.

EA Developing FIVE Battlefield Titles

If this is not overkill, then god knows what is. Speaking to Next-Gen, Ben Cousins, the producer of upcoming Battlefield: Heroes has revealed that 5 Battlefield titles are currently in development by EA.

We’ve got five [Battlefield] titles in development, which is more than you’d expect,” Cousins revealed, noting that the Battlefield Heroes project began after DICE visited Seoul, South Korea-based Neowiz in the summer of 2006, a firm in which EA purchased a 19 percent stake.

Battlefield: Heroes BETA Registration now OPEN

Hurry up and register for the Battlefield: Heroes BETA!

   1. All applications will be reviewed and Beta testers will be selected and added to the Beta test over time as more openings become available, so please be patient.
2. If selected, you will receive your Beta key and further instructions via e-mail.
3. Once in the beta, you will be given access to the Beta Testing forums where you will receive further instructions.

Ben Cousins: “Web is the future of gaming”

Ben Cousins, DICE’s executive producer and the senior developer of upcoming Battlefield: Heroes game was interviewed by GamesIndusty.biz. Cousins says the web will be the dominant gaming platform of the future. This statement holds plenty of ground when you look at the crazy popularity of “casual” web based video games. Ofcourse, let’s not forget Battlefield: Heroes is also browser based and is catergorised as a “casual” game.

“People talk about which of the two, PlayStation or Xbox, is going to be the big platform of the future,” Cousins said.

“I think the web is going to be the big platform of the future, whether it’s running on an iPhone or a Mac or on the PC.”

Battlefield: Heroes BETA Announcement

As reported earlier, a BETA for Battlefield: Heroes is on it’s way. The official Battlefield: Heroes website has posted an announcement regarding the BETA:

As you may have noticed, you killed our website. We are not angry. We’re very pleased you want to be in the Beta.

The beta for Heroes will be divided into several stages, the first of which is all about testing out this new way of getting games to you all; by downloading and installing them from a website. We’ll also be trying out some other dull stuff to do with servers, so we are expecting the systems to be down as much as they are up.

To help us track down all the technical issues, we have asked a third party to find us some specialist Beta testers. We are doing all this because we want to be sure that when we launch Heroes, everything will work smoothly.

So hang in there! We will announce here when it’s time to sign up for the public stage of the Beta.

Goodman
Community Manager

Battlefield: Heroes BETA Coming in May

According to Eurogamer.net, Battlefield: Heroes BETA will be hitting the interweb on May 6th.

Sign-ups will be handled over on the official site once it’s ready, and the full game is set to launch in the third-quarter of this year.

Ben Cousins Interview

Gamasutra did a QnA session with Ben Cousins, the producer of upcoming browser based Battlefield: Heroes game. Here’s a snip:

Now, there are a couple questions that jump off from that, but the first one is: so, the business model for the game is microtransactions?

BC: The business model is advertising in the game’s website, and in the game’s menu, but not in the game itself. And revenue from micro-item sales.

Read the full interview here

Battlefield: Heroes Preview

CVG has a preview of EA’s upcoming multiplayer first person shooter, Battlefield: Heroes. The Team Fortress 2 inspired (or rip-off, if you will) FREE multiplayer first person shooter promises to be playable on any system and also claims to be the “deepest” Battlefield game released yet. Check it out here

Mirror’s Edge QnA, New Screenshots

On Mirror’s Edge, the official fansite of Mirror’s Edge (upcoming first person shooter from DICE) did a QnA with DICE regarding Mirror’s Edge. They question everything from the birth and origin of the concept to graphics and estimated release date. Here’s a snip:

1. Why did DICE decide to make a game like this?
It was a very deliberate decision. We wanted to create a new IP that was very different from Battlefield and would appeal to a slightly different audience whilst still building on our strengths in 1st person. When we looked at the market we realized that although there were a lot of first person games out there, most of them were focusing on the gun and not the person. So we decided to do a game that was about the person not the weapon.

Mirror’s Edge is DICE’s take on re-inventing the FPS genre, presenting a game that focuses more character interaction rather than action. Mirror’s Edge centers around Faith, a sexy runner who’s job is to deliver confidential information between various parties. Full interview and 15 images (including a sexy wallpaper!) after the break. Read more