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  • Accused Tampa Shooter Claims He Feared For His Life

    A day after being arrested for the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Chad Oulson, former police officer, Curtis Reeves is claiming he acted out of fear.

    The 71-year-old “had every right to defend himself” when hit with an unknown object, which witnesses claimed was theater popcorn. The defendant’s attorney stated in court today that the case against Reeves was “weak” and that it was the deceased victim that had been the aggressor. The hearing was reportedly standing-room only.

    Judge Lynn Tepper did not agree with Reeve’s attorney that the charges of second-degree murder was too harsh. In addition, his “ties to the community” also failed to convince her to release the suspect on bond.

    According to those present, Reeves had been in the theater with his wife and they were seated by behind Chad Oulson and his wife, Nicole. All were there to see the movie, “Lone Survivor”. While the previews were playing, Oulson was allegedly sending text messages to the babysitter who was with the couple’s three year old daughter. Reeves felt the texting to be disruptive and asked Oulson to stop. When Oulson refused, Reeves left momentarily.

    He returned, having allegedly gone to look for a theater employee. The two men argued about the texting and at some point a bag of popcorn was said to have been thrown. Witnesses say they aren’t sure who threw popcorn, only that shortly after, Reeves pulled out a gun and began to fire at Chad Oulson. Nicole Oulson was wounded when she attempted to shield her husband from the shooting. Reeves was detained by an off-duty police officer and nurses attempted to revive Oulson. The effort was unsuccessful, and Oulson died a short while later at the hospital.

    Multiple charges have been filed against Reeves, who it is believed will use a “stand your ground” defense.

    Do YOU feel that Reeves was right to carry a gun into a movie theater? Is this a case of “Stand Your Ground” or is it a flimsy attempt at defending an indefensible crime? Let us know in the comments.

    Image via Steve Finn

  • Toledo Gunman Taken Into Custody At School

    A teenage boy was taken into police custody today after bringing a pellet gun to Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio.

    The gun appeared real to faculty and students, and the student locked himself in a classroom–alone–before authorities came to negotiate with him. It is not clear at this time why he brought the gun to school or what his plans were, but the entire facility was put on lockdown and students hid in closets as word got around about a possible gunman on campus.

    Police reportedly had to shoot the student in the foot with a bean bag round in order to take him into custody, and school officials say he has been expelled.

    Students were evacuated and released to their parents before noon, but school officials say classes will resume as normal tomorrow. Toledo police say that the situation was never a danger to students and assure parents that they have everything under control.

    Image: Thinkstock

  • Cincinnati Gunman Scares University of Cincinnati Campus

    As a college student, this writer can attest to how scary it is to hear about shootings on college campuses and face the reality that such threats could become a reality at nearly any point. Those fears also surfaced for students, faculty, and staff at the University of Cincinnati when reports of a person with a gun were called in on Short Vine, a street near the campus. The campus police sent out an alert, telling people to stay out of the area, and began a search for the mysterious gunman.

    The campus police began their search for the gunman, but never issued an official lockdown, though they did encourage students to stay where they were and to avoid the reported area. The police searched the buildings and area around where the gunman had been sighted, and found nothing, so they issued an “all clear” alert, telling students it was safe to move about. The police reported that the suspect, described as a fifteen-year-old black male, ran into a neighborhood across the street shortly after being spotted.

    Though no campus-wide lockdown was issued, certain buildings were locked down as the search was conducted. The police focused on Proctor Hall, a building that was not technically on campus, and surrounding areas to ensure that there was no threat after the gunman fled. The campus police officially reported that no gunman had been found, no shots had been fired, and no injuries or deaths had occurred in the process.

    There has been no statement issued concerning whether or not the suspect will be pursued or kept on lookout for. The story ends on a happy note, however, that there were no injuries or deaths as a result of the scare, and everyone present was able to walk away from the scare with nothing more than a frightening story to recount to their friends, family, and loved ones back home.

    [Image courtesy of University of Cincinnati’s Facebook page.]

  • Lodi High School Lockdown Lifted After An Hour

    Lodi High in Bergen County, New Jersey was on lockdown this morning after reports that someone thought they saw a gunman, and a threat had been phoned into the school, according to Fox.

