Battlefield Heroes due out before April

Written by Tim Smalley

February 5, 2009 | 10:36

Tags: #arts #battlefield #digital #electronic #heroes #release

Companies: #dice #ea

According to Electronic Arts' financial documents, Battlefield Heroes, the free-to-play multiplayer shooter will be released no later than 31st March 2009.

The game has been in and out of beta for quite some time following heavily delays - there have been rumours that the game was cancelled, too.

At the end of January, developer Dice started accepting signups again for a new phase of beta testing, which confirms that the game is still on track for release.

Hopefully, the game won't see another delay and it'll stick to EA's target release of sometime this quarter. That said, we expect that its official release will be closer to the end of the quarter than, say, a week or so away.

It's a risky new direction for the [i}Battlefield[/i] series, targeted at a more casual audience than previous games in the franchise.

The PC exclusive title will run only through a dedicated browser - EA hopes to finance the game through optional microtransactions, but the developer has said that no saleable items will give players an in-game advantage.

Looking forward to playing Heroes? Tell us in the forums.
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Posted by steveo_mcg - Thu Feb 05 2009 10:58

Cool, I find my self strangely drawn to this its probably just my underlying affection for tf2.

Posted by Red Eye - Thu Feb 05 2009 11:02

I'll definitely be playing this on release purely because I have such an underpowered system, it would be nice to just get involved with an online gaming community. Well thats what I hope it becomes.

Posted by clx - Thu Feb 05 2009 11:15

I played the first round of closed beta, and i have to say, unless they have made some MASSIVE improvements i will be avoiding this game.

Posted by lewchenko - Thu Feb 05 2009 11:46

I feel obligated to say it... every time I see a post about Battlefield Heroes or Bad Company...

BATTLEFIELD 3 for the PC.... that's all we want. Take this crock of s*** and stick it where the sun doesnt shine.
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