GameDynamo - "EA revealed that its Play4Free market of free-to-play games has reached a grand total of 25 million registered players worldwide. Two games in particular, Battlefield Heroes and Need for Speed World, each reached 10 million earlier in the month, while games like Battlefield Play4Free, Dragon Age Legends, Battleforge, and Lord of Ultima brought the grand total to that 25 million mentioned earlier."
Reaction Time covers this holiday season's Christmas-themed gaming.
DSOGaming writes: "Battlefield Heroes, the hit free-to-play shooter, today announced that the classic game mode Capture the Flag is now available. To win, players will not only have to dodge bullets from the opposing team, but will have to look out for other players dressed as trigger-happy dinosaurs and mummies in kilts. Gamers will have to work togetherto steal the other factions flag and return it home safely. The first team to do so three times will be crowned victorious!"
Electronic Arts' Origin platform, launched in early June, already serves a daily userbase of five million and counting, says Peter Moore. Speaking to Australia's Sydney Morning Herald, Moore explained that the company sees the figure as a sign it's on the right track: “you launch software and continue to polish it, upgrade it, get feedback and make it better. That's where we are with Origin.” The COO's commitment to feedback also extended to engaging with one skeptical attendee at a recent keynote address...
EA's latest promotion for Battlefield 3 pits fans against each other for the chance to play the game ahead of launch in their city by voting to “demand” it. Working in conjunction with Hollywood's Relativity Media and event-promo site Eventful, EA will also offer Battlefield fans from the winning city an exclusive preview of the feature film, Act of Valor. Here’s the first teaser for that movie…
This new Battlefield trailer is a minute well spent for anyone with an interest in the real-time destruction physics of the game's Frostbite 2 engine. Or, to put it another way, here's footage of lots of buildings within Battlefield 3 getting blown all to hell and looking suitably chaotic in the process. Enjoy...
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Battlefield 3’s still looking great. Today, Electronic Arts released a batch of new screenshots ripped from the singleplayer campaign to show off DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine. Check them out and admire those graphics in our screenshot gallery!...
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It’s starting to look like this whole “free-to-play”
thing might be sticking around. EA has announced a deal with Aeria Games,
publisher of Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine and WolfTeam, to bring EA’s selection
of free-to-play games to their network. It’s going to start with Battlefield
Heroes and continue with Need for Speed World, bringing EA’s Play4Free games to
an even wider audience...
DSOGaming writes: EA announced that a new map for their free-to-play third-person cartoon-ish shooter will be released later this month. This map is the Wake Island, one of Battlefield franchises most popular maps. Moreover, players who login till July 8th will receive two free Party Packs.
Battlefield Heroes staff are currently investigating an apparent security breach related to their free-to-play Battlefield Heroes franchise. They are working to identify which accounts were affected and will take all precautions to ensure those players are notified as quickly as possible. They apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have the game back online shortly.
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