More time for multiplayer, single-player, and stability

Visceral Games is pushingBattlefield Hardlinefrom October 2014 to early 2015 to better meet player feedback from the beta it ran this year. AfterBattlefield 4‘s troubled launch, I doubt any of us need to be convinced of why this is a good move.

All the same, DICE vice president and group general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson detailed a few key things this extra development time will enable:

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Sounds reasonable enough, though I suspect there will be plenty of waiting and seeing withHardline. I didn’t find the beta compelling — what was there seemed okay, but failed to grab me after a few rounds — but I’ll be down for thesecond betawhenever that arrives.

Why Battlefield Hardline will launch in 2015[Battlefield]

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

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Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.