Though Visceral Games is hogging the spotlight with Battlefield: Hardline, DICE is still pushing forward with Battlefield 4. It recently announced that its Battlepacks – the random in-game boxes of content – can now be purchased with real world currency.

The Bronze, Silver and Gold Battlepacks will be available on Origin, Battlelog and through the in-game store. They can also be purchased on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store for $1, $2 and $3 respectively. They will contain the usual assortment of dog tags, XP boosts, knives, paints, accessories, emblem shapes and much more. You can still earn Battlepacks the normal way, it seems, but if you want the process to go much faster, this is your ticket.

What are your thoughts on this development? Would you be willing to spend money for Battlepacks? At the very least you’re not paying for each individual bullet. Let us know what you think of this in the comments below.

DICE’s Battlelog service has always been the de facto stat-tracker and social media tool among Battlefield players. Now, Battlefield players will see an in-game revamp of the same for consoles, with the update rolling out for PC players.

A Battlelog developer took to Reddit and stated that, “We have actually been working on a completely revamped version of the in-game Battlelog to e.g. improve performance and also squash some bugs, which we have started to roll out now for PC, and later we’ll do it for PS4 and Xbox One as well.”

As for Platoons and when we can see mobile functionality for the same in Battlelog, the developer stated, ”Yes, I think one of our top priorities for Platoons right now is to bring it to mobile/tablet in one way or another.

“Maybe a very simple version to begin with and then add more later. Right now, there’s especially three things we want to bring to the tablet and mobile app: – Platoons – Emblem Editor – Chat. We’ll see which happens first.”

More information will be incoming on just when the update will be arriving for consoles so stay tuned.

DICE’s newest DLC for Battlefield 4, titled Naval Strike, will be releasing today on Battlefield Premium for current and next gen console users (we’ve got some bad news for the PC gamers though). To prepare for the same, DICE has issued a new update to social service Battlelog.

The most obvious update is that Battlelog will now support Naval Strike, with the video background enabled by default (you can disable this by going to Settings on specific computers). It also seems that Carrier Assault won’t display Live Scoreboard and BattleScreen scores currently but DICE has assured players that this will be fixed with the next update due in 2 weeks.

A whole plethora of other additions and fixes have been added though including 15 new ranks for Platoons, bringing the max ranking to 25; no longer being able to equip anti-air mines with rocket launchers in Loadout; and much more, which you can check out here.

Battlefield 4: Naval Strike releases for regular, non-Premium users on April 8th.

The latest patch for all versions of Battlefield 4 is now out and as with every thing it fixes, there’s also plenty of other things it breaks.

The Battlelog forums themselves state that, “Battlelog currently isn’t able to display Ranks above 110, and we have an update rolling out on Mar 11 that will fix this.”

So what happens when you hit Level 111 in-game? Your Battlelog rank is basically 00. Other bugs include the Killcam not correctly reporting who killed you; laser sight dots getting stuck; jet cannons seemingly unharming other jets with their cannons; the inability to cycle through team-mates spectating on Defuse; and of course, the borderless window, which continues to be broken.

There also tons of reported ninja tweaks which indicate buffs and nerfs to weapons and a couple of fixes that have arrived, such as the F2000 laser sight now being properly aligned. Check out the total list of bugs and tweaks here.

“Players on all formats have been experiencing game crashes and freezes while playing. We have logs of the most frequently occurring client crashes, and we are actively working to Obliterate the cause of these crashes in upcoming updates.”

For those facing problems with the PC version, DICE has revealed that, “We are working on a PC client patch at the moment and hope to release it soon. We will share the patch notes once we have the patch contents finalized. The main focus is to fix as many crashes as possible, starting with the issues affecting a large number of players.”

Currently, the developer is working to fix audio bugs, a progress reset bug, single-player saves being corrupted, missing promo items, and server crashes happening regardless of platform. So stay tuned for more fixes.

Battlefield 4 will be seeing its multiplayer beta launching on October 1st for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, with a release on October 29th in North America and November 1st in Europe. It will also be launching on November 15th in North America and November 29th in Europe for the PlayStation 4 while the Xbox One version launches on November 22nd worldwide. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the upcoming beta.

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‘Art Direction Autopsy: XCOM: Enemy Unknown’ will be delivered by Greg Foertsch from Firaxis games. The lecture will last for an hour and will educate the audience about the evolution of the art direction for XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The lecture will also strive to make users understand how art can affect gameplay.

Ubisoft’s duo Benedicte Ouimet and Jerome Angelot will explain the music behind their last venture in ‘Assassin’s Creed III Music Score: Redefining Musical Standards for the AC Brand’. They will explain the process behind the music of the much acclaimed Assassin’s Creed 3 and share their experiences, missteps and hindrances while creating the score.

Battlefield’s Battlelog system has garnered praise from several fans due to it’s robust online structure. EA’s Ben Medler will be there to deliver a survey on the Battlelog system and will share his experience in what makes this data driven business model move ahead.

GDC 2013 tickets are up for registration at the official website. We will cover every bit of GDC 2013 as usual.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Indeed, some people appear to have been busy with other things.

Thankfully, the site is back to normal and user data has been uncompromised according to DICE. They can’t say the same for those who actually went to the scam site and entered their passwords though.

EA’s Battlefield site had this to say on the matter: “The team at DICE is hard at work on the next entry in the Battlefield series. While there is no further Battlefield 4 news at this point – remember, if you don’t see it published here, it’s just rumor and speculation.”

Stay tuned to GamingBolt.com for more news and updates.

Source: GameNGuide

Battlefield 3’s online service ‘Battlelog’ has finally received a much-wanted update, giving players the ability to edit their in game loadout remotely via the Battlelog website.

The online service will allow players on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC to fully customize the equipment they want to use in game, as long as they’ve unlocked it. This includes all four of the games classes (Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon) as well as the weapon the class is set to use, the attachments on it, both gadget slots and the loadout specialisation.

After you’ve edited your loadout, the class will then be ready to use straight away in game, perfect for people wanting to jump straight into a match as soon as they’re home after a long days work.

Another neat feature is the ability to directly copy any of your friends loadouts without having to spend ten minutes hunting through menus to find the right attachment. You’re now able to instantly copy a friends loadout to your battlelog with just a few quick clicks.

The latest addition to the Battlelog service is available for free, all you’ll have to do is link your Battlelog account to your Xbox Live gamer tag, Playstation Network ID or EA/Origin account (PC).

Please check out these new Battlelog screenshots from the upcoming EA shooter, Battlefield 3. You can see the various profile pictures, statistics, status updates and friends.

Battlefield 3 releases on October 25th, 2011 on PC, PS3 and the Xbox 360.