Tag Archives: patrick bach
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 | 00:42 BST
DICE: 64 players is the “maximum where it’s still fun”
DICE executive producer Patrick Bach has said there’s no point in pushing Battlefield’s multiplayer beyond 64 players.
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Posted in: Development, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield, battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Tue, Oct 25, 2011 | 02:34 BST
DICE: Players want games to be “the same, but different”
DICE built a whole new engine – Frostbite 2.0 – for Battlefield 3, because it was one of the few ways the developer could make it “unique” without putting players off.
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Posted in: Development, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, Frostbite 2, Frostbite Engine, patrick bach
Tue, Oct 25, 2011 | 00:25 BST
The Battlefield 3 community interview – 40 minutes with producer Patrick Bach
With Battlefield 3 launching in the US tomorrow, we publish 40 minutes of game boss Patrick Bach fielding questions from the community winners and journalists from VG247, Eurogamer and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 | 08:47 BST
DICE: BF3 360 looks “standard-def” without installed texture pack
Battlefield series producer Patrick Bach has told Gamerzines that the 360 version of Battlefield 3 will look “standard-def” without the installation of the game’s texture pack, but insisted it isn’t Frosbite 2 demanding use of the upgrade.
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Posted in: EA, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 | 05:55 BST
DICE: Shooters are becoming services
DICE’s Patrick Bach has said the shooter genre has room for more than one juggernaut, as the market evolves to see games as services.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Fri, Sep 30, 2011 | 06:35 BST
DICE needs “to hold back a bit,” “ashamed” of imperfections
DICE executive producer Patrick Bach has said the team struggles to appreciate its successes, feeling “ashamed” of sterling efforts like Bad Company 2.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Thu, Sep 22, 2011 | 06:31 BST
Battlefield 3 VG247 community impressions: Chris’s take
DICE welcomed VG247 readers Colin Gallacher and Chris Hockey in Sweden earlier this month to play some Battlefield 3 co-op. Here are Chris’s impressions of the trip and the game.
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 | 08:55 BST
Battlefield 3 VG247 community impressions: Colin’s take
We took VG247 readers Colin Gallacher and Chris Hockey to DICE in Sweden to play some Battlefield 3 co-op, and wanted to know what they thought. First up, it’s Colin.
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 | 14:36 BST
Battlefield 3 beta – “Hundreds” of changes from alpha, day one patches likely
Battlefield 3′s September beta won’t be a cosmetic affair, and will result in changes for day one patches and Battlelog right up to launch. Head below for audio of DICE devs talking about the beta, confirmation of “hundreds” of changes being made to the game based on the alpha and everything we know about the beta so far.
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 | 03:32 BST
No civilian casualties in Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 executive producer Patrick Bach has said DICE isn’t comfortable giving players the option to act out evil deeds in-game.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 | 08:11 BST
DICE: Don’t worry about Battlefield 3 on console
Battlefield 3 executive producer Patrick Bach has told VG247 that, while the shooter’s PC version is graphically “better” than its console siblings, gamers should stop worrying about the console editions.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Eurogamer Expo 2011, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, ea dice, patrick bach
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 | 17:31 BST
DICE’s Bach: Game’s next big thing “is not 3D, for sure”
Patrick Bach, Battlefield 3′s executive producer, has told a roundtable interview at DICE’s offices in Stockholm that gaming’s next big thing “is not 3D, for sure.”
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Posted in: Development, EA
Tags: 3d, battlefield 3, dice, ea dice, patrick bach
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 00:25 BST
DICE: Annualising Battlefield would “kill the franchise”
Battlefield series producer Patrick Bach has said that turning Battlefield into a yearly series akin to Call of Duty would effectively kill off the series.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield, battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 | 16:31 BST
Battlefield 3: DICE discusses multiplayer differences between console and PC
DICE studio head Patrick Bach has said the firm has to make a few concessions with the console multiplayer in Battlefield 3, due to quality concerns.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, dice, patrick bach
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 | 15:18 BST
DICE plans on catering to both the single and multiplayer crowd with Battlefield 3
DICE has explained to Edge how it is trying to cater to both the single and multiplayer camps with its latest installment in the Battlefield series, and one of the ways the team is doing this, is by making the “product bigger.”
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Posted in: Development, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield, battlefield 3, dice, Lars Gustavsson, patrick bach
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 | 11:53 BST
“Our goal” with BF3 “isn’t to make controversy,” says DICE
Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Bach has said that it isn’t aiming to cause controversy with the mega-shooter.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 | 19:41 BST
DICE confirms 10 maps for Battlefield 3 co-op to PSM3 magazine
DICE has confirmed to PSM3 in the latest edition of the magazine, that there will be 10 maps for co-op players.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, patrick bach
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 | 06:34 BST
DICE: BF3 “to be the best Battlefield game ever built”
The US PS Blog spoke with Battlefield 3′s executive producer, Patrick Bach, at E3 about the upcoming military shooter, and during the interview, the site included a lot of questions folks asked on Twitter.
Hit the jump to watch the video, and read highlights of Bach’s quotes pulled from it.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 | 08:03 BST
BF3: Fault Line video with director commentary released
DICE has released the Battlefield 3: Fault Line video, now with director commentary from executive producer Patrick Bach. It’s posted below. Don’t get too much drool on your shirt. BF3 is out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 later in the year. Thanks, Yoshi.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 05:13 BST
DICE is “desperate” to move on to the next console generation
Battlefield 3 developer DICE is confident: If Microsoft or Sony released a new console tomorrow, the Frostbite 2.0 engine would handle the hardware upgrade with ease.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, patrick bach
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