Battlefield 4 has looked very impressive so far. But you need some serious hardware to play it.

With only a fortnight until Battlefield 4 releases, it was inevitable that DICE and EA would bring the open beta to a close sooner or later. Nevertheless, gamers have racked up thousands of hours of game-time, helping the developers to iron out some of the more frustrating issues.

DICE published a changelog recently outlining some problems that the open beta allowed them to fix. According to the post on the official Battlefield 4 blog, the developers were able to correct bizarre CPU usage spikes, frame rate jitters, players from being catapulted into the air by elevators, and issues with the server browser for consoles.

As expected a string of balance changes were introduced too, one of the most notable being a fix to the fire rate of the AK-12 while in burst fire; the gun was already favoured by many for its low rate of recoil, but the fire rate in burst mode made the gun an excessively formidable powerhouse in the eyes of many.

Balances and tweaks aside, there was plenty of opportunities for some great moments and gamers have been filling up YouTube with their exploits.





Battlefield 4 will be playable on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 from October 31, and will become available on the Xbox One and PS4 from November 22 and November 29 respectively.

Alex Walker is the regular gaming columnist for ABC Tech + Games. You can follow him on Twitter at @thedippaeffect.