Battlefield 4 Showed Off in New Video, Saints Row 4 Reworked for Australia & World of Warcraft Issues Warnings
A lot of the new games coming out are banking its gameplay on the Frostbite 3 engine, but to see the real extent of the power and change that it can have on a game, it's best to see it on the battlefield.
Battlefield 4, in particular, and in the newly released video, you can see just how far Frostbite 3 engine has taken the game--into the depths of reality and realism.
In the video, Frostbite 3 is seen as the unified program that allows for four main things to happen in the game: seamless reality, dynamic ocean combat, game changing destruction, and a more immersive story telling.
Seamless reality pretty much covers everything, because with Frostbite 3, developers are able to create real-time movements for details like the trees swaying the wind or the rolling waves. And one engine lets you control that.
Frostbite 3 also introduces the concept of game changing destruction, which means that with destructible environments, developers can now introduce the concept of "levolution," where a multiplayer map can change into something drastically different as you progress in the game.
There's also a more dynamic ocean combat, one that is more realistic because the gamers will be affected with anything that happens in the environment. So if a jet crashes into the ocean, you can expect a barrage of waves as a reaction.
Lastly, Battlefield 4 will also be able to fulfill its aim of having a more immersive story and storytelling. Since emotions rely heavily on the human eyes and facial features, Frostbite 3 has allowed for these details to look real.
"Frostbite 3 is a really powerful toolset," Andy Klein, technical artist of Frostbite. "Our gamers are going to experience a much more authentic, believable, and realistic-looking game."
Watch out for all of these realistic features when Battlefield 4 hits the PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, and the PC this October.
Saints Row 4 re-coded for AU
In an earlier report, it was believed that Saints Row 4 may be banned in Australia following a refusal for age classification of the game.
The outlandish and outrageous game was touted as having prohibited elements in the game such as "matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena" which do not meet the standards of morality as per Donald McDonald, acting director for the Australian Classification Board, statement, quoted by VG 24/7.
However, in a recent update, the publication adds the side of publisher Deep Silver, which will make Saints Row 4 fans happy.
"Volition, the developer, are reworking some of the code to create a version of the game for this territory by removing the content which could cause offense without reducing the outlandish gameplay that Saints Row fans know and love," Deep Silver's statement according to VG 24/7.
No confirmations as to whether the reworked program will actually make the game distributable according to the Australian Classification Board standard, but hopefully the effort pushes the game through.
World of Warcraft mobile armory app temporarily offline
If you are one of those who have not been using the Blizzard Authenticator when logging in, then you might receive an email on how you should reset your account.
According to GameSpot, there has been a number of unauthorized log-ins through two access points, Battle.net and the mobile armory application.
So if you're one of the affected few and find that you are missing some in-game gold and items, Blizzard will restore these.
"At this time, we have no reason to believe that accounts currently using an authenticator are at risk,'" said a Blizzard customer service rep to GameSpot.
For the meantime, the mobile armory application has been taken offline until bug fixes have been finished next week.