During the Independence Day special (and weekend) I hit the Rank 100 milestone. A lot was going on at that time, including the Star Wars Battlefront Alpha (awesome!) and Part One of the Ill Gotten Gains DLC for GTA Online. Rockstar also did an Independence Day Celebration special, with fireworks, events, and special vehicle deals. …
Tag Archive: FPS
Jul 08
Battlefield: Star Wars Battlefront Alpha Play And RIP Battlefield Hardline PC
Battlefield Hardline on PC Isn’t dead yet, but there are not a lot of players or servers active in it. Part of this seems to be other competing game choices, including the many improvements made to Battlefield 4, which is quite healthy on PC. The 1st DLC is out for Premium players, but that …
May 21
Battlefield News – May 2015
My life has been hectic, and as result I haven’t played any of the Battlefield games nearly as often as I would like. As a second result, it has been hard for me to keep up with all the new stuff going on in the Battlefield universe. DICE, Visceral, and EA have not been standing …
Apr 12
Battlefield: Who Is Your Commander, And What Does He Do?
Are you hyped to have Commander Mode back in BF4? Do you even know what Commander Mode is? The Commander is a completely separate role from that of the soldiers in Battlefield 4. You become Commander either by selecting the Commander button when joining a server, or switching to Commander from the team menu …
Apr 10
Hardline Competition
http://play.eslgaming.com/battlefield/pc/bf-hardline/open/5on5-rescue-testcup-1-europe/rules ESL has set up test rules for competitive Hardline play. As is usual for competition play, there are restrictions placed on what weapons and equipment can be used. http://xfire.com/tournament/3799#rules Xfire is also running test competitions, and has similar but not identical rules. The differences do matter if you want to play and practice for …
Apr 07
Hardline: Going For The Gold
Well, we are finishing our third week of playing Battlefield Hardline. Many players have all of the basic weapons and gadgets unlocked. We can play the game for fun, not just to reach achievements. But the Syndicate assignments are much harder, and can’t be done simply by earning money (XP). There are a lot of …
Mar 31
Hardline Additions: New Game Mode Ideas And Improvements
Hardline shipped with an adequate number of game modes to play and enjoy, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want or deserve more. The variety of choices helps keep the game interesting, and offers new challenges for players. The majority of my proposals are adaptations of existing game modes from other Battlefield games. There is …
Mar 30
Two Weeks Of Hardline: How Are We Doing?
We just finished up a Battlefest Double XP weekend, and that gave many players a chance to rank up and purchase unlocks for the game. This gives us a fair measure of just how long it will take to unlock the key items in the game, and also how well the game will play when …
Mar 23
Hardline: A Battlefield Without A War
After our first weekend of Hardline, how is everyone enjoying the game? We had a bit more time to play the game, and my quick big revelation is that none of the Hardline game modes, not even the classic conquest, really are games about war. There is a lot of shooting and fighting, but the …
Mar 20
Battlefield News For The Start Of Spring 2015
Star Wars Battlefront – 2015 http://starwars.ea.com/news/battlefront-to-debut-at-celebration We get a first real look at Star Wars Battlefront next month. This is an extremely anticipated game, especially for all of us fans of the original Star Wars Battlefront series. For those not familiar with it, it was a 64 player take over the map’s control points (flags) …
