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• Frostbite tech demo gets "selected parts" of Battlefield 4 running on iOS

  EA has been playing around with optimizing Frostbite for iOS, and it appears to be going rather well considering parts of Battlefield 4 are now running on operating system.

• Battlefield 4 interview part 5: Frostbite and the Mirrors Edge reboot

  In part five, and the last installment of Sam Clay’s Battlefield 4 interview with executive producer Patrick Bach, the two men discuss Frostbite development and the Mirrors Edge reboot. Video inside.

• DICE has over 15 Frostbite games in development

  It would seem that DICE has over 15 Frostbite games in the works, according to Johan Andersson, who’s technical director of DICE’s Frostbite team. This includes the upcoming new Mass Effect game, a title Andersson is “really looking forward” to working on.

• EA spending flat through next-gen transition, has "never happened before"

  Thanks to the Frostbite engine, EA expects to weather the console transition without blowing up its research and development budget.

• Battlefield 4 PC will be optimised for AMD components

  Thanks to the PC-like architecture found in next-gen consoles, the PC version Battlefield 4 will ship optimised for AMD components.

• Frostbite games may support Oculus Rift

  Frostbite lead Frank Vitz has indicated his interest in the Oculus Rift VR headset, suggesting future games may offer support.

• EA expects next-gen to be more cost effective thanks to its proprietary Frostbite engine

  EA’s chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen has said next-gen will be a more cost effective transition for the firm, and part of this has to do with Frostbite being the firm’s proprietary engine.

• DICE looking to port Frostbite to OS X according to job listings

  DICE is looking for developers familiar with OS X in order to bring Frostbite to Mac.

• DICE bringing "Frostbite to mobile platforms," Human Head gossip and more from Superannuation

  DICE is hiring mobile software developers who will help the studio bring “Frostbite to mobile platforms.”

• EA's Soderlund: Frostbite 2 "built for the next generation"

  Former DICE CEO turned EA Games boss Patrick Soderlund has said the engine powering Battlefield 3 and Medal of Honor: Warfighter aspires to tech well beyond what consumers have on hand right now.

• DICE jumps on the next-gen hiring train

  DICE is looking to fill a senior software engineer position which will entail work on current and next-gen consoles. The listing notes the right person will be able to handle “tasks that might include keeping track of performance, memory and optimising for current and next-gen”. The firm is just the latest said to be hiring […]

• EA Gothenburg studio to focus on Frostbite development

  EA has invited GDC 2012 attendees to come and check out the recruiting booth for EA Gothenburg, a new studio focused on the DICE-developed Frostbite 2.0 engine.

• DICE lending Frostbite to a Montreal EA studio

  EA’s generous sharing of the Frostbite engine continues with a mysterious project in Montreal.

• DICE: Adjusting Frostbite for consoles prevented Bad Company 1 release on PC

  DICE’s general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson has said that if the firm could have released Bad Company 1 on PC, it would have done it; however, tweaking the Frostbite engine so it would work on consoles was the main concern at the time.