    Announcements were made over the loud speaker at 10:30 am that it was not a drill, and that a possible gunman was in the building. Students remained in their classrooms, pushing desks against doors and huddling in corners. A search was made, and students were patted down, but investigations turned up nothing. The lockdown was lifted around an hour later.

    A student account from ABC states, “We were in gym class, and on the loudspeaker, all you hear is lockdown, lockdown. So we just got into lockdown mode. We would hide inside the showers and lockdown all the buildings, and we were just sitting there. And then the cops came to the door and said, ‘We’re the police. Are you guys safe?’…They called lockdown off after they cleared the building. They just wanted to make sure everything was safe. We got patted down by police and got released one by one.”

    The lockdown also affected the nearby school district of Hasbrouck Heights which was close enough to be concerned. The school officials are understandably jumpy these days after numerous reports recently of school shootings and violence all over the country becoming more and more commonplace.

    Central Connecticut State University was on lockdown Monday after reports that a man wearing a costume was thought to have a gun, and the terrible incident at Westfield Garden State Plaza mall on Monday night, where the gunman committed suicide.

    What a world to bring children up in, right? Students and staff went home after the lockdown was lifted, and will return tomorrow.

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  • ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Perks System Detailed

    With just days to go before the release of the next yearly Call of Duty title, Activision has detailed one of the most important parts of the game’s competitive multiplayer modes – the perks system.

    Call of Duty: Ghosts will feature a very flexible perks system in which players will be able to customize their load-out with a variety of special abilities. Each of the 35 available perks has a point value from one to five, depending on how valuable it is. Each load-out a player creates has a base of 8 points to spend on these perks. These points can be increased by one (up to 12) for removing each of the primary, secondary, tactical, and lethal weapons from the load-out.

    Of course, not all of the perks will start out unlocked. Players will unlock perks as they level up. Alternatively, the “Squad Point” in-game currency earned by gaining XP can be used to unlock specific perks ahead of time.

    The perks are all grouped into seven categories of five. The categories include speed, handling, stealth, awareness, resistance, equipment, and elite, which includes special perks such as Gambler (gives a random perk).

    Much of this new perks system was teased back in August in a long, Microsoft-produced video about Ghosts multiplayer that was released around the time of the Gamescom conference:

  • ‘Titanfall’ Release Date, Collector’s Edition Announced

    One of the most hyped games at this year’s E3 now has a release date. Titanfall will be coming to Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC on March 11, 2014.

    Titanfall is the first game from Respawn Entertainment, a studio founded by the former developers of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series. The game is fully multiplayer, with no single player campaign. It offers traditional first-person shooting gameplay but augments it with wall-running and jumping abilities, as well as giant mechs called titans that players can enter and use in battle.

    “Since we revealed the game in June we’ve been absolutely blown away by the reaction to ‘Titanfall,’” said Vince Zampella, co-founder of Respawn. “The feedback we’re getting from fans around the world is fueling our team as we head towards March and motivating us to deliver an experience that lives up to the hype.”

    In addition to the release date, publisher EA today announced a collector’s edition bundle of Titanfall. The collector’s edition will, of course, come with a statue. This one, however, is a bit more than the ones included in collector’s editions of other games. The statue is an 18″ “hand-crafted” depiction of an Atlas Titan from the game that is part of an entire diorama with LED lighting. Titanfall’s collector’s edition also comes with a 190-page art book and a poster of schematics for the Titan depicted in the diorama.

    Titanfall collector's edition

    Pre-orders for the collector’s edition are now available at “select” retailers, and it turns out that nice-looking diorama is quite pricey. Titanfall: Collector’s Edition retails for $250.

  • ‘Alien Rage’ Launch Trailer Blasts Extraterrestrials

    Back in July, developer City Interactive Games detailed Alien Rage, a downloadeble shooter for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Along with the description came a cinematic trailer that showed off the game’s setting and art design (a bit Warhammer-ish).

    Players take on the role of space warriors trying to claim valuable asteroid minerals while fighting off alien civilizations trying to do the same. According to City Interactive, the game has 14 different levels, 10 “epic” weapons to choose from, and several “mega-sized” bosses. The developer is touting the game as “unforgiving,” with enemy AI that will challenge even seasoned shooter fans.

