New free Battlefield Game announced!

[[JiF]Lt Gav]

Just had this come through on an RSS feed.
Thought you all might like to sneek a peak.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7199881.stm

Not sure how good it's going to be if you can play it "on grandmas laptop"

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Not a fan of ad driven games, but if it is free or nearly free maybe
I personally am tired of having to pay $1000 to play an $50 game because it needs new hardware.
With a little restraint on the part of the developers I am sure games can be very good without pushing the bleeding edge. You can see a bit of a trend in some games that are playable on lower machines yet are really cool on high end machines. I am sure the developers would like to sell millions of copies rather than just to the players who can mortgage the house for a new system. Maybe the team up with the hardware makers model is starting to get thin If they were really doing that. Sure seems like they did.

If I could spend $30 - $50 for a new game and not have to upgrade my PC I might buy it. As it is I won't buy it until I get new hardware. I don't plan on getting new hardware anytime soon, so sorry EA

[[JiF]EA]

Eh, who knows it could be a fun game, but either way it's free..so there's nothing to really lose.

[Sir Die-a-lot]

Free stuff from EA ? Nah, I haven't seen any pigs in the sky lately.

[[JiF]LtWaterboy]

Free stuff from EA ? Nah, I haven't seen any pigs in the sky lately.

Yeah - the pink eleplants ate em...

LT

[[JiF]Rhykin]

http://www.battlefield-heroes.com/home.asp

Just saw this too.

Looking for more info on the game? The team is proud to announce that Battlefield Heroes™ is the cover story for Games for Windows magazine's upcoming March issue (on sale February 12 in the US). Pick it up for the first exclusive details on the game!

Yay, the only magazine I subscribe to! (..and still don't read.. but I'll be reading THIS issue )

[[JiF]Lt Gav]

Of course it will probably take 1/2 an hour to load up the game while you wait for all the ad trailers before hand!

[[JiF]zougathefist]

I saw this too, good ole BBC, huh Gav?
I looks like there's a lot of hatred out there already for this game
http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43074
its the 'micro-transactions' that have me bothered, if you don't buy upgrades with your hard earned cash some wealthy noob is gonna own you.
still it could be fun
guess i shouldn't knock it till i've tried it.

[[JiF]Buick]

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