Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Dice delays latest BF4 DLC for PC and Xbox 1

Originally published on Kupeesh!

More news from the company that brings you launch day failures like no other.

Today, Battlefield 4's latest DLC pack, Naval Strike launched for its Battlefield 4 Premium members...well, kinda.

Game Developer Dice posted the following to the official Battlefield 4 blog...

UPDATE: We wanted to provide more detail about the delay of Battlefield 4 Naval Strike. We have delayed the PC version of Naval Strike because we are concerned that the combination of the pack and planned PC updates would increase performance issues on mid-range to high-end PCs. We are working hard to resolve that issue now. Additionally, we have decided to delay the Xbox One version of Naval Strike because we want to address issues in the animation system that hinder players from engaging targets in set circumstances using popular weapon configurations.

So while Playstation and Xbox 360 owners are gleefully spreading carnage on the waves it seems those with PC's and Xbox 1's aren't so blessed.  Dice assures Premium members that they will still enjoy 2 weeks early access when the game finally gets a launch date.  In other words, everybody is going to have to wait.  No release date has been set as of this writing although Dice indicated that they are "trying to release the update in early April for Xbox One and PC."

Which ultimately leaves affected  Battlefield players either suffering delayed gratification or relief that they might have just dodged another bullet (pun intended).

At least you'll have something to look forward to.  Details about 4 new maps were released last week including:

Lost Islands - Players battle for control of a crashed airliner a midst a small group of islands
Nansha Strike Meant for boats and infantry players alike with ample opportunities for each.
Wave Breaker - Featuring a submarine base perfect for Deathmatch play
Operation Mortar - It's got an old fort in the middle offering views of the whole map.  Perfect for well, mortars.

Hang in there soldiers!

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