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RoKKeR · May 21, 2013

"4 New Maps, Brand New Vehicles, High Tech Gear"

Fight for dominance across the vast and majestic Chinese mainland in four massive maps, using all-new vehicles and high-tech military equipment.

This is the expansion pack that you'll get when you pre-order Battlefield 4.

~~Wonder what happened to Drone Strike, but I like the sounds of this much better.~~

Update 1:
Sorry to bump this, but two quick notes:

From the official BF Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/339045165773750273

@eeeeeeeelost Drone Strike was a working title. We're happy to announce the name of the expansion pack will be Battlefield 4 China Rising.

So it looks like that name/expansion is out of the picture. Definitely a good move, as that just wasn't a good name to begin with, not to mention the political issues that came with it.

Also, just like Karkand, China Rising won't be out day one, but "some time" after BF4's launch. (i.e., December) (From their FB page)

All who pre-order #BF4 will get the upcoming expansion pack Battlefield 4 China Rising at no additional cost. China Rising will be available sometime after Battlefield 4.

Looking forward to all of the MP goodness we'll be getting at E3, really sounds like they want to come out guns blazing. Hopefully it isn't nearly as lame and disappointing as their showing at E3 2011.

Nirolak · May 21, 2013

Split bump.

Noisepurge · May 21, 2013

4 new maps? We havent even seen the old BF4 maps!!

Dibbz · May 21, 2013

4 new maps, great. Wait we don't even know what maps are in the base game. Awesome.

Hystzen · May 21, 2013

Wonder if it like Karkland it released months later not a launch or is Drone Strike the months later expansion

DaBoss · May 21, 2013

They're announcing an expansion pack for the game when it isn't out yet? What?

EDIT: Oh, pre-order bonus...

bigboss370 · May 21, 2013

blatant proof of taking out in game content to sell as DLC. smh.

RoKKeR · May 21, 2013

Hystzen said:
Wonder if it like Karkland it released months later not a launch or is Drone Strike the months later expansion

Not really sure. I imagine this is the DLC that will come out, like Karkand, in December/6-8 weeks after launch, seeing that it's what is included with pre-orders.

Maybe Drone Strike got canned? That was never officially announced by DICE/EA, it was only in posters around stores.

Rogue_Ledr · May 21, 2013

They should do remakes of the Chinese maps from BF2 like Songhau Stalemate and Daqing Oilfields.

kevcampbell · May 21, 2013

PinkCrayon · May 21, 2013

Sweet, cut content for pre-order incentive.

Coldnoodle · May 21, 2013

DLC revealed five months before the game's release :lol

sunnz · May 21, 2013

Already splitting the user base?

sp3000 · May 21, 2013

This is going to probably release in December just like Karkand did

Rygar 8 Bit · May 21, 2013

chinese wake island still cant wait bring it 29th my pc is ready

Omni · May 21, 2013

I'm not usually bothered by these kinds of things.

But this bothers me.

Dicer · May 21, 2013

Too funny.

kutthoat5150 · May 21, 2013

can't wait to play the new maps and vehicles, these old ones are getting quite stale and its time for a change

Theman2k · May 21, 2013

this is bullshit, it should come on disc for free.
and a few months later release new dlc for free like the good old days.

nhlducks35 · May 21, 2013

Guys, it's free if you get the first run of the game, just like Karkand with BF3.

BigTnaples · May 21, 2013

China should look great on Frostbite and Nextgen/PC.

Can't wait.

Loomba · May 21, 2013

PinkCrayon said:
Sweet, cut content for pre-order incentive.

It's nothing new, terrible practice imo.

Sn4ke_911 · May 21, 2013

Ghosts, who?

Liha · May 21, 2013

XBOX was fail, Battlefield is top, good day

SniperHunter · May 21, 2013

Wake Island PLZ

KKRT00 · May 21, 2013

Sounds good and Karkand was awesome, so cant complain really.

Seanspeed · May 21, 2013

bigboss370 said:
blatant proof of taking out in game content to sell as DLC. smh.

We dont know where they are on development with it, so we cant say that at all. They could easily just have this 'on the planning table' for later.

woober · May 21, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO2cRI6-UPM

YES

TheVoidDragon · May 21, 2013

It would be nice if the BF2 map remakes (if there are any) have the old themes, or at least something that is very similar (as in not like what they did with the theme in BF3)

Jb · May 21, 2013

I hope the dropships will have direct flying controls this time. Could make for some entertaining mayhem.

