Northern Monkeys - Come Spank Our Monkey!

Bu5hy

posted Mar 9, 10

Changes necessary for PC version of Frostbite

The Battlefield franchise has a long and successful history of allowing the community to express themselves by modding the game itself. DICE has had a very strong and deep commitment to the modding community in the past; and it seems that when Battlefield Bad Company 2 was released, it was as if almost overnight a switch was flipped when the company chose to no longer support modding.

Actually, the situation has more to do with the Frostbite engine on the PC that is used to power Battlefield Bad Company 2 than the company’s decision to cease support of the modding community. As things stand today, the tools that are used to develop and create content on the Frostbite engine are just not there. What that means is currently in-house the company is not using a standalone toolset to develop for the Frostbite engine, and that they can’t simply package up the tools and make them available to the community.

DICE hopes at some point in the future to be able to provide the modding community with the necessary tools to develop content for the PC version of the Frostbite engine. While there is no time line on this as of yet, it is something that the studio is taking very seriously and they have it on their “to do” list. It is more a matter of time and resources at this point, from what we understand.

Source Fudzilla

Post comment

Bad Company 2 Server Live

Bu5hy

posted Mar 2, 10

Our new Bad Company 2 Server is up and running ready for us to start some battles on as soon as they arrive in the post. You can get the IP address for it above from the server banner.

Also our vent server IP is changing on wednesday and the vent monitor will be updated accordingly, as always there is no password so anybody wanting to jump on with us is more than welcome to anytime.

Post comment

Battlefield 3 has been in dev for 3 years

Bu5hy

posted Feb 23, 10

Former chief executive of DICE and studio manager of DICE Canada, Fredrik Liliegren, has confirmed to Gaming Union that Battlefield 3 has been in development at the Swedish studio for the past three years (thanks, VG247).

"I know what they were talking about on the PC side for [the next] Battlefield, and they haven't announced any of that yet, after three years," Liliegren said. "So I know what's coming, and I still can't talk about it because I'm still under NDA."

Liliegren, who now runs Antic Entertainment, was confident the game - which he only discussed in relation to the PC platform - would make a big splash despite Modern Warfare stealing the multiplayer shooter limelight.

"What the PC version is going to be, Battlefield 3, I think it's going to absolutely blow everyone away, but I can't tell you what it is, but it will blow people away... because it's not Modern Warfare 2 PC, it's not that experience," he said.

Battlefield 3 has yet to be officially announced, although EA exec John Pleasants confirmed its existence last year when he said, "that is a product that is looking very good".

There's the small matter of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to get out of the way first. That's released next week, so watch out for a review soon.

(Source Eurogamer)

Post comment

Updates To Website

Bu5hy

posted Feb 23, 10

As you can no doubt see we're making some changes to the website hopefully it should all be sorted soon and look as pimping as ever.

Post comment