Battlefield Hardline delayed to 2015

EA has announced that Battlefield Hardline has been delayed to early 2015.

The publisher has given the shooter a revised launch window of anywhere between 1 January and 31 March 2015.

It was originally scheduled to drop 24 October.

"Back at E3, we launched a beta for Hardline - we wanted to not only show you the game, but to let you play it for yourselves. Millions of you jumped in and had a great time," said DICE vice president Karl Magnus Troedsson on the Battlefield Blog.

"As a result, the Visceral Games team learned a lot from players about what they wanted in the game. We’ve been pouring over the data and feedback, and have already been putting a lot of it right into the game and sharing it directly with you.

"This feedback also spurred us to start thinking about other possibilities and ways we could push Hardline innovation further and make the game even better. The more we thought about these ideas, the more we knew we had to get them into the game you will all be playing.

"However, there was only one problem. We would need more time. Time that we didn’t have if we decided to move forward with launching in just a couple of months."

Now that they have the extra time, Troedsson believes the cops and criminals fantasy in Hardline can be evolved into a truly unique experience.

"I'm really happy EA is giving us the time to make this as great as it can be," said creative director Ian Milham.