Although EA has said a couple of times that the Mirror's Edge franchise will return one day, things look to becoming ever more solid as Official PlayStation Magazine tips the sequel to return on Frostbite 2 with reassuring certainty.
OPM is now reporting on insider whispers which add more credence to the idea of Faith hop, skip and jumping onto Battlefield 3's stunning engine.
"The Frostbite 2 engine will pave the way for Mirror's Edge to make a free-running return," says the mag, much to our delight.
What exactly that will look like is still uncertain (Faith may not even feature). EA itself has admitted that it needed time to work out the best way to approach a Mirror's Edge sequel, although it sounds as though that work is already under-way.
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photoboy on 29 Jul '11 said:
God I hope so. One of my favourite games of this generation. I just hope switching engines doesn't change the over-saturated, sunny look of the first one or the industrial style of it.
TheLastDodo on 29 Jul '11 said:
Please make Mirrors Edge 2, Please make Mirrors Edge 2, Please make Mirrors Edge 2,
Please make Mirrors Edge 2, Please make Mirrors Edge 2, Please make Mirrors Edge 2,
Please make Mirrors Edge 2, Please make Mirrors Edge 2, Please make Mirrors Edge 2.
Then when you're done, Shadows of the Damned 2 please
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Fr33Kye on 29 Jul '11 said:
I will be very dissapointed if faith is not in this game.
Nod Nolan on 29 Jul '11 said:
Mirrors Edge 2 would be a day 1 buy for me..
JOHNKARA on 29 Jul '11 said:
I have recently purchased a copy of Mirror's Edge, and have to admit that it is easily one of the most refreshing gaming experiences that I have ever encountered. Mirror's Edge 2 - please make this happen. Day 1 buy for sure. Gotta love how EA are providing gamers with some fresh IP - have new-found respect for EA.
theblkwhsp on 29 Jul '11 said:
Mirror's Edge 2. My word, the possibilities are endless. I can see this game going the same way Portal 2 did, in that new elements will be introduced, things that didn't work will get dropped (bizarre cutscenes that totally pulled you out of the story) and we'll get another gem of a game that is bigger, more polished and more sure of itself. To echo TheLastDodo, "Make Mirror's Edge 2, make Mirror's Edge 2..."
liquidphantom on 29 Jul '11 said:
I can't wait, it was one of the best games i've played in a long time. Will be disappointed if Faith doesn't make a return though, but as long as the former PC Zone and very foxy daughter of Terry, Rhianna Pratchett, is back on writing duty I'll be happy
gusone on 29 Jul '11 said:
Join the Steam 'EA Boycott Origin' Group. Fight the power and bring BF3 / Dragon Age 2 / Crysis 3 / Mass Effect 3 and every other new EA game back to Steam. We are small but with your help we can grow. We also boycott Tom Senior as well if that helps.
This is genuine attempt at creating a Steam EA Origin Boycott Group. Please join if you, like me, feel incredibly aggrieved by EA’s Battlefield 3 boycott on Valve’s Steam platform. Personally I find the bully boy EA tactics appalling especially after Steam saved PC gaming. This is about a massive corporation muscling in, stealing market share and leveraging off the millions of dollars Valve has invested in Steam over the last five years.
It is not so much the fact that Origin is yet another gaming platform it is the fact that we are being forced to use it to play Battlefield 3 if you want a digital version. This is a big deal but PC Gamers do have a large voice especially since Battlefield games sell more on PCs than consoles – so we should use it. Steam is the premier platform but it’s not a monopoly. You can buy digital games from a number of places. However, we all have 10’s or even 100’s of games on Steam and thanks to Steam we as a PC gaming community have been conditioned to accept digital downloads not to mention the friends social network is second to none. These are just two of the many reasons why we all love Steam.
