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Star Wars: Battlefront is in the works at DICE for unconfirmed formats, but the studio has stressed that it won’t just be Battlefield in Stromtrooper’s clothing.

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Battlefield 4 is being showcased at E3 right now and DICE’s Patrick Bach has said he’s surprised by how much attention it’s getting. That’s because while he feels military shooters are no longer over-saturated, he reckons Sci-Fi is now the new big thing.

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During the Battlefield 4 presentation at EA’s E3 press conference on Monday, Patrick Bach walked the audience through a multiplayer match with a five-player squad. Battlefield players may have noted that’s one more man than usual, and there is a reason for it.

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DICE executive producer Patrick Bach is featured in the Battlefield 4 dev chat below, and in it he discusses the shooter’s single player campaign.

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Battlefield 4 won’t contain motion control or other gimmicks, according to DICE’s Patrick Bach. “We are not interested in things that don’t make the game better,” he told Edge. “There are a lot of gimmicks – people throwing money at us – ‘can you implement support for this quirky control thing’. No, it doesn’t make the game better.” Bach said DICE is “extremely open to innovation,” but unless it adds value for the players, it’s just a “gimmick.” Bach used touch controls as an example, which until Apple perfected the tech, was considered contrived. “To us it’s the same with motion control and perceptual gaming in general; if it adds, great. If it’s a gimmick, ignore it.” Battlefield 4 is expected sometime this fall.

Battlefield 4 is being developed on alpha hardware and target specs, according to DICE executive producer Patrick Bach. He claims that no one knows what the final PS4 and Xbox 720 specs are.

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Battlefield 4 beta registration was announced a while back, triggering fears that DICE would abandon support for Battlefield 3. However, DICE’s Patrick Bach has explained that people needn’t worry, and that this method of leapfrog development is perfectly normal.

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Battlefield 3 is not being abandoned now that Battlefield 4 is in development. DICE and EA have said this, repeatedly, ever since the beta for the game was announced as a pre-order incentive for Medal of Honor: Warfighter. In case you still need convincing, Battlefield’s executive producer Patrick Bach went on video record with VG247 at gamescom to try to alleviate any lingering fears you may still be harboring.

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Battlefield 3: Armored Kill is gearing up for release next month, and what better way to prep you than a video of executive producer Patrick Bach discussing all it’s entails? We can’t think of one.

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Bad Company 3 and Mirror’s Edge 2 are still on the table at EA, according to DICE executive producer Patrick Bach.

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DICE’s Patrick Bach feels the anti-used game measure rumored for next-gen consoles is a double-edged sword.

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Sounds like DICE intends to provide Battlefield 3 players for as long as possible, with CEO Patrick Bach telling VG247 it intends to give up to “12-18 months” worth of value in the shooter.

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DICE’s Patrick Bach has said PS3 input lag in Battlefield 3 will be fixed with the Close Quarters expansion pack.

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Battlefield series producer Patrick Bach has temporary taken the reigns at DICE as CEO, taking over from Karl Magnus Troedsson.

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DICE is irritated by, but benefits from, the delays to PC fixes caused by the console certification process.

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DICE executive producer Patrick Bach has said there’s no point in pushing Battlefield’s multiplayer beyond 64 players.

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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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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.

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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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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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