    The release of Alien Rage is now just one day away from release on PC through Steam, and City Interactive has released a launch trailer for the title. Though the first half of the video uses pieces of the announcement cinematic trailer, the second half previews some classic 90s PC-style shooter action:

    City Interactive is the polish developer behind the Sniper: Ghost Warrior games. The studio is also behind various PC adventue game series, such as Art of Murder and Chronicles of Mystery. Alien Rage will be coming to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade sometime in “Autumn 2013.”

  • ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Dynamic Multiplayer Map Previewed in New Video

    Earlier this month, Activision and Infinity Ward finally revealed the multiplayer gameplay in the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts. The title will have the yearly team-based shooter action that fans of the series know and love, with a few twists such as leaning, sliding, and dogs.

    A month before the gameplay reveal, though, Activision was already announcing multiplayer pre-order bonuses for Ghosts. All pre-orders of the title will come with a downloadable multiplayer map called “Free Fall.” The map is developer Infinity Ward’s take on the dynamically-changing map map concept that EA is heavily touting for Battlefield 4 under the ludicrous banner of “Levolution.”

    As described in the new developer preview below, Free Fall will change dramatically from the beginning to the end of a match. Players will square off in a toppled building wedged between two other skyscrapers. The floor of the map is actually made up of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. At the match goes on, the layout of the map will change, forcing players to adapt.

    (Image courtesy Activision)

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Apocalypse Gameplay Trailer Released

    Though shooter fans are all waiting for the November release of Call of Duty: Ghosts, there’s still fun to be had in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer. Treyarch and Activision today are reminding players of this fact with a new gameplay trailer for Black Ops 2‘s final DLC map pack.

    Titled Apocalypse, the DLC comes with four competitive multiplayer maps and one zombie map. The zombie map is particularly noteworthy, as it serves as an homage to the original zombie map in Call of Duty: World at War and features a 1,000-foot tall robot that strides across the map.

    Today’s gameplay trailer shows off a bit of gameplay from each new map. Two of them (Takeoff and Dig) can be recognized as re-imagined maps (Stadium and Courtyard) from previous Call of Duty games. The zombies map, titled Origins, is featured in the second half of the video. The map will have what Treyarch is calling a “Dieselpunk” aesthetic, a World War I no-man’s-land setting, mobile platforms, and that giant robot.

    (Image courtesy Activision)

  • ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Gets $10 Next-Gen Upgrades

    As Sony announced during its Gamescom presentation yesterday, some next-gen launch titles this fall can be purchased for discounts, if current-gen versions of those same games are traded it. Today, Activision revealed that upgrading Call of Duty:Ghosts to next-gen will cost only $10 (£10/10€).

    When the PlayStation 4 launches on November 15, gamers who purchased Ghosts on PlayStation 3 will be offered the PlayStation 4 game for $10 for a limited time. For physical copies, gamers can trade in PlayStation 3 copies of Ghosts (which launches on November 5) to Amazon and Gamestop and receive a PlayStation 4 copy of the game for $10. The same goes for Xbox 360 copies of Ghosts when the Xbox One launches sometime in November.

    Gamers also don’t have to leave their first few weeks of gameplay behind for upgraded next-gen graphics. Activision has also announced that all in-game progress can be transferred to next-gen versions of Ghosts. In addition, season passes that are purchased for the current-gen version of Ghosts will carry over to next-gen versions.

    We have the best fans in the world, and we want to make this transition as seamless and easy for them as possible,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “And there’s more news to come on that front. Stay tuned.”

  • ‘Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare’ Detailed, Trailers Revealed

    EA had some of the biggest announcements today at Gamescom. The publisher is heavily supporting the Xbox One with exclusive FIFA 14 content and a pack-in deal. It announced Battlefield 4 Premium, previewed more gameplay from its much-hyped Titanfall, and showed off new features from the upcoming The Sims 4.

    The big titles weren’t all EA focused on, though – it also found time to mention on its smaller IPs. In particular, more details about Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare were revealed.

