EA has revealed Battlefield Hardline

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Costing £39.99 / $50, Premium membership unlocks Masks (which provide gameplay benefits), the Gun Bench (where you can customise your weapon and track how many kills you've had with each), members-only tournament and ladders and "Legendary Status", which apparently enables replayability of the progression system.Members also get two weeks early access to four story-themed digital expansion packs. The first, Criminal Activity, tasks you with making a name for yourself by pulling off small-time crime jobs while the follow-up, Robbery, will focus on taking out rivals. Both of these have a loose summer 2015 release window.They'll be followed by Getaway in autumn, where you'll be immersed "deeper in the heist" apparently, and early 2016's Betrayal where you need to figure out who's selling you out.Other bonuses offered to members includes access to double-XP, in-game missions and other exclusive events, along with 12 Gold Battlepacks and priority position in server queues.Last month, more than 7 million people played Battlefield Hardline 's beta –– that's 2.4 million more than Destiny's beta, although Hardline has the advantage of being on PC as well. EA recently announced Battlefield Hardline had gone gold on all five planned platforms , and is ready for release next month.

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