[Reiko]

Update:

//Mod Edit:

Air Superiority mode has been announced for End Game, which was part of the same rumor post.

This is seemingly real.

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http://www.chiphell.com/thread-587771-1-1.html

--- New translation from someone who speaks Chinese ---

Lasgana: BF4 Lasgana: Coming October 23rd, 2013 Lasgana: development just started, expected to be done in 1 yr [Nirolak's Note: Since this is the one likely to elicit the most "this is fake" notes, I feel I should elaborate. Given some later points (like already have an internal demo), this seems to refer to EA's normal two year development cycle of a one year pre-production cycle with ~30-40 people and then ballooning up to 150-300 people to make the game after most things are prototyped and planned out. Visceral, BioWare, and a fair number of publishers outside EA also operate this way since it allows you to have multiple projects without cyclical layoffs due to scaling down in pre-production and scaling up in production. For example, during the downtime between Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3, DICE's spare staff worked on making Medal of Honor's multiplayer and helping to build Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. As to what the bulk of DICE's staff worked on prior to this going into production, it's probably either a second project or, once again, other EA games.] Lasgana: will be on pc, ps3, xbox360 and next gen consoles Lasgana: will be one of the first games for next gen consoles Lasgana: commander system comes back Lasgana: profile can be linked with other devices like ipad Lasgana: auto login, need internet all time, support cloud saves Lasgana: easier to pickup the game, to take care of players from CoD Lasgana: support body and voice control for this commander system Lasgana: better battlelog integration and better stats reporting Lasgana: supports video playback and sharing Lasgana: have gem store for dlc and other stuff like that Lasgana: 3 factions: russia, usa and china Lasgana: can deploy female soliders Lasgana: frostbite 2.0 engine Lasgana: pc, ps4 and xbox 720 supports 64 player maps Lasgana: 360 and ps3 will be less Lasgana: pc, ps4 and 720 will provide 60 fps Lasgana: already have a demo video internally within EA, Lasgana: matching the quality of BF3 already Lasgana: bf4 will use 80% of power of frostbite 2, wheras bf3 only 30-40% Lasgana: modern background Lasgana: i mean story background

---- Original Post (someone translated with google translate) ----

Lock and Mock if OLD

- it will be on the big 3 current gen systems as well as next gen platforms (only sony and M$, as well as pc)

- commander role in MP will return with new tools and abilities

- voice commands

- battlelog will be tied to the game

- game will support video recording with internal replay system this might be in box or via dlc.. thats unclear or if its universal paltform inclusion

- currently there are three factions: USA, Russia, and China!!

- female charcaters (NPC's) and the ability to play as them in MP

- next gen systems and pc will support 64-player MP however current gen console releases wont

- frostbite 2.0

- next gen console versions run @ approx 60fps, current gen @ 30fps, PC will ahve an FPS lock of 100fps

- exp system will be again present


(Take this all with a grain of salt)

But yeah... 60fps console Battlefield for next gen please.

[FStop7]

http://www.chiphell.com/thread-587771-1-1.html Lock and Mock if OLD - BF4 has a 1yr development cycle and has a tenative launch date of oct 23rd 2013

The contorted look of horror on my face is completely justified is this is true.

[antitrop]

The grain of salt that I'm taking this with is the size of a small planet.

[BY2K]

EA has a China HQ?

[AlexMeloche]

There's a EA China?!

[Proelite]

China? CHINA?

J20 vs F22?
J20 vs Pak Fai?

Day 1.

J20 better be in this bitch.

[Reiko]

EA has a China HQ?

https://jobs.ea.com/locations/asia/china/

[StoppedInTracks]

Salt mine ITT

[Tagg9]

- BF4 has a 1yr development cycle and has a tenative launch date of oct 23rd 2013

Bullshit. Are there 1500 people working simultaneously on the game or something?

[ShineALight]

100 FPS lock on PC? Sounds legit.

[GrizzNKev]

Some of this is likely just based on things we already know, the rest is bullshit. "FPS lock" on PC makes no sense.

[strafer]

[Mileena]

Battlefield of Duty?

[Mechazawa]

Why is EA China spilling out development cycles?

I can understand a subsidiary accidentally leaking information about the gameplay, but what's the context for internal milestones and shit?

[Reiko]

Bullshit. Are there 1500 people working simultaneously on the game or something?

I'm not believing it either.

[metalslimer]

Bullshit. Are there 1500 people working simultaneously on the game or something?

There's no way in hell EA doesn't want this at launch for the next gen consoles. I can believe it. Are we forgetting the AC games? Or even at launch this gen with CoD2 and 3? Launch games tend to have much shorter schedules.