    The game is a third-person shooter set in the Plants vs. Zombies mobile game universe. It will feature four-player co-op for horde mode and 24-player competitive multiplayer gameplay. Gamers will be able to play as either plants or zombies, both of which are customizable with a variety of items.

    EA also announced that it and Microsoft have come to an arrangement to make Garden Warfare a timed exclusive for the Xbox One. The length of the exclusivity window was not announced, but will begin at the game’s spring 2014 launch.

    Along with the exclusivity, the Xbox One will be getting exclusive features on Microsoft’s new console. Two-player split screen gameplay is one of those features. Another is Kinect and SmartGlass “Boss Mode” gameplay as either “Crazy Dave’s RV” or “Dr. Zomboss’ Blimp.” A preview of the Boss Mode can be seen in the first video below. The second video shows EA and PopCap’s silly new trailer for Garden Warfare.

  • Battlefield 4 Premium Announced, New Multiplayer Trailer Revealed

    Last week, Activision revealed the long-anticipated multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts. Today at Gamescom, EA countered by releasing even more multiplayer gameplay footage from its own annualized shooter franchise.

    The new Battlefield 4 multiplayer trailer shows a massive battle on the shores of an island. The map, titled “Paracel Storm” features naval battles, aerial dogfights, and old-fashioned gunplay on the island’s destructible environment. The map is large enough for 64 players, though EA has not announced whether next-generation consoles will support that number of players.

    In addition to the gameplay footage, EA and DICE today announced “Battlefield 4 Premium.” Like Battlefield 3 Premium, the new service is a subscription that gives players early access to new content.

    Battlefield 4 Premium subscribers will get two weeks of early access to five newly announced Battlefield 4 expansions – Second Assault, China Rising, Naval Strike, Dragon’s Teeth, and Final Stand. Subscribers also get free access to items such as skins, dogtags, and emblems, which DICE has promised to release more of on a weekly basis.

    Premium members also get priority in server queues and will receive 12 “Battlefield 4 Battlepacks.” Battlepacks are new, randomized packs of stuff EA will be offering for sale this fall. The packs can come with items (camo, dog tags, etc.) XP boosts, and gun attachments. The retail price of Battlepacks has not been announced.

  • The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Gets a Launch Trailer

    The marketing of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has been a bit hit and miss. The game was rumored to have originally been more of a standard third-person shooter, but now has some in-depth strategic controls inspired by last year’s surprise hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Since the game’s visuals don’t appear to be anything mind-blowing, 2K Games has focused many of its trailers on what makes The Bureau different from other shooters – permanent squad member death and “battle focus.”

    2K also threw money around for a series of live-action trailers starring Dominic Monaghan (Merry from Lord of the Rings, Charlie from Lost). Presumably those videos will make sense to gamers who play The Bureau.

    Then there was the YOLO trailer, which won’t be mentioned further.

    In anticipation of The Bureau‘s release tomorrow, 2K today released the launch trailer for the game. The video finally provides a bit of perspective on what exactly the game’s character are hoping to accomplish by covering up an alien invasion in 60s America:

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts Collector Editions Revealed

    Yesterday, Activision and Infinity Ward finally gave fans of the Call of Duty franchise what they’ve been waiting for – a look at the multiplayer action in the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts. Aside from the inclusion of female soldiers and a few new details, the gameplay looks similar to previous Call of Duty games, which is what fans of the series are looking for.

    With the big reveal out of the way, Activision used its Xbox-sponsored announcement to reveal the collector editions it will be offering for Ghosts. Two collector packs will be offered: Hardened Edition and Prestige Edition.

    Hardened Edition is the lower-price collection, retailing for $120. It comes with a steelbook case, a (digital) soundtrack, “military-style” parachord strap, a bonus multiplayer map, some in-game insignia extras, and a DLC season pass for Ghosts.

    The Prestige Edtion comes with everything in the Hardened Edition, plus one more item – an item expensive enough to kick the price up to a whopping $200. An HD “tactical” camera will come with every Prestige Edition copy of Call of Duty: Ghosts. The camera comes with a memory card, a rechargeable battery, and a few attachments for mounting it in different places, such as a helmet.

