Our reader ‘Ghost Rider LSOV’ shared with us a hilarious bug from Battlefield 4’s beta that turned the Siege of Shanghai map into an underwater city. According to ‘EmotionaltroutHD’ who captured it, this bug started at checkpoint A when walking downstairs. The player could not shoot and the bug continued even after being killed and re-spawned. Obviously DICE will sort it out, though it will be a great easter egg to turn this map into an underwater city, don’t you think? Continue reading Battlefield 4 Beta Bug Turns ‘Siege of Shanghai’ Into An Underwater City→
DICE has released a new update for the PC Open Beta of Battlefield 4, that aims to address the performance issues that most gamers were experiencing on Windows 7. According to DICE’s Johan Andersson, the people that had issues were running Win7 & quad & six cores without HT primarily. In short, if you’re using that particular OS, you should now be enjoying a better gaming experience after applying the patch. Continue reading Battlefield 4 – Update #2 Now Available, Addresses PC Performance On Windows 7→
Johan Andersson, Technical Director on Frostbite at DICE, revealed – just a minutes ago – that the open beta build of Battlefield 4 will get a new patch that will come with some CPU optimizations. As Johan claimed, performance will be improved on Windows 7, however the ‘Win8 + DX11.1’ will still be the better option for those who want to enjoy DICE’s upcoming shooter. Continue reading Battlefield 4 – Next OpenBeta Patch Will Offer CPU Optimizations, Win8 + DX11.1 Still Best Option→
Great news for all BF fans as the open beta phase of Battlefield 4 has been launched, meaning that the beta is available to everyone. Yeap, that’s right. You can head over to Origin, download, and play it. As we’ve already said, the beta supports only 64-bit OSs (though the final version will support both 32-bit and 64-bit OSs). Continue reading Battlefield 4 Beta Is Now Open To Everyone→
Another day, another Mantle article. A couple of days ago, French website Hardware interviewed AMD’s Raja Koduri who shared some interesting information about the red team’s upcoming API. According to Raja, Microsoft was well aware of the existence of Mantle. Not only that, but AMD will continue working with Microsoft on all the latest versions of DirectX, just like they’ve been doing this whole time. Continue reading AMD clarifies: Mantle is not AMD’s CUDA, Microsoft was well aware of its existence→
The collapsing skyscraper is one of the most – visually – impressive things of Battlefield 4. Okay okay, it’s not like we’ve never seen a collapsing building before, but it does look sexy. Have you ever wondered though what happens when you’re inside that building while it’s collapsing? Well, time to find out. YouTube’s member ‘TerryxMasters’ shared this amazing video, showing off what exactly happens when players are inside the collapsing building. Kudos to our reader ‘Ghost Rider LSOV’ for spotting it. Enjoy! Continue reading Battlefield 4 – This Is What Happens When You Stay Inside The Collapsing Building→
The beta phase of Battlefield 4 is currently under way, and today we bring you some comparison videos between the Xbox 360 and the PC version, as well as comparisons between the game’s Low and Ultra settings for the PC. In case you’re wondering, no, we won’t be publishing any Performance Analysis for the beta build. After all, this is a beta and as DICE’s Johan Andersson confirmed, the final build will feature more graphical features and its options will be better tweaked. Battlefield 4’s beta will be open to all gamers this Friday. Enjoy! Continue reading Battlefield 4 – “Xbox 360 vs PC” & “Ultra vs Low” Comparisons→
And the time has finally come. Battlefield 4’s beta phase is a go, though it’s limited to those who pre-ordered the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game on Origin.com, those who are Battlefield 3 Premium members, and those who have registered the Limited or Digital Deluxe version of Medal of Honor Warfighter. For everyone else, the beta will begin on October 4th. Continue reading Battlefield 4 Beta Is A Go, First Video Appears Showing An Epic Chopper Steal→
You’ve got to love PR marketing. Earlier last week, AMD revealed Mantle. As the red team hinted during its AMD event, Mantle would be compatible with AMD’s GPUs. Despite some websites claiming that this API will be open to other graphics manufacturers, it was recently revealed that Mantle will require cards based on AMD’s GCN architecture to work. Continue reading Mantle will require a GCN architecture GPU to work; not an open standard like OpenCL or OpenGL→
