anyone confirm or deny this
oday we have some very exciting news to share regarding the future of the Project Reality! Following some recent developments in the Project Reality: BF2 modification, and some closed door talks with Electronic Arts, we are proud to announce the acquisition of Reality Studios by EA Games!
What must surely come as a shock to our community, especially after EA's lack of serious community involvement with Battlefield modding teams, it has in fact been a decision brewing over many years. And with the recent breakthrough of 128 player support in Project Reality: BF2, something that has not been done before on a Battlefield game, EA saw promise in our work, and seized the opportunity to aquire our award winning team.
So what does this mean?
This means a few things for Project Reality and the Reality Studios Team:
1. A few select members of Reality Studios will be working directly with Digital Illusions CE on the upcoming game, Battlefield 3. Among the various tasks these people will be working on is implementation 128 player support on PC, as well as modification tools and scripts. Although previously announced that Battlefield 3 will be limited to 64 players on PC, and modification tools were unlikely, while true when announced, this acquisition has given DICE the opportunity to explore and develop these areas of the game before BF3 ships. We will also be advising existing DICE developers and helping to tweak the well known Battlefield gameplay to promote a more real and deadly environment. Realistic weapon handling and ballistics is one of the major points covered, as well as heavy focus on teamwork. The members of this offshoot team will be made public upon some final negotiations with EA and DICE, however we can confirm that [R-DEV]Chuc has already been hard at work developing some concept art for Battlefield 3.
2. Remaining Project Reality: BF2 developers will be working on the next and final version to this long running modification, v0.96. This version will contain mostly bugfixes and some performance tweaks, as well as a few new assets for everyone to put to good use on the battlefield. It will not contain any new community factions, Vietnam, or 128 player support, as unfortunately this requires far too much work with the now small and limited team. Some may be confused as to why we do not call this final version v1.0, but as we have always said when asked, 1.0 is just a number, and we do not believe that it represents anything that previous version numbers have not.
3. Unfortunately, Project Reality: ARMA 2 is now cancelled. The work already done on what was a promising modification will instead be used as an internal testing tool for features in Battlefield 3 and Project Reality 2. We would like to thank Bohemia Interactive for their excellent support, and implementation of requested features. Although we will now not be using these added features, we hope that other modifications can benefit instead.
4. Project Reality 2 is still going ahead! Members from the ARMA 2 team, and BF2 team once work is complete on v0.96, will be joining the PR2 team to give it a massive boost in manpower. As well as this, veteran developers from Electronic Arts will be joining the team to offer skills and advice for this ambitious project. More news regarding this transition will be announced in the next few weeks, but needless to say, this has massively reduced the length of time required to complete an initial release.
We understand that many community members will be disappointed by this news, in particular the cancellation of Project Reality: ARMA 2 and the Vietnam expansion of Project Reality: BF2, however we must devote our resources to more viable commercial projects. We would like to stress that Project Reality is not over, there is still Project Reality 2 to look forward to, especially now with it now being the major focus for Reality Studios.
We would like to thank all previous Project Reality developers. Each and every developer, no matter the role, has participated in some way to help Project Reality be what it has become today. Also, to other modification teams and modding enthusists for Battlefield 2 and ARMA 2, we hope that the modding community still remains strong and we wish you luck in your future endeavours. Finally, we would like to thank the community. Without you, the Project Reality name would not be as strong as it is now, and for that, we thank you for your previous and current support, and look forward to your future support for Project Reality 2 as well.
- The Reality Studios Team
oday we have some very exciting news to share regarding the future of the Project Reality! Following some recent developments in the Project Reality: BF2 modification, and some closed door talks with Electronic Arts, we are proud to announce the acquisition of Reality Studios by EA Games!
What must surely come as a shock to our community, especially after EA's lack of serious community involvement with Battlefield modding teams, it has in fact been a decision brewing over many years. And with the recent breakthrough of 128 player support in Project Reality: BF2, something that has not been done before on a Battlefield game, EA saw promise in our work, and seized the opportunity to aquire our award winning team.
So what does this mean?
This means a few things for Project Reality and the Reality Studios Team:
1. A few select members of Reality Studios will be working directly with Digital Illusions CE on the upcoming game, Battlefield 3. Among the various tasks these people will be working on is implementation 128 player support on PC, as well as modification tools and scripts. Although previously announced that Battlefield 3 will be limited to 64 players on PC, and modification tools were unlikely, while true when announced, this acquisition has given DICE the opportunity to explore and develop these areas of the game before BF3 ships. We will also be advising existing DICE developers and helping to tweak the well known Battlefield gameplay to promote a more real and deadly environment. Realistic weapon handling and ballistics is one of the major points covered, as well as heavy focus on teamwork. The members of this offshoot team will be made public upon some final negotiations with EA and DICE, however we can confirm that [R-DEV]Chuc has already been hard at work developing some concept art for Battlefield 3.
