Gibeau: Battlefield 3 will be "tough to match"
Will this finally prove to the the Call of Duty-beater?
Frank Gibeau, head of EA Games, has been talking reclaiming their crown in the FPS genre with Battlefield 3.
He explained to IndustryGamers that the new Battlefield title is a huge step forward in the genre. This is in no small part down to the Frostbite 2 game engine that DICE have developed.
Gibeau explained: "We're super proud of the game. The Frostbite 2 technology is reinventing the category, and the Battlefield brand has its own persona and positioning, the multiplayer and squads ... The combination of the brand and the technology and the quality of the DICE game is what we wanted to show tonight. We wanted to show unadulterated gameplay and show it for a long time, in February, and because we don't ship until the Fall it means we have a long time to polish it and make it extremely high quality. It's what we've been trying to do in the EA Games label over the last couple years - get our mojo back in terms of quality and great IPs. For me, this is a great example of investments we've been making in technology, team culture and getting the talent in place to make world beating games."
He continued: "We're going to own what we do because we're going to leapfrog the category by introducing a whole new set of technology that's brand-new. The Frostbite 2 technology is going to help us do things in games and shooters that haven't been done before and will be tough for [the competition] to match."
You can check out the latest gameplay footage of Battlefield 3 in the brand new FaultLine Episode 1 Trailer. This one should be watched in 1080p.
