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First Images Of ‘Battlefield 4: Naval Strike’ Revealed

by Shane O'Hare

We’ve been teased and teased and teased and now we finally have some hard factual action. The team over at DICE have just released these images along side some concrete details for the upcoming Battlefield 4 expansion pack. Check out our Naval Strike gallery and details below.

Battlefield 4 Naval Strike takes the dramatic water-based combat introduced in Battlefield 4 to four all-new maps set in the South China Sea. Take control over new weapons and gadgets, pilot the new hovercraft vehicle, and experience the Carrier Assault game mode in this intense expansion pack.

 

Water-based combat has always been a vital part of the all-out war of Battlefield 4, and with Battlefield 4 Naval Strike the fights at sea are more intense than ever. With the introduction of the amphibious hovercraft vehicle, your possibilities to dominate the sea will be even greater.

 

Blow open a crashed passenger plane and capture fishing villages across the tropical Lost Islands. Drop a submarine on your foes as you infiltrate a naval base or rush between shipping docks and rocky islands on the massive Wave Breaker map. Wage war across stormy seas in the largest ocean stretch in a Battlefield map yet with Nansha Strike. Storm an abandoned cliff-side resort, or get lost in the breathtaking vistas in Operation Mortar.

 

Battlefield 4 Naval Strike lets you re-live the classic Titan Mode of Battlefield 2142, with the introduction of the Carrier Assault game mode. Stay tuned to the Battlefield Blog for more details on this re-imagining of a classic.

 

The biggest draw for me, and most BF4 gamers, is the return of “Titan Mode”. Back in Battlefield 2142, there was this incredibly fun game type, where players would have to take up the challenge of attacking the other sides giant flying spaceship whilst defending their own. The goal was to take down the enemy Titan’s shields, board the flying behemoth and destroy the crafts nuclear core. Then it was a mad dash to get out before it exploded.

This gametype was so next level fun, and provided a unique dichotomy for gameplay. You’d have the large scale vehicle combat you’d expect from Battlefield 2142, but then have to change roles to tight infantry combat. It was an amazing time to be a gamer.

I am very excited to see how DICE bring Titan Mode to Battlefield 4. You can get your hands on Naval Strike near the end of March, and if you have Premium you can get in on it two weeks early!

Battlefield 4 Information Round Up

by Shane O'Hare

These last few days have been INSANE with all the information coming out for the next in the Battlefield series. We have teaser trailers, dog tags and a stack of leaked features. Come with me!

 

A few days ago we got the leaked artwork for BF4 ( check out our write up on it here ). Then the guys over at DICE created a new site that urged players to log in. The new Battlefield 4 Official Website had a counter going, the more players that logged in with their Origin account the more would be revealed for the first teaser image. What was unlocked first was this fabulously orange picture of a smoking aircraft carrier, titled “Amphibious Assault”

 

Battlefield 4 Amphibious Assault

 

Couple that with today’s teaser “SEA”, I HOPE, that we can see a type of aircraft carrier defend mode. If you’ve played Battlefield 2142’s Titan mode then you know what kind of crazy antics to expect.

 

 

Next we got this other teaser, “Land”.

 

 

Tease after tease! FINALLY, we got some leaked info on what the game features will be like. These are unconfirmed as of now, but hopefully at least half of these stick.

 

Battlefield 4 will stick with 64 players. Maps are larger and more detailed.

 

Three factions: US, Russia, and an unnamed “Eastern/Asian” faction.
4 classes with “additional features and tweaks” compared to BF3
Shipping with same amount of maps as BF3, there are plans for lots of DLC.
DLC is already in planning stages.
Battlefield 4 Premium will be available on day one and include some perks.
Most of the guns and vehicles from BF3 will return.
More squad features.
Commander feature returns, but won’t be the same as in BF2
Battlefield 4 is coming out on both current and next gen systems, and PC as well.
Game is more of an evolution rather than revolution of the series. Both technically and gameplay wise.
Will ship with more game modes than BF3
Will ship with more close quarter infantry maps than BF3
Frostbite 2 engine is pushed further in BF4. Better effects, higher res textures, more detailed game worlds, etc.
BF3 will still be supported after Battlefield 4 launches.
There is plan of some sort of integration between BF3 and BF4. Could be Battlelog-only.
Battlelog will be updated for Battlefield 4 with more social features and more detailed stats.
Single-player and co-op will return, new writers involved this time.

 

This is all very, very exciting! I really hope they implement some sort of Titan mode and bring the Commander Role back proper. Playing Commander in BF2 was one of the funnest things I did in the game, besides intense HALO missions.

 

With all this info getting pumped out we can certainly expect the game to shit this year, like what was rumored.