The big news today is that the Battlefield 4 release date may have been leaked by a post on Microsoft’s official Xbox blog. Yes, the official Xbox blog! The game has been in the news ever since it was announced at the GDC last week and according to this new information, it is to arrive at the end of October 2013.
It appears as though Microsoft has made a terrible goof-up, and the guys on the NeoGaf forums promptly picked up on it. Now the original story seems to have been appended, leading to more speculation that this is indeed the actual retail date, or something very close to the real thing. And as some members of the aforementioned forum point out, this is the same day on which Assassin’s Creed 4 is supposed to hit stores.
And what can we say about BF4 itself? The game wowed everyone with it realistic environments and stunning graphics. Even though just a little had been revealed of the title in a short time, it caught practically everyone’s attention and had everybody talking about it.
The title has us salivating at the prospect of varied modes of combat. In fact, we just saw a 17-minute trailer showcasing the title’s abilities and telling a story in a flashback style of events, something infused into the latest Gears of War, Judgment. It was also revealed that Drone Strike would be the premium DLC pushed with pre-orders of the game, in keeping with modern, real-world war strategies.
So, what other slip-ups have we seen about the console in question? Well, some time ago we sat down with Ian Livingstone, who let it slide that he expects the next generation of home consoles to ban (or restrict, at the very least) used games from being able to run. Sony gave a clarification on its next PlayStation device, the PS4, saying that players would be able to run used games, but cheekily left out whether they would have to pay a small fee for the same.
According to the talk (and the official Xbox blog), Battlefield 4 is to release on October 29, 2013 for Microsoft’s Xbox 360. It should be noted however, that EA and DICE are still to officially confirm anything on the subject, which may be a sensitive one, one that the two studios may not have been ready to reveal just yet.