Looks like China Rising needed a little more time in the oven

Developer DICE has claimed it’s stopped work on all ‘future projects’ while it tries to fix Battlefield 4’s disintegrating online mode.

The continuing, and indeed escalating, problems with Battlefield 4 has caused DICE to stop work on all other projects, including apparently Star Wars: Battlefront and Mirror’s Edge 2.

‘First, we want to thank the fans out there that are playing and supporting us with Battlefield 4’, said DICE in a prepared statement.

‘We know we still have a ways to go with fixing the game — it is absolutely our No. 1 priority. The team at DICE is working non-stop to update the game.




‘Since Battlefield 4 China Rising expansion pack was already in the final stages of development by the time issues began with Battlefield 4, we decided to fulfill our promise to deliver it this week, but we’re not moving onto future projects or expansions until we sort out all the issues with Battlefield 4.

‘We know many of our players are frustrated, and we feel their pain. We will not stop until this is right.’

The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game have suffered from stability and lag issues from launch, as well as frequent system crashes and save data loss.

But the recent release of the China Rising map pack has managed to make things even worse, with many unable to even get the downloadable content running. As a result we’ve abandoned plans to review the expansion this week, and will wait until it’s in some kind of proper working order.

Whether DICE has really stopped working on other games while all this is going on of course no one but them can tell. It certainly seems unlikely that development of Star Wars: Battlefront would be affected though, as that’s being created by a new studio in the US.

Whatever exactly is going on EA has suggested keeping an eye on the Battlefield 4 forums, for the latest updates on bug fixes and server stability.

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