Filed under: PC, Action, Online, MMO
Buried somewhere in
Gamasutra's interview with EA DICE producer Ben Cousins is the acknowledgment that
Battlefield Heroes will only have two maps when the
free MMO shooter launches. Cousins states that the studio is used to making 50 maps for other
Battlefield games and finding out months later that people are only playing on two of them -- so, they just cut to the chase for this
free game.
Considering this is an EA product, the automatic impulse is to call
microtransaction shenanigans. The only problem is that
Battlefield Heroes is designed to have a business model like an Asian MMO where players join
free and pay for content later. Cousins previously stated that players will only be charged for
accessorizing their avatar and not for weapons, which could break balance in the game (a concept not shared by
other Battlefield games). At this point, we don't even know if players will be charged for new
Battlefield Heroes maps when they become available.
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