PlanetXbox360: "I jumped into the first match of the Battlefield 3 beta and my first thought was, “Where’s the battlefield?” Instead of the vast landscapes typically associated with Battlefield mutli-player maps, I found myself in an enclosed and underground subway system. The attacking team had fought their way through the Paris park and were now traveling underground to a different part of the city. The narrow tunnels, hallways, and train-cars felt quite claustrophobic when compared to the openness of past Battlefield installments. At first, I wasn’t a fan of the map, Operation Metro. I thought DICE had drifted from the formula that separated Battlefield from other FPSs: Large scale battlefields + vehicles + destructible environments = fun. The map they chose to represent Battlefield 3 does not follow this formula, and yet, after spending 5+ hours with the beta, I understand why they chose it."
EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.
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When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!
cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla
The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.
The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result
It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way
The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers
lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6
Wait,
The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.
NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.
EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.
Hope they fix some of this by retail ...
Playing it this weekend, will update this comment with my personal impressions!
Not sure what build we are playing, but I have been having fun with it regardless of the bugs. MW3 will blow it away in sales but I think I'll be playing this a whole lot more than MW3.
Oh wait, there is plenty of that. Mainly from all the CoD fanboys who run out in the open thinking they're going to get a lot of kills.
BF3 beta bores me i spend to much time running and try to spot the enemy in prone position behind some bushes or in some doorway/entrance...
Bad Company 2 MP demo just felt more superior in the fun aspect to me.
Battlefield 3 seems way to tactical for my taste but im glad to see something diferent on the market than just another CoD wannabe.