Anton Sugar · May 21, 2013

DRAGON VALLEY DRAGON VALLEY DRAGON VALLEY VRSDGON VALLEY GRADON VALLEY DRAGON VALLYE DARGON VAALLEYE

CoffeeExpress · May 21, 2013

Can't wait for the new expansion pack, The basic BF4 mas are getting old on repeat.

Glassboy · May 21, 2013

Normally this would bother me but battlefield 3 had a decent amount of base game maps and Karkand kicked ass. So if you're the game appeals to you why not preorder it?

SystemBug · May 21, 2013

Announce China expansion pack.

Have white US soldier on the cover to promote it

Lakitu · May 21, 2013

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if these are remakes of the BF 2 maps that were set in China.

strikeselect · May 21, 2013

The game isn't even out yet. lmao

smh at what the game industry has become...

OdysseusVA · May 22, 2013

Welp

https://twitter.com/Demize99/status/337092583643811840

lol

RoKKeR · May 27, 2013

Sorry to bump this, but two quick notes:

From the official BF Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/339045165773750273

@eeeeeeeelost Drone Strike was a working title. We're happy to announce the name of the expansion pack will be Battlefield 4 China Rising.

So it looks like that name/expansion is out of the picture. Definitely a good move, as that just wasn't a good name to begin with, not to mention the political issues that came with it.

Also, just like Karkand, China Rising won't be out day one, but "some time" after BF4's launch. (i.e., December) (From their FB page)

All who pre-order #BF4 will get the upcoming expansion pack Battlefield 4 China Rising at no additional cost. China Rising will be available sometime after Battlefield 4.

Looking forward to all of the MP goodness we'll be getting at E3, really sounds like they want to come out guns blazing. Hopefully it isn't nearly as lame and disappointing as their showing at E3 2011.

DigitalOp · May 27, 2013

sunnz said:
Already splitting the user base?

.

CyclopsRock · May 27, 2013

Who cares even if they have already finished it? You buy a game, not the cumulative products of the labour of a given dev team during an arbitrary period of time. If you don't think bf4 is worth it, you can opt not to buy it. This is extra content you can pay for if you think it's worth it.

Radec · May 27, 2013

So this is like Back to Karkand huh.

epmode · May 27, 2013

You will surely get the China.

jacobs34 · May 27, 2013

I see we are already in the next gen of preorders, announcing map packs before you even reveal the multiplayer.

Portugeezer · May 27, 2013

We haven't even seen multiplayer, they just confirmed next gen console versions. Seems a bit early for me to be giving a damn after that atrocious 17 minute gameplay, I can only hope they stick to their high multiplayer standards.

Fersis · May 27, 2013

Noisepurge said:
4 new maps? We havent even seen the old BF4 maps!!

Pretty much!

DAY ONE MOFOS! PS4 version for me.

Metalmurphy · May 27, 2013

Will they keep selling the limited edition with this expansion included long after release like they did with BF3?

KaiserBecks · May 27, 2013

I'd prefer less weapons and more balancing. I'd love to actually enjoy Battlefield again and feel kind of ashamed that I've reached a point where I'm only interested in the game because of its graphics. I can't wait for the first MP footage (I guess that'll happen at e3?), hopefully they'll get it right this time.

Fersis · May 27, 2013

KaiserBecks said:
I'd prefer less weapons and more balancing. I'd love to actually enjoy Battlefield again and feel kind of ashamed that I've reached a point where I'm only interested in the game because of its graphics. I can't wait for the first MP footage (I guess that'll happen at e3?), hopefully they'll get it right this time.

To be fair, DICE released a big balance patch before every DLC... which sometimes broke more stuff than it fixed.

RoKKeR · May 27, 2013

Radec said:
So this is like Back to Karkand huh.

Yes.

Metalmurphy said:
Will they keep selling the limited edition with this expansion included long after release like they did with BF3?

I think the Limited Edition is the "first run" of the game, and you'll probably get it if you're buying it new/close to launch.

mugoldeneagle03 · May 27, 2013

I'm guessing when they say pre order they mean selling two different versions of the game at launch, one of which will have the DLC already inside - which I'm fine with.

In fact BF3 might have been the first "Premium" DLC I ever bought routinely & actually paid off. As long as EA sticks with that gameplan sign me up

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