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Soderlund Burns Battlefield Modding Community

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The Battlefield titles have always been a hotbed of activity for the PC modding scene. Battlefield 2, in particular, has hundreds of community mods available for download. That’s why it’s such a surprise that the hotly anticipated Battlefield 3 will not include a set of community mod tools.

In a video interview released on Monday, EA Senior Vice President Patrick Soderlund declared that the Frostbite engine’s complexity would make it too challenging for community members to make a mod.



“As of now, we are not going to make any modding tools, no,” he said. “If you look at the Frostbite engine and how complex it is, it’s going to be very difficult for people to mod the game because of the nature of the setup of levels, the destruction and all those things.”

Feedback on the video, posted on YouTube, is vehemently opposed to this decision. Some decriers see Soderlund’s statement as an insult, while others see it simply as a measure to force gamers to purchase DLC if they wish to expand their experience.

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