    A new trailer for the Prestige Edition demonstrates what developers had in mind when including the camera in the pack – two doofuses running around kicking in doors:

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts Multiplayer Trailer Teased

    Call of Duty: Ghosts has been heavily previewed since its first trailer at Microsoft’s big Xbox One reveal. A long gameplay video from E3 shows an underwater sequence and how the dogs now fit in with campaign gameplay. But that’s not what Call of Duty fans are looking for. As much effort as Infinity Ward may put into their Call of Duty campaigns, gamers are now primarily buying the franchise’s annual updates for competitive multiplayer gameplay.

    Activision today released a cryptic trailer for the Call of Duty franchise. The short video highlights worldwide cities, associating them with dates from the next three months. The first date, August 14, is located in Los Angeles. That date is the same as the release date for the already announced multiplayer reveal for Call of Duty: Ghosts.

    Yes, it’a a teaser trailer for a trailer – something only the biggest gaming franchises, such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty, can do without being ridiculed. Call of Duty fans are passionate enough that even this short video will help to build hype for Ghosts.

  • Sci-Fi Shooter ‘Alien Rage’ Coming This Fall

    Though gamers are anxiously awaiting the launch of the next generation of home consoles, the current generation will no doubt continue for years. As an example, next-gen titles such as Titanfall and Knack will be launching around the same time current-gen titles such as Grand Theft Auto V. And current-gen titles are still being announced.

    City Interactive Games, the developer and publisher of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior games, today released another teaser for its upcoming shooter, Alien Rage. The game is a science fiction first person shooter that takes place on an asteroid in deep space. The asteroid is filled with a valuable resource not-so-subtly named “promethium.” CI games’ announcement stated that it will be up to gamers to “prevent the universe’s prize of promethium from falling into the wrong hands” by “taking down everything that comes in their way.”

    Alien Rage will be a downloadable title for Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and PC. The game will feature 14 levels and 10 “epic weapons” that have two firing modes each. There are also “mega-sized” bosses. CI is pushing that game as a “challenging” shooter with “unforgiving enemy AI” in the tradition of 90s-era shooters.

  • Halo 4 “Global Championship” Announced, $200K Grand Prize

    Mocrosoft today announced a global Halo 4 tournament will take place this summer. The Halo 4 “Global Championship” is sponsored by 343 Industries in cooperation with Virgin Gaming. Microsoft stated that nearly $500,000 worth of prizes is up for grabs, including a $200,000 grand prize.

    The tournament will consist of five weeks of competition on Xbox Live. Halo fans can register at the Halo 4 Global Championship webiste to participate in the tournament. Starting July 15, a custom tournament playlist will appear in Halo 4, playable by those who have registered. The playlist will have different free-for-all modes each week for five weeks. Players who top global leaderboards will then get the chance to attend the tournament finals in Seattle, Washington on August 31 and September 1.

    To qualify for the finals, players will have to compete in at least 20 of the playlist matches per week, which also qualifies them for weekly prizes such as Xbox 360 games or avatar items. The top four players on the leaderboard each week will qualify for the finals, where the top eight players after elimination matches will receive money.

    Players can also qualify in the tournament by attending live competitions at the Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas from July 5 to 7, and at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany from August 21 to 25. Six finalists will be taken from each of the live competitions and 20 more will qualify from Xbox Live play. Each finalist receives an “expenses paid” trip to Seattle for the finals.

  • Road Rage: Orlando Police Looking For Murderer

    Road rage is a scary thing; with one wrong move, a driver can invoke the wrath of anyone who happens to be in a bad mood. Sometimes, it turns deadly.

    An Orlando man who was driving through Tampa called police after he said a man followed him out of a store, chased him in his car, then pulled alongside him and flashed a gun. Fred William Turner Jr. said he didn’t know why the man was following him and claimed he’d done nothing to provoke him; however, as he was on the phone with 911, he was shot several times. Turner was found dead on the scene, and police are now looking for a gray Ford Taurus with tinted windows; anyone with information is urged to contact local authorities.

