Visually appealing, free-to-play shooter news now, with EA's
post-results conference call revealing a delay for
Battlefield Heroes. EA CEO John Riccitiello announced that the game would now launch at the end of 2008, with the developers shifting focus to implementing better "social networking features." Since we won't have to pay for
the game's maps, we'll probably be using said "social networking features" to figure out how to complain about something else -- possibly Burger King ads.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
David @ Jul 29th 2008 7:14PM
Aaaaaaand now I have nothing to look forward to in August.
GenBanks @ Jul 29th 2008 8:51PM
What about Stalker Clear Sky? :D
Limezor @ Jul 29th 2008 7:21PM
Ahh damnit. Oh well back to Battlefield 2.
GenBanks @ Jul 29th 2008 8:52PM
Apply for the closed beta ;) You might get on...
Sunny @ Jul 29th 2008 11:24PM
Yeah, and while you're at it you could get your personal information stolen, too.
mandark @ Jul 29th 2008 7:26PM
Bah ! I was really looking forward to this, not Gears II
, Resistance II or the other brown em ups.
Gbogdan @ Jul 29th 2008 7:35PM
Yeah we get it, you don't like the colors in those games. If you don't like them don't play them. When is it going to stop being cool to complain about them? I can't wait...
Shawn @ Jul 29th 2008 8:09PM
oh, i don't know, when developers start getting creative again and stop reusing the same fucking color pallet, over and over and over?
jakfoood @ Jul 29th 2008 9:37PM
fyi shauny, heroes is a rip straight off of tf2
WiiFTW @ Jul 29th 2008 9:55PM
fyi jakfoood, TF2 and Battlefield Heroes were in development at the same time according to an interview in the Games for Windows magazine.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165532 was the issue.
And no, I'm not a BF:Heroes fanboy, I love TF2.
Lijik @ Jul 29th 2008 11:03PM
@Jakfood: Thanks for highlighting how stale shooters look that when one game has color, all others HAVE to be copying it.
Trethan @ Jul 29th 2008 7:28PM
Who doesn't like Burger King?!
LaughingTarget @ Jul 29th 2008 7:28PM
Burger King ads are fine so long as I get to blow up the King.
Zach @ Jul 29th 2008 7:30PM
Social networking features? Blashpemy! Gimme my damn Battlefield Heroes!
Brucie B @ Jul 29th 2008 7:38PM
WTF!
spyker @ Jul 29th 2008 7:40PM
Holy shit! I totally forgot about this. Mostly because it WON'T work on my crappy comp. But I installed XP in boot camp this month on my super speedy iMac :D. Thanks for the reminder ;).
Poisoned Al @ Jul 29th 2008 7:47PM
Cock.
Oh well, back to TF2.
Jakka (Not sure why he got banned?) @ Jul 29th 2008 7:48PM
Spy sappin' mah release date.
Aww hell, I'll just get back to playing TF2.
Kevin @ Jul 29th 2008 8:14PM
I was wondering for a few days what had become of this game, watchin' the RSS feeds for the first sign that was going to be delayed. This is no surprise really.
Ah well, at least I don't have to worry about ANOTHER time sink on top of the other ones.
Luminaflare @ Jul 29th 2008 8:15PM
Social networking = bug fixing
Beta is buggier than the amazon rain forest or a wasp nest.
Haggard @ Jul 29th 2008 8:24PM
Too true, I'm in the beta and can't even get it to work. I've not heard great things about the gameplay either (this is not a breach of NDA since I've not actually been able to play it to form secret opinions).
GenBanks @ Jul 29th 2008 8:54PM
Not too buggy imo... but won't hurt if-*shuts up for fear of the NDA*
mundox @ Jul 29th 2008 8:24PM
EA/DiCE is fail on so many levels right now...
Ihavepants @ Jul 29th 2008 8:38PM
Why exactly?
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 30th 2008 10:21AM
What's that jibber jabber? They're making Mirror's Edge and I'm HIGHLY anticipating that one.
Ryoga Vee @ Jul 29th 2008 8:32PM
Oh well, back to 2142
phinnvr6 @ Jul 29th 2008 8:49PM
That's alright I play Bad Company on PS3 almost every night with a couple friends, the game is sick.
WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Jul 29th 2008 10:02PM
If you're not playing TF2, you are basically missing out on the most fun FPS of all time.
Lijik @ Jul 29th 2008 11:06PM
I fail to see how this is relevant. BF:H is a TPS, and plays rather different from TF2. Its like going into a post about Mario and saying "If you're not playing Sneak King you're missing out on the most Kingiest stealth game of all time."
Broseph @ Jul 29th 2008 11:22PM
All aboard the free 2 ride cartoon fail train
JT @ Jul 29th 2008 11:25PM
Hm..."social networking" sounds like an attempt to copy Steam. *cough*
colin @ Jul 30th 2008 12:39AM
I got a beta invite, but I haven't had time to play because a spy's been sappin' mah credit cards.
Lianne @ Jul 30th 2008 8:09AM
Nooooo!!! T_T
First SBCG4AP, now this. Q.Q