[Hindle]

Battlefield 3.5 more like.

I'll buy it though, I'm itching to get into the series.

[Foothills]

This post is good because it uses the dollar sign in M$

[legacyzero]

1 yr dev cycle???

woooooooow this is gonna be bad.

[Arnie]

Would buy as a launch title for the next Xbox. 60fps and 64 players with commander would be superb.

[-Silver-]

Ill take this with all the salt I can get, especially the one year development cycle. It's probably true but I don't want to believe it.
Edit: Why not make it for the Wii U as well? I would have expected EA to at least port the 360 version for the Wii U as it doesn't cost much and the return would most likely be bigger then the cost.

[Reiko]

This post is good because it uses the dollar sign in M$

I copy pasted. Not from me.

[JordanN]

http://www.chiphell.com/thread-587771-1-1.html - it will be on the big 3 current gen systems as well as next gen platforms (only sony and M$, as well as pc)

I don't get it. Is it saying the PC is both a current gen and next gen system?

[The M.O.B]

it will be on the big 3 current gen systems

BF4 on Wii? Megaton

[netBuff]

I don't get it. Is it saying the PC is both a current gen and next gen system?

It's really not that hard: The three most technologically similar systems out this time next year are Playstation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 - "current gen" (but the Wii U isn't mentioned anywhere, could be a translation problem or just an oversight of the person writing the original post).

But while some parts of this leak sound nice (higher player count, 60fps on next gen), others are highly dubious and point to this being a fake.

[Colonel Nasty]

Id be okay with bf3 premium on next gen consoles with ultra pc settings.

[Reiko]

I don't get it. Is it saying the PC is both a current gen and next gen system?

Yeah that doesn't make sense.

[ElTopo]

- it will be on the big 3 current gen systems as well as next gen platforms (only sony and M$, as well as pc)

What is that supposed to mean ? No Wii U version ? Wii U version counted among the current gen versions ?

[Spiegel]

They surely mean 1 year in development (as of now) and release date in november 2013. So 2 years, as expected.

[rapid32.5]

I don't see wiiU as a next gen being mentioned. 3rd party support will be great out of the gate.

[Trevelyan9999]

FPS lock of 100fps on PC?

[antitrop]

BF4 on Wii? Megaton

The trick is that it will look like an Xbox 360 launch title and run at 5 frames per second.

[Man]

60fps 1080p launch title for next gen sounds like a good start to me.

Wii U version counted among the current gen versions ?

Obviously.

[LabouredSubterfuge]

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

BF4 on Wii? Megaton

Thats probably including the Wii U. Also didnt they announce this game a while back? I highly doubt a 1 year development cycle.

[Hindle]

Next gen. day one would be awesome. If it looks exactly the same as the PC version.

[antonz]

It's really not that hard: The three most technologically similar systems out this time next year are Playstation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 - "current gen". But while some parts of this leak sound nice (higher player count, 60fps on next gen), others are highly dubious and point to this being a fake.

Actually it doesn't mention wii u At all. It says PC,360,PS3,720 and PS4

[Strife91]

This will probably be the buggiest Battlefield game ever.

Day 120 Hopefully they will have fixed the bugs by then.

[ashley678]

Bullshit. Are there 1500 people working simultaneously on the game or something?

why would they need to when they can just rehash most things from BF3?

[Razgriz-Specter]

Well female characters is a nice addition but thats about it.

[nhlducks35]

- BF4 has a 1yr development cycle and has a tenative launch date of oct 23rd 2013 - Frosbite 2.0

Battlefield 4 my ass

[Anth0ny]

I see nothing particularly shocking about any of those points.

[disco]

Hmm. Top quality game in the oven there... :-/

[wsippel]

BF4 on Wii? Megaton

Wii, but not Wii U. And a one year dev cycle. Yeah, the whole thing smells like bullshit.

[Reiko]

If Activision doesn't upgrade their COD graphics engine... I can see EA winning over the COD crowd if their games indeed launch at 60fps.

[Lingitiz]

How could it be a one year cycle? What has DICE been doing for a year now then?

[Makoto]

Regardless of truthfulness, these are some crappy leaks.

Battlelog? Tied to the game? Shocking.

[antitrop]

Battlefield 4 my ass

They're going to Call of Duty the fuck out of this.

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

One year dev cycle sounds bad.

Also, it would not surprise me at all if this doesn't come to Wii U.

[Zeppelin]

- next gen console versions run @ approx 60fps, current gen @ 30fps, PC will ahve an FPS lock of 100fps

What does locked FPS even mean? You can't lock the framerate to a minimum.

How could it be a one year cycle? What has DICE been doing for a year now then?

DLC?