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Mirror’s Edge 2 & Battlefield: Bad Company 3 Appear On CVs

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Battlefield: Bad Company 3 and Mirror’s Edge 2 have both appeared on a variety of LinkedIn profiles for EA employees. Michael Joseph C states on his LinkedIn profile that he “provided video game prototype, design and demo feedback on various AAA titles including the Battlefield: Bad Company 3, Dead Space 2, Devil May Cry 5 and other unannounced titles”. A profile from an ex-EA Software Engineer and another EA employee clearly states that they have both been involved with the development of Mirror’s Edge 2.

Nintendo: DICE Offered Battlefield To Nintendo As A Gamecube Exclusive

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During Nintendo World Reports Live Podcast for Child’s Play one of the participants who was privy to Nintendo’s inner workings during the Gamecube era revealed that DICE originally approached Nintendo with Battlefield and proposed it as a Nintendo exclusive. Nintendo were apparently very excited about the game but it never came into existence because of the Gamecube’s basically non-existent online infrastructure.

Nintendo Wii U: Battlefield May Not Be Coming To Wii U After All

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Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Liu has revealed that the development team currently has nothing planned for Wii U at this precise moment in time, even though EA boss John Riccitiello heavily hinted that the franchise would be coming to Wii U.

“I think what he (EA boss John Riccitello) said was that we’re looking into what we can do with the Wii U, but there is nothing planned to be honest.”

“We’ve dabbled with it and looked what we can do with it, but there’s no game planned,” he continued.

“I’m a big fan of Nintendo myself, just looking at what they’ve done with the Wii and the Wii U? but we have to come up with something that really uses their controls.

“And until we get that bright idea of what to do with the new controls I don’t think there’s any point in making another version that’s just the same as everyone else.

“It probably wouldn’t be Battlefield 3 anyway because the Wii U is so far out.”

Nintendo Wii: Ex Dice Boss Calls The Nintendo Wii A Virus And A Toy

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Former DICE boss Fredrik Liljegren has rather harshly stated that the doesn’t believe the Nintendo Wii is an actual games machine, and has subsequently labelled the system as a “toy” and a “virus”.

“If I got paid to develop a Wii game I would do it. I would not put an original IP on the Wii today unless I thought I had an absolute home run,” he said. “Because the Wii, to me, I would describe it as a virus, that doesn’t stick.

“People have got to realise the Wii is a toy, not an entertainment focused product. People come home, someone, they play Wii for a bit, feel it’s really cool, blah, blah, blah, they go out and buy one. Ask people how often they play the Wii, that are not the core game consumer that buys one because they have an Xbox 360 and a Wii or a PlayStation 3 and a Wii,” he continued.

“The people that only own the Wii, ask that consumer how often they use their machine. They just don’t use it, it was cool, but they’re not gamers, so they put it away.”

Liljegren went on to say that Nintendo needs to find other alternatives to “the Wii Fit phenomenon”.

“Nintendo is smart in that way in that they realise this is not a video game machine, this is not a games game machine.”

- Former DICE boss Fredrik Liljegren

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