GameIndustry.biz Ben Cousins Battlefield Heros Interview

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Check it out here: Battlefield Heroes is for the "frustrated, restricted" player - Cousins // News // GamesIndustry.biz

The game – EA's first major entry into a market that is popular in Asia but still finding its feet in the West – hopes to capture the imagination of those who can't afford the latest homes consoles, are intimidated by the idea of playing with experienced gamers, or who can only dedicate a small amount of time to playing videogames.

"So who is Battlefield Heroes for? The marketing guys love to come up with snappy titles for market segments. The market segment they came up with for us was 'frustrated restricteds' – people who really want to play full games, and aspire to be gamers," Cousins told the attendees of GDC Paris during his keynote speech.

[Caslon]

I signed up for BF Heros test at least 2 months ago. What a tease.
The BF Heros forum you have to sign into using your nick and password. OK, good.

The official forum is completely empty and totally blocked for posting, except for a couple of posts thanking
all who were accepted 2 months ago. Not exactly cool.
A lot of us applied for and participated in the BF 2142 beta test. We didn't get teased along like this.

[NavalLord]

I think the difference with heroes is that it is actually a beta test. With 2142 it was more like a demo. There were so many people participating in it that all the devs were interested in was how the servers could handle lots of players and what major bugs exsted.