PlayStation Move and 3D Will Be Included in Battlefield 3

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Battlefield 3 is still about six months away from a launch date, but the developers at DICE have to answer some pretty specific questions about their upcoming first-person shooter, which managed to impress a lot of people via its first through trailers.


Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine, Magnus Troedsson, who is the general manager at developer DICE, has been asked about how the team is approaching the inclusion of such technology as PlayStation Move and three-dimensional gaming.


He said, “We are thinking about it, yes, definitely,” which can be seen as neither as a commitment to the Move and 3D nor as a rejection of the two techs.


Gustav Tilleby, who is the art director, added, “Of course we look at what the others are doing. At the same time, we’re looking at what we can improve. I think the technology we have is a step beyond what the others have.”


The PlayStation Move is the Sony-made motion-tracking solution, launched in the fall of last year and competing directly with the Kinect from Microsoft.


The device has done well at retail, but it needs to be used by more video games coming from a variety of developers in order to become a mainstream control option.


Sony has also included it in exclusive games like Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4, but outside developers have been slower in embracing it.


Sony is also keen to push three-dimensional gaming, using Bravia television sets made by Sony as much as possible, because it is one of the features that the PS3 has and the rival Xbox 360 lacks at the moment.


Battlefield 3 is prepared for a late 2010 launch on the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC and publisher Electronic Arts has already announced pre-order incentives for gamers who plan to get the game early.