EA Games delayed Battlefield Hardline untill 2015

Video game giant Electronic Arts delayed the latest release in one of its flagship game series on Tuesday, announcing that it is pushing first-person-shooter ‘Battlefield Hardline’ back from the important holiday season to early 2015.

The company postponed Battlefield Hardline for additional work, missing out on Christmas sales for an important title. The delay overshadowed fiscal first-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ estimates on gains from FIFA soccer, Titanfall, Battlefield 4 and EA Sports UFC.

“We decided that the right thing to do was to take more time to ensure Hardline is the best, most innovative Battlefield experience we can give to you,” the company said on its blog.

EA and Battlefield: Hardline developer Viceral Games have received heavy criticism from the gaming community since the initial unveiling of the game at E3 2014. Many gamers felt that the game’s release was too soon after the previous title in the series, Battlefield 4, and that Hardline would not have enough new content to warrant the full price being asked.

Also, the fact that Battlefield 4 has had technical and gameplay issues since its launch late last year didn’t help the matter. It seems like these criticisms did not fall on deaf ears since many of the changes being added have to do with adding content and fixing many of the lingering issues with Battlefield 4.