dice Battlefield dev eyeing next-gen

[Muhammad Farrukh]

Swedish developer DICE seeking senior software engineer to optimize Frostbite game engine for next-generation systems.

Battlefield developer DICE has its sights set on the next-generation of systems. A senior software engineer job listing at the developer posted to the Gamasutra game board specifically calls out "next-gen."

According to the requisition, the person chosen for this position may be tasked with optimizing DICE's proprietary Frostbite game engine for current- and next-generation systems. Iterations of the destruction-centric engine powered Battlefield 3, Medal of Honor, and Need for Speed: The Run.

DICE is presently preparing a trio of Battlefield 3 downloadable content packs, but the studio's development docket beyond that is unknown.

There have been hints at the developer's future. Last July, EA Games senior vice president Patrick Soderlund said the studio had "not abandoned" the Mirror's Edge franchise. Additionally, Electronic Arts president Frank Gibeau reportedly stated during a presentation last November that, "There is going to be a Battlefield 4."

[Kyang]

Mirror's Edge 2, BF4... Good stuff. Any hope for a 2142...2?

[Crisp]

Missed out C&C Generals 2.

If BF4 is anything like BF3, then what a let down.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

Bad Company 3

Ain't that a bit obvious?

[Noxa12]

I only played the first Bad Company that was long as hell.

BF4 would be insanely good, loved BF3.

[Alladaskill17]

Tooooo early for BF4! You guys forget BF2 was out for years before BF3 was released. The BC series is a different 'story', no pun intended.

[MrChuang]

Hoping for BF2143. Nothing beats titan mode.. nothing.

[spaceelf]

I wish EA wasn't the only one throwing any weight behind DX11 gaming. I like EA and all, but they go overboard sometimes with the DLC and all

[Reacon]

Bad Company 3

Ain't that a bit obvious?

What? Didn't they just release BC3?

[CroSonts]

What? Didn't they just release BC3?

No thats just Battlefield 3.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Call me crazy, but I have a funny feeling that DICE already has the ability internally to optimize their game engine for the next generation of consoles. I get the feeling this is more along the lines of maybe they think they can land some programming genius who has the ability to streamline and optimize the engine even further, which would be nothing but good news for all of us who enjoy the engine already.

[Corris Veteran]

Call me crazy, but I have a funny feeling that DICE already has the ability internally to optimize their game engine for the next generation of consoles. I get the feeling this is more along the lines of maybe they think they can land some programming genius who has the ability to streamline and optimize the engine even further, which would be nothing but good news for all of us who enjoy the engine already.

No doubt about that, from memory it was designed in mind to scale to different platforms with different needs, so I imagine it would take little time to get it up and running on any sort of Next-Gen hardware, whether it would be fully optimised for that platform is a different matter of course and why these positions exist.