In an interview with GamingBolt, a developer from Visceral games, Creative Director Ian Milham, has claimed that Battlefield Hardline will indeed be running at a native 1080p resolution and at 60 frames per second on both Xbox One and PS4. This is apparently because Visceral games holds a philosophy about parity between their games on different platforms. Milham says “If you look at the games that Visceral Games has made before, we have always strived for total parity between our platforms.” He then went on to explain that:
“Of course, the PC version, it will do whatever your PC can handle, and the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions will obviously not be as high res as compared to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions. But those two should be locked in together.”
This is definitely a good sign for all Xbox One owners, because we are finally seeing the Xbox One and PS4 performing at similar levels. This can probably be attributed to the new SDK (Software Development Kit) released for the Xbox One, which allows game developers to access the 10 percent of reserved power for the Xbox One’s Kinect.
“June #XboxOne software dev kit gives devs access to more GPU bandwidth. More performance, new tools and flexibility to make games better.”
This tweet by Phil Spencer lead people to believe that by unplugging their Kinect games would look and perform better. But, as Phil Spencer has explained before, this 10 percent boost in performance is up to developers.
Microsoft officially commented on this in an interview by Eurogamer, saying that “For consumers, simply unplugging Kinect will not impact the performance of Xbox One.” They then went of to say “The June SDK released to developers gives them access to additional GPU resources previously reserved for Kinect and system functions. Accessing the additional GPU resources is done by the developer, and how developers choose to access the extra GPU performance for their games is up to them.”
As many may know by now, Battlefield Hardline was officially announced this year as a standalone Battlefield game developed by Visceral games, best known for their development of the Dead Space series. Right now there is a beta for Battlefield Hardline on the PS4 and PC. Visceral has also confirmed that there will indeed be a beta for the Xbox One coming soon, but as of yet, we do not have a confirmed date.
You can currently pre order Battlefield Hardline for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, and PC. It will run you $59.99 USD and releases October 21st, 2014. It will include both Single player and Multiplayer modes. The story has also been said to be like a cop drama television show, so Battlefield Hardline is definitely shaping up to be interesting.
Are you guys excited for Battlefield Hardline? Did you get into the beta for PS4 or PC? Are you enjoying it so far? Let us know in the comments below! And stay tuned to Gamer Headlines for all of your gaming news!