    Severe road rage incidents are, unfortunately, becoming more and more the norm. In June of last year, a 50-year old California man got into a dispute with three other men outside their cars in downtown L.A. Soon, words turned to fists, and after it became two against one, the 50-year old was pulled to the ground and beaten viciously.

    “As I remember it, I’m trying to get away, they followed me. It got to a point where they blocked me on the freeway. I couldn’t back up, couldn’t move forward,” Jerry Patterson said. “The guy got out of the car, and so I got out with him. I wasn’t going to let him walk up on me, and I just defended myself to the best of my ability. I grew up in the day where you fought, and you were friends the next day. Now people will shoot you, or they’ll kill you or they kick you when you’re down. No respect for human life.”

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts Bonus Pre-Order Map Announced

    With the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 map pack coming this week, Activision is now turning its attention to enticing Call of Duty fans to pre-order the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts. The publisher today announced the first of what are sure to be several pre-order-related bonus offers.

    Gamers who pre-order Ghosts will receive a free bonus map called “Free Fall.” The map is set in a ruined skyscraper and features what Activision is calling “dynamic” map events. For example, “shockwaves” from the crumbling building will change the layout of the map during a match.

    “Dynamic map events change the way players approach the game, and Free Fall does a great job illustrating this new mechanic,” said Mark Rubin, executive producer at Infinity Ward. “As the match progresses, the geometry of the world continues to change and players need to adjust on the fly or else. It’s a really fun new feature that adds layers of strategy and constantly evolving gameplay options for players. And this is just one of the many new approaches we’re putting into Ghosts’ multiplayer across the board. There’s so much more that we look forward to sharing in the weeks to come.”

    Though Infinity Ward must have been developing Free Fall for quite some time now, it feels a bit like the developer is trying to provide a counterpoint to Battlefield 4‘s impressive E3 showing. The Battlefield 4 game footage shown at the game conference showed off an action-packed sequence aboard a sinking aircraft carrier, while E3 gameplay footage of Ghosts (seen below) showed a relatively straightforward shooter experience with the added bonus of a dog companion. In addition, EA and DICE are now touting what they call “levolution,” which just means that some multiplayer maps will change as certain conditions are met (lights going out when the power is cut, for example) or when objects are destroyed (such as an entire skyscraper, with players inside)

  • New Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC Trailer Features The Replacers

    The next Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 map pack DLC is out next month, and Activision has followed through with yet another live-action “Replacers” trailer for the content. Actors Peter Stormare (nihilist Karl Hungus from The Big Lebowski) and J.B. Smoove (Leon Black from Curb Your Enthusiasm) star as professionals who replace gamers who want a little more time to play Call of Duty.

    The new trailer is for the Vengeance map pack. The content’s July 2 release date was announced one week ago along with another trailer showing off the new maps. Today’s trailer takes a more gameplay-centered approach, showing off various multiplayer experiences that Treyarch envisions players having on the new maps.

    The new zombie mode map, Buried, is particularly featured. The map is an old west-style ghost town that is located underground. Players will also get a new “Ray Gun Mark II” to vaporize zombies with.

  • Battlefield 4 Engine Preview Trailer Released

    Back during E3, Activision and Infinity Ward were showing off Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ graphics, touting motion-captured dogs and a few new graphical techniques. It was EA and DICE, however, that stole the show with Battlefield 4’s obviously next-gen graphics. A sinking aircraft carrier has never looked so good.

    Of course, Battlefield 4 isn’t likely to look like that on a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One. Only gamers with a nicely-appointed gaming PC will be able to run the game and have it look that shiny. That doesn’t mean that next-gen consoles won’t look good, though.

    DICE today released a video touting the new game engine behind Battlefield 4, the Frostbite 3 engine. In particular, the developers are most focused on more “dynamic” and “living” environments, though the capability to interact with the game through supplemental devices (such as tablets) is also mentioned. The highly-destructible environments seen in Battlefield 4 are also a big emphasis, with a good example being the collapse of a skyscraper as seen in one recent multiplayer trailer.

    Even those who aren’t fans of modern military shooters should take a look at the video, reminding themselves throughout that this is the same engine being used to develop Dragon Age: Inquisition and the new Star Wars: Battlefront game.