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EA’s flagship shooter will be released this November for current-gen consoles, with Xbox One and PS4 versions to follow. Battlefield 4 will arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 1st, while EA has said the game will "also be available" for Sony and Microsoft’s next gen consoles. There’s …
Read More »EA opens Star Wars focused DICE office in LA
A brand new office is being opened in LA specifically to work on Star Wars titles. It comes as a result of EA’s decision to acquire the Star Wars licence from Disney. The Wall Street Journal reports that the new outfit will be run by Battlefield creators DICE, but won’t …
Read More »EA opens LA DICE to work on Star Wars games
New US office expected to employ up to 60 staff by the end of the year
Read More »DICE is bringing the Frostbite engine to mobiles
A version of DICE’s impressive Frostbite engine is being developed for mobile and tablet platforms. It’s good news for mobile gamers, certainly, but also a disappointing development for Wii U owners who are now left with the reality of Nintendo’s machine being the only major platform to be shunned by …
Read More »Frosbite engine powers up on mobile
DICE's Battlefield development platform coming to 'all major mobile platforms'
Read More »Wii U to miss out on EA’s Star Wars games
It has been confirmed that the new Star Wars games coming from EA studios DICE and Visceral won’t be available on Wii U. That’s because both are being built using EA’s Frostbite 3 engine – tech that has not been ported to Nintendo’s machine. "Frostbite 3 has never been running …
Read More »EA snaps up Star Wars game rights
DICE and Visceral working on new original Star Wars games with the Frostbite 3 engine
Read More »Recruiter Hot Seat: EA DICE
DICE head of recruitment Fredrik Johnsson explains what the studio has to offer developers
Read More »DICE seeks Masters student to study VR tech
Battlefield studio seeks student to investigate Oculus Rift for possible Frostbite integration
Read More »DICE dismisses chance of a Wii U Battlefield 4 port
The Frostbite game engine doesn’t support Wii U and studio DICE feel its resources are best employed elsewhere. That’s the cold truth of EA’s decision not to release Battlefield 4 on Nintendo’s Wii U, making it the latest triple-A game to snub the machine. The game is currently confirmed for …
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