DICE Promises Continued Support for Battlefield 4 as Pre-Orders Begin for Battlefield: Hardline

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  • DICE Promises Continued Support for Battlefield 4 as Pre-Orders Begin for Battlefield: Hardline

    Pre-orders for Battlefield: Hardline are already available on sites like Amazon and Origin for either the standard edition ($59.99 USD) or the deluxe edition ($69.99). Even with these pre-orders, DICE is quick to note that they will continue to support their still broken Battlefield 4 title.

    DICE outlines what they are continuing to work on for Battlefield 4 in their latest Battlefield blog update.
    Let me tell you about a few ways we’re going to continue to improve the BF4 experience.

    Continued Support: There are dedicated BF4 teams in Stockholm, Uppsala and LA that will continue to address any issues that might occur. But more importantly will also look to make significant additions to the game.

    Netcode Patch: We are also working on a major update to the Battlefield 4 netcode.

    Community Test Environment: We launched and are planning to expand our Community Test Environment. You can see the CTE as our labs environment in which we’ll continue testing out new additions, improvements etc. before we go live with them. We’re expanding the CTE program to give more and more players the chance to test new additions.

    More Features: Other features rolled out recently such as Squad Join, Rent-A-Server and Loadout Presets, many which have been directly requested by you in the community. This trend will continue.

    Now, I'm not in the CTE for Battlefield 4 but I am hearing some good things about the improved tickrate and a few other changes. It's a bit late in the life of the game, all things considered, but it's nice that improvements are still coming to the game. It's also a good thing since it seems Battlefield 4's continued troubles seem to already be hindering Battlefield: Hardline hype.

    • Stev0esque
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      Stev0esque commented
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      I'm excited to be able to pick up BF4 soon when the CTE fixes get implemented. I do hope they are going to have a sale in summer though.

      Also want to pick up Far Cry 3 among a whole other list of games I want to play...

      Also, can someone tell me if an FX-6300 is enough of a processor for BF4? My friend told me it will bottleneck, but I'm unsure as I've read elsewhere its enough. Also using the Sapphire R9 270x if that has any issues too.

    • jimykx
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      jimykx commented
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      What? But isn't Visceral Games the team working in BF Hardline?
      What does DICE have to do with it? Isn't it obvious that if they have nothing to do with that game then they don't have any reason to not continue the work on their own game?

    • K-16
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      K-16 commented
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      People were probably under the impression that product lifecycles last until the next installment of the franchise. In DICE's case, they have many announced projects to work on that are yet to be released (Star Wars, Mirror's Edge, etc.), so with Hardline coming soon, DICE could end support as we have another Battlefield to "hold us over" until the next installment after that. Kind of like Call of Duty, where DLC is at its end roughly around the time the next game comes out. Still, this was more of a friendly reminder of the obvious fact that DICE hasn't forgotten about BF4, or they wouldn't have created the CTE in the first place (not that the CTE is anything new versus what's been happening since day one of release).

    • Sepp_Dietrich
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      Sepp_Dietrich commented
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      "Please excuse our last two flops,here's BF:GTA to hold you over..."
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