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Battlefield 4 might be getting better E-sports support, after developer DICE mentioned that they are “very interested” in E-sports. E-sports is a growing phenomenon in the world, with its own tournaments and stars across the globe.
The news comes from DICE general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson, who said in a recent intervew that E-sports is an area they are “very interested in”. However, he added that he couldn’t give any specifics at this point about E-sports functionality in Battlefield 4. Troedsson added that multiplayer is the “heart” of Battlefield 4 and that DICE design philosophy of focusing on multiplayer hasn’t changed with Battlefield 4.
Considering that the Battlefield games are some of the most popular and competitive online games in the world, it seems like a great idea to add proper E-sports functionality to the upcoming Battlefield 4.
While E-sports is gaining in popularity at the moment, the movement is by no means new. It’s been around for over 15 years, and is particularly popular in countries such as South Korea. Battlefield competitor Call of Duty introduced new E-sport features with Black Ops 2 and Modern Warfare 3, where after the games gained in popularity in game tournaments. Looks like DICE has something similar in mind for Battlefield 4.

DICE had taken a lot of flack for the singleplayer part of BF3, and they’re looking for fix that in Battlefield 4. According to an interview with DICE’s Karl-Magnus Troedsson, the singleplayer in BF3 was “too linear and too controlling of the player”. Previously, DICE said that Battlefield is no longer a multiplayer-only series, and that singleplayer is an important part of the game now.
This time with Battlefield 4, Troedsson says that DICE is taking “signature parts” of the multiplayer and bringing it into singleplayer. They plan to bring some of the “multiplayer sandbox” gameplay into the singleplayer, where the player can chose how to attack a certain objective. DICE is putting all focus into multiplayer and singleplayer, which is why there is no co-op in Battlefield 4.
However, despite Troedsson’s promises, the 17-minute Battlefield 4 singleplayer demo looked quite a bit scripted — some have even parodied the countless cut-scenes and quicktime events.
Despite the Battlefield series being known as for its deep multiplayer, some players do appreciate the singleplayer part. Troedsson said that singleplayer is a great introduction for the multiplayer part, where controls and the weapons are the same. Which is a good idea for beginners, as multiplayer is very competitive in Battlefield. As Troedsson puts it “we prepare them for multiplayer”.
The Bad Company series did a lot better then it came to singleplayer, as players simply got an objective and were tasked to find the solution — they had a choice on how to attack, from what angle etc. In BF3, this was a lot more linear and scripted in order to serve the “cinematic story”, which took players out of the game. DICE is looking to add more freedom to the Battlefield 4 singleplayer.
Check out the full Battlefield 4 video interview below: