{"id":37882,"date":"2012-05-16T14:31:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=37882"},"modified":"2012-05-16T14:56:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T12:56:30","slug":"bad-company-3-mirrors-edge-2-could-be-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/37882-bad-company-3-mirrors-edge-2-could-be-happening","title":{"rendered":"Bad Company 3, Mirror&#8217;s Edge 2 could be happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that LinkedIn is becoming a top source for game info leaks, stealing the crown of leakage from online retailers.<\/p>\n<p>The latest bits of information come in the form of two unannounced <a title=\"Electronic Arts (EA)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11851-Electronic-Arts\">EA<\/a> games &#8211; Battlefield: Bad Company 3 and Mirror&#8217;s Edge 2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=65594353&amp;authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&amp;authToken=3i9_&amp;locale=en_US&amp;srchid=bf529771-8a9b-4bf9-8b2b-c120bdeda2e7-0&amp;srchindex=1&amp;srchtotal=2&amp;goback=.fps_PBCK_%22bad+company+3%22_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&amp;pvs=ps&amp;trk=pp_profile_name_link\">Michael Joseph C<\/a>, a programmer and LinkedIn user, stated to have \u201cprovided video game prototype, design and demo feedback on various AAA titles including the Battlefield: Bad Company 3, Dead Space 2, Devil May Cry 5 and other unannounced titles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another possible hint came from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=52649223&amp;authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&amp;authToken=gKsk&amp;locale=en_US&amp;srchid=e9ed5a77-3876-43b3-b2d5-7d88eca2c735-0&amp;srchindex=1&amp;srchtotal=2&amp;goback=.fps_PBCK_%22mirror%27s+edge+2%22_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&amp;pvs=ps&amp;trk=pp_profile_name_link\">ex-EA software engineer<\/a>, who claimed to have worked on &#8220;the wandering of crowd system within Unreal3 engine&#8221; on Mirror&#8217;s Edge 2 in 2009; while another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=75249463&amp;authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&amp;authToken=qVyb&amp;locale=en_US&amp;srchid=e9ed5a77-3876-43b3-b2d5-7d88eca2c735-0&amp;srchindex=2&amp;srchtotal=2&amp;goback=.fps_PBCK_%22mirror%27s+edge+2%22_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&amp;pvs=ps&amp;trk=pp_profile_name_link\">former employee<\/a> said that he implemented \u201cnew gadgets and interactive features\u201d,\u201cleaderboards\u201d and a \u201cmini-game&#8221; for the yet-to-be-announced free-running sequel.<\/p>\n<p>The culminated information suggests that both games could currently be in development at EA <a title=\"DICE\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11923-Dice\">DICE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, EA Games President <a title=\"Frank Gibeau\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/24978-Frank-Gibeau\">Frank Gibeau<\/a> said that the publisher hadn&#8217;t killed off the franchise and are \u201cactively looking at how to bring it back in the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that if the game did hit the production process, it would run on DICE\u2019s Frostbite 2 engine, which powered Battlefield 3.<\/p>\n<p>If the two games are in fact in development, <a title=\"E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/21509-E3-Electronic-Entertainment-Expo\">E3<\/a> 2012 would be good time to announce something and set the rumours straight.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerzines.com\/xbox\/news-xbox\/battlefield-bad-company-3-mirrors-edge-2-linkedin.html\">Gamerzines<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/3998-mirror-s-edge-2-development-underway.html\">Mirror\u2019s Edge 2 development underway<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/10049-rumour-control-mirror-s-edge-2-cancelled.html\">Rumour control: Mirror\u2019s Edge 2 cancelled?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/33549-voice-actor-blows-army-of-four-cover.html\">Voice actor blows Army of Four cover<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA DICE suggested to be working on both follow-ups. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":37886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,4340,4341,709,175,813,4339],"class_list":["post-37882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-bad-company-3","tag-battlefield-bad-company-3","tag-dice","tag-ea","tag-electronic-arts","tag-mirrors-edge-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37888,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37882\/revisions\/37888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}