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DICE Producer on Battlefield 4 eSports : “We’re Going To Make [Battlefield 4] a Sport”

MP1st - Battlefield 4 Producer Daniel “zh1nt0″ Matros explains how the studio behind Battlefield 4 plans to make the game a ‘sport’ and allow competitive gamers to take advantage of the game’s more eSports-friendly features.

PsylentKiller3847d ago

There is no way they are going to make this game a sport with 5 vs 5. CoD can do small teams. Battlefields identity is with large teams. They seem like they want it to be faced paced with a few players like a basketball game. They need to make it more like a soccer game. More players and more strategic. Make it 12 vs 12. 5 vs 5? How are you going to utilize vehicles? CoD has the small maps competitions covered Battlefield, as much as I love their games, can't compete.

AlexanderNevermind3847d ago

I actually would love to see teams on 32 where the whole team actually knows what it is doing. I tend to agree that it would be hard to pull off.

Pandamobile3847d ago

Lots of TF2 comp play is 9 vs 9. 12 vs 12 can't be that hard to manage.

elhebbo163847d ago

the new difuse mode is SPECIFICALLY built for 5 vs 5 battles (coincidentally the size of a squad in BF4). you also have squad rush and squad deathmatch. please dont come to me with that BS about BF not providing small concentrated competition.

DeadlyFire3847d ago

You have to start small buddy. Sure Battlefield is known for its wide array of massive battlefields. They have to get their foot in the door before they can say okay lets goto battle with 64 players right now. Its hard to just find 64 people for a team. Building small teams is ideal to start it up. Right now for FPS games 5v5 is pretty much the standard for Esports competitive play. In the future as it grows and more demand for bigger battles we could see EA cater to expanding towards that.

PsylentKiller3847d ago

I know you have to start small but 5 v 5 seems too small for Battlefield. And with squad rush and squad death match. There is more than two squads. Well...now that I'm thinking more about it, multiple teams playing against each other would make for pretty interesting commentary.
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I didn't say BF can't provide small concentrated competition. I said it's not who they are. The scope of there games on the multiplayer side has been large battles on large maps with multiple vehicles. It would seem like they are trying to be something they're not. But we'll find out once more details get released. I do hope it becomes an export but I really don't want it to follow in the direction of CoD with annual releases. I just think the excited comes for the unpredictability and that comes from the use of vehicles. They need to have vehicles in their competitions.

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Soldierone3847d ago

Battlefield was actually pretty big in this field during 2142. After that, COD pretty much pushed it out.

M-M3847d ago

Video games as a sport lol.

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ThanatosDMC3847d ago

League of Legends is a sport.

elhebbo163847d ago

a mental sport like chess, not a physical sport.

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dcj05243847d ago

Squad Rush and Obliteration are easy e-sports gamemodes. The thing with conquest is can we really get 64 professionals working together?

DeadlyFire3847d ago (Edited 3847d ago )

Its possible I believe. I think it would be best for conquest to have 16v16 for competitive play as a start or test run. I can't imagine how I would feel playing with 64 pros. Hard to run out in the open anywhere if so.

dcj05243846d ago

Siege of shanghai would become a instant death fest. High Buildings + pro snipers= Very bad

DeadlyFire3846d ago (Edited 3846d ago )

Indeed. How many capture points? 6 with all those extra buildings compared to PS3/X360 versions. A true rain of death. haha 64 players already offers you a battlefield experience worth noting. Someone should be in your view about all the time in the game. Pro would = a ghost town with structured rushes and movement.

Planetside 2 does offer an experience like this in its gameplay when you get good groups together.

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Battlefield 1, Hardline, BF4 Servers Are Being Taken Offline by Cheaters; EA Silent on Issue

Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.

-Foxtrot752d ago

Course they are silent, they are hoping people flock to 2042

gamesftw250751d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface751d ago

wouldnt be the first time, titanfall 1+2 anyone?

PapaBop751d ago

Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.

Inverno751d ago

I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them

XiNatsuDragnel752d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps751d ago

Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.

Pudge102888751d ago (Edited 751d ago )

EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here

pr33k33751d ago

if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.

Pudge102888751d ago

Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.

FPS_D3TH751d ago

Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect

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5 Great Shooter Games on Xbox Game Pass

The shooter genre is one of the most beloved videogame genres in the gaming community, and rightfully so. From DOOM Eternal to Battlefield 4, passing through The Outer Worlds, the Xbox Game Pass has a lot to offer when it comes to amazing shooter experiences. Come check out some great shooter games available on Xbox Game Pass!

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MadLad766d ago

There's a bunch of great shooters on gamepass; both legacy and new.

A recommendation I have is a work in progress preview title called Anacrusis. It's a lot of fun, and has a cool aesthetic.

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5 Games That Started Out As A Buggy Mess

KeenGamer: "Sometimes a game starts out as a buggy mess and we all just stop and think, “that definitely could have spent a bit more time in the oven”. This is the case for these 5 games which infamously marked their place in recent game memory."

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KingofBandits858d ago

"Games That Started Out As A Buggy Mess - A Bethesda and CD ProjektRed tale"