2. Remaining Project Reality: BF2 developers will be working on the next and final version to this long running modification, v0.96. This version will contain mostly bugfixes and some performance tweaks, as well as a few new assets for everyone to put to good use on the battlefield. It will not contain any new community factions, Vietnam, or 128 player support, as unfortunately this requires far too much work with the now small and limited team. Some may be confused as to why we do not call this final version v1.0, but as we have always said when asked, 1.0 is just a number, and we do not believe that it represents anything that previous version numbers have not.
3. Unfortunately, Project Reality: ARMA 2 is now cancelled. The work already done on what was a promising modification will instead be used as an internal testing tool for features in Battlefield 3 and Project Reality 2. We would like to thank Bohemia Interactive for their excellent support, and implementation of requested features. Although we will now not be using these added features, we hope that other modifications can benefit instead.
4. Project Reality 2 is still going ahead! Members from the ARMA 2 team, and BF2 team once work is complete on v0.96, will be joining the PR2 team to give it a massive boost in manpower. As well as this, veteran developers from Electronic Arts will be joining the team to offer skills and advice for this ambitious project. More news regarding this transition will be announced in the next few weeks, but needless to say, this has massively reduced the length of time required to complete an initial release.
We understand that many community members will be disappointed by this news, in particular the cancellation of Project Reality: ARMA 2 and the Vietnam expansion of Project Reality: BF2, however we must devote our resources to more viable commercial projects. We would like to stress that Project Reality is not over, there is still Project Reality 2 to look forward to, especially now with it now being the major focus for Reality Studios.
We would like to thank all previous Project Reality developers. Each and every developer, no matter the role, has participated in some way to help Project Reality be what it has become today. Also, to other modification teams and modding enthusists for Battlefield 2 and ARMA 2, we hope that the modding community still remains strong and we wish you luck in your future endeavours. Finally, we would like to thank the community. Without you, the Project Reality name would not be as strong as it is now, and for that, we thank you for your previous and current support, and look forward to your future support for Project Reality 2 as well.
- The Reality Studios Team
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Looks like you are correct
I should have checked with the source 1st :hmm:We would like to formally announce, that the reality studios acquisition notice is indeed False and was part of our traditional April Fools.
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Most sandbox games are 'boring, hard to get into' says Battlefield 3 dev
EA deploys Battlefield 3 box art -- PlayStation Universe or Battlefield 3: This is what the box looks like (I put this in the FAQ at least a month ago )
EA deploys Battlefield 3 box art -- PlayStation Universe or Battlefield 3: This is what the box looks like (I put this in the FAQ at least a month ago
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I think this is leading to the fact that bf3 will be more like bc2 with the choke points vs more like bf2 with the sandbox style.
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Must be a typo - it says Battlefield: Bad Company 3 in the list of DLC. More likely this is for BFBC2 than BF3.
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It was for SpecAct upgrades, which just weren't implemented on the PC during the timeframe that the promo was active.
The only DLC we know of at the moment for BF3 is the Strike at Karkand DLC, which I believe will sell for $10 for the Non-LE version of the game.
I would be pretty surprised if there wasn't a DLC for BF3
The SPECACT kit is something a ton of BC2 players bought up in healthy numbers and its basically just a new set of skins for each class and a new set of reskinned weapons.
The SPECACT kit is something a ton of BC2 players bought up in healthy numbers and its basically just a new set of skins for each class and a new set of reskinned weapons.
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I see. But there is already an entry in the list for BFBC2. So maybe it is for BF3...
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"We haven’t released much information about multiplayer because we want to ensure that when we do it the public will go crazy."
If they wait until it's too late then hit us with no commo rose, 3D wallhack etc then the public will go nuts all right, lol. just using the commo rose as an example, if they want to beat CoD then a simple Q social button won't cut it. They should have tap Q for BC2 style spotting(just not 3D wallhacking), and hold Q for detailed commo rose. That way everyone is happy.
If they wait until it's too late then hit us with no commo rose, 3D wallhack etc then the public will go nuts all right, lol. just using the commo rose as an example, if they want to beat CoD then a simple Q social button won't cut it. They should have tap Q for BC2 style spotting(just not 3D wallhacking), and hold Q for detailed commo rose. That way everyone is happy.
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Riccitiello: Battlefield 3, Call of Duty To Spend Hundreds Of Millions On Ad Battle
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EA CEO: Battlefield 3 Coming In November, Designed to Take Down Call of Duty
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EA CEO: Battlefield 3 Coming In November, Designed to Take Down Call of Duty
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Upcoming Podcast Guest: Daniel zh1nt0? Matros!
See the link to submit your questions, and see a bunch of early responses already posted by Zh1nt0.
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Apparently there was a PR event in London and someone who was there says there's more BF3 news tomorrow?
See the link to submit your questions, and see a bunch of early responses already posted by Zh1nt0.
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Apparently there was a PR event in London and someone who was there says there's more BF3 news tomorrow?
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There is a story running around the internets about a %40 off sale on all shooter titles at the EA store, starting tomorrow, and that Battlefield 3 will be included.
I HIGHLY doubt this, but, keep your eyes open and if it happpens, jump on it!
I HIGHLY doubt this, but, keep your eyes open and if it happpens, jump on it!
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