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Middenrat
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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: EA free, eh? |
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EA are about to release a free download MP game in the FPS genre supported by front-end ads and 'micro payments' (for personalising your grunt) called Battlefield Heroes, based on the Battlefield series of games.
It will run on graphically-challenged rigs and has a cartoony aesthetic.
All of which i thought may be of interest to our community 
Further details and links ~: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7199881.stm
EA announcement: http://www.electronicarts.co.uk/news/20366/
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mad
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will be great to see what it looks like  |
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Spanky_McCoy
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EA, I trust them as much as I would a Commie left in charge of a billionaires bank account.
There will be some catch mark my words. 
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mad
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there is a catch he said micro payments.....
guess theirs upgrades charged at £1 a go for a week or something and available via text, mobile phone call, paypal etc.
But it doesn't mean it won't be worth playing.... yet. |
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Voices
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From the site
| BBC wrote: | | Mr Cousins said "EA expected 95% of people who played the game never to spend any money." |
By the sounds of it it's going to work like any other free online game
0 payment gives only game play + a few items
PAY = lots of items
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JawZ
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well ive read EA have let South Korea have the FIFA seris for free and they use micro payments there, such as you can pay real money to keep a player from retiring...lol
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Spanky_McCoy
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| JawZ wrote: | | well ive read EA have let South Korea have the FIFA seris for free and they use micro payments there, such as you can pay real money to keep a player from retiring...lol |
I would pay real money to see some of the donkeys retire. Probably some daft Korean has paid 100's to keep Pele in his team.
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