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.

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.”

Ben Cousins on Battlefield: Heroes

Ben Cousins was at the recent EA games showcase in london. Bit-tech.net had a chance to chat up with him regarding their TF2-esque “casual” multiplayer shooter; Battlefield: Heroes. Here’s a snip:

BT: But the game is multiplayer only? No singleplayer?

BC: There’s an offline training and tutorial bit where you can go in where you can shoot targets, try the vehicles and get used to the controls, but there’s no actual singleplayer gameplay. We’ve found that a lot of people play singleplayer Battlefield games like 1942 because they can’t find a server or they’re scared they’ll be killed by people who are a lot more skilled than they are.

A BETA of Battlefield: Heroes is scheduled to arrive in few days.

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