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Battlefield 4 Second Assault DLC out for Xbox One at launch

Expansion will feature four "fan-favorite" maps from Battlefield 3 updated using Frostbite 3 engine; will be available on other platforms later.

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The Second Assault digital expansion for Battlefield 4 will be available on Xbox One when the next-generation console launches on November 22, Electronic Arts has announced. The content will be released on other platforms later.

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Second Assault features four "fan-favorite" maps from Battlefield 3 updated using the Frostbite 3 engine. The content was announced during Microsoft's E3 2013 presentation and will be featured in the upcoming Battlefield 4: Showdown event.

The expansion is one of five add-ons for Battlefield 4 included with the $50 Battlefield 4 Premium membership. Members receive access to all Battlefield 4 expansions two weeks ahead of non-subscribers, and also get priority position in server queues and exclusive double XP events, among other bonuses.

Battlefield 4 launches on October 29 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The PlayStation 4 version arrives on November 12, while the Xbox One iteration hits November 19. A beta for the game began last week and runs through October 15.

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Next bit of news from EA: "We really still care about PS4" like last time

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@Khoo1992

Each console has their own little publisher it seems. Sony has Ubisoft, and MS has EA.

I'm not sure who has it worse: one console has a publisher who makes mediocre games, and one has a publisher that is evil.

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@shingui5 I didn't even notice. As far as I'm concerned...

EA: BF4, Battlefront, PVZ, Dragons Age, Titanfall, Mirrors Edge...

UBI: The Division, Patriots, AC4, The Crew, Child of Light, Watchdogs, Farcry

Thats all that matters.

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@Auriken @blackothh normally i would agree with that point, but they way in which the companys conduct buisness is not good looking ahead to the future.

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@Auriken @blackothh I agree. I dislike Activision and EA entirely, but the games the make aren't bad. How they handle them is crap.

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This is my favorite piece of news of the past few weeks. I was hoping and praying for a Metro remake... and apparently it was already announced!

I was kinda hoping it would come standard with the game, but I was planning on going Premium this time around, anyways. No reason not to if you're a die-hard BF player. I still play BF3 more than all my other games (possibly combined). Very few games hold my attention for that long. So premium is a must.

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Well I'm glad after they got rid of their last ceo they're finally turning things around...Wait, day one dlc that they're using as an exclusive? 50 dollar season pass? Is the CEO like some evil time lord or something, and just takes on a new form?

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I love watching the community bitch. You would think EA is holding you guys at gunpoint to hand over your money. Well I will be buying this simply because I want it and can afford it, nothing more.

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@Rave215 Watch out, sensible people like you don't last long on Gamespot.

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@Auriken @Rave215 Buying someting so overpriced from a company who is destroying gaming.... what sensibility are you referring to?

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So you're going to buy a DLC of maps that were just in the previous game?

Smart...


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@Ferrybird @Auriken @Rave215 Sensible in the fact that he has the intellectual capacity to remember that buying DLC is optional.

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@Ferrybird @Auriken @Rave215 You mean buying a product I want from a company that is releasing games and content that people are willing to pay for. Hm quite sensible to me. Just because you people get your panties in a bundle over stuff you don't want to buy doesn't mean I will.

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@Auriken @Rave215 I know

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@blackothh @Auriken I vote also vote with my wallet.

Games I'm not interested in: Don't buy

Games I'm interested in: Buy

Your voting standards are a bit much. I play games, not publishers and developers. If they make a good game that I enjoy, then it deserves my money.

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seriously... DLC at launch.....no EA....just no....

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EA are laughing in your face!

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@AlphaWolF_J i laugh at the people that keep enabling this ridiculous behavior by publishers

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Hmm, they cut out content to withhold from ps4 owners so they get paid by microsoft, and then they charge xbox owners for what they cut out. Mr. Burns would be proud.

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$50 dollar membership? Is that over XBOX Live Gold? And the game itself? Is the game even playable when you just BUY it? People are retarded !

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So what is the actual price of this? because if it's a map pack for £15 or something, then that is the actual wrong being done here.

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Oh EA...this was such the wrong move. You've been trying to improve your image lately, this is not helping.

But to me I have to point out how ridiculous it is that no one is getting on Microsoft's case about it. You know, this exclusive crap happens because they pay the developer a lot of money for exclusives. If you're going to complain about day one DLC, at least include both of them in your hatred.

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@Auriken i vote with my wallet,

no EA

no Activision

no Microsoft

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It just wouldent be an EA game if they dident cut out some content to sell as dlc

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the final nail for me would be if xbone and PS4 versions would be completely same (FPS/graph/reso)


definitely won't be buying if thats the case.

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@pidginnn They might be, actually. DICE is very likely to create identical versions on PS4 and X1, so as not to alienate the Xbox playerbase.

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So you take 20% out of the normal basic game, sell it as DLC to get the normal game. People actually buy in to this??

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EA must be laughing all the way to the bank, when they have so many people willing to fork over more money for old maps that were just in the last game, crazy!

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@Hannibalj1 I hear that, what happened to the free maps from the days of BF2? They added Wake Island and Road to Jalalabad (both awesome maps) for free, so such luck anymore, they even charge us for old maps... again :(

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EA, ladies and gentlemen.

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WOW that's great ... can't wait to play it 1 or 2 weeks later on my beasty PS4! i prefer to have higher resolution and a better frame rate than earlier access to a dlc of a game that is not even released! meanwhile i guess the 10 maps will serve everyone well!

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An EA game with overpriced, annoying day one DLC?


Well just color me surprised!

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Xbox must be paying a lot of money for these fruity timed exclusives...


This is a fail expansion anyway, why the hell would I want BF3 maps in BF4...? BF3 is still widely popular and played, I still have it installed and am still playing those maps...

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@pal_080 On consoles, we can play the BF3 maps we love with updated visuals and 64 player counts. Seems like reason enough to me.

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@malokevi Yea that's a good point for the consoles actually. The maps will be boring on PC though since we've all seen them plenty by now.

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Xbox One exclusive! Many more to come!

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@RicanV @UNCStriker88 ^ fact

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