Do you really think EA has PC Gamers interests at heart? … really? They’ve spent over $1.5bn on casual social games chasing the latest trend destroying massive shareholder value. They would ditch PC gaming in a minute as soon as it started making a loss while they continue to cosy up to Facebook - Bejeweled vs Zombiesville 9 is the future of PC Gaming right? Crysis 2 was pulled from Steam due to an exclusivity agreement with Direct2Drive breaching Steam's T&C's and then EA had the affront to sell it for even more on its own Origin platform. Furthermore the recently announced SWTOR Origin version has unique content (Star Wars: The Old Republic Digital Deluxe Edition) and cost $79.99 versus the packaged retail standard edition of $59.99... is this a joke? I'm not laughing and I’m not seeing the PC Gamer love and nor should you.
That’s not the way to do it. This is not the way PC Gamers work ... when did less become more? You all have an opportunity to tell EA “No. That’s not how it works. I don’t like what you are doing”. To be blunt if Steam is good enough for Activison’s Call of Duty franchise (whether you love it or hate it) then it’s good enough for Battlefield. And that’s the reality. The mighty Activision is still using Steam. Say’s a hell of a lot doesn’t it? The problem we have here is if other publishers start to do the same we're going to have 5+ platforms running - imagine having to log into 5 different social networks every day. Not to mention the stress on PCs running all these platforms in the background as they hoover up client usage data/stats and send it back to the marketing departments so that we get hammered with ads and spam. It’s a real possibility. Even today there is an article on a gaming website claiming that Steam EA game codes can be redeemed via Origin and that Origin loads the Steam overlay when you start the game (Dragon Age 2). This is just ridiculous. We just want Battlefield 3 on Steam. We have to say now… “Stop”.
Sadly, I fully expect Origin to be integrated into Battlefield 3 even in the packaged product so we cannot escape it even if you buy the disc - it's all about them capturing CRM data in their Nucleus database . All I can suggest is that you sign up to this boycott group (link below) and you pre-order the packaged version. At least don’t let EA have the extra profits and fatter margins that they would generate from a digital copy sold on Origin. .. $79.99 for a digital product really?
I’ll see you all on the Battlefield but this whole episode has left me deflated and not as excited as I should be to the forthcoming release of Battlefield 3. Bizarrely Modern Warfare 3 now has me more excited and that’s coming from a PC Gamer who has played every Battlefield game religiously since Battlefield 1942 came out a decade or so ago. And with Red Orchestra 2 out a month or two earlier Battlefield 3 already had its work cut out. The decision is being made easier by the day.
Me, I'm just a 40 year old PC gamer who is rather annoyed by all of this, yeah call me Victor Meldrew. But I ready don’t believe it. DICE we love you… but EA… “Just stop” . Please tell your friends (friends of friends etc) and get them to join the group. It's time for some organised protest old school style . Everything starts off small but hopefully it will snowball into a PC Gamer movement that wants to speak up for PC Gamers. To make this happen please post the Steam Group link in any articles, blogs, Youtubes, twitters, Facebook etc about Battlefield 3. If you've the time then why not do it to other EA games. Let’s remind people we don’t have to accept this.
Remember it will not end here. Mass Effect 3 will be next. It's time to act... The PC Gamer community needs you all now.
The Steam EA Origin Boycott Group
FAUNA on 29 Jul '11 said:
YEEEESSSSSS PLEEAAAASSE!!!! With Solar Fields composing another ethereal score.
Lurf on 30 Jul '11 said:
Ah good to hear. Mirror's Edge was a really fresh and exciting game. Can't wait for part 2.
beemoh on 30 Jul '11 said:
^this
Tom tom tom on 30 Jul '11 said:
Surprised to see this has a cult following. I just played it recently and it was alright. Story was horrible, controls felt off and it was a short campaign. I guess everything even a tad bit different gets overrated.
Mmmmgrolsch on 30 Jul '11 said:
Excellent news
One of the most original games this gen with such a beautiful world to game in. Now I just prey to god they down't even think about changing the art style and the colour otherwise it will ruin the game.
steve w on 31 Jul '11 said:
With you on this tried the demo again for the 1st time since it's release and I still can't complete the demo the training level is to short I'm still stuck on the bit where you have to jump over to the other building by pressing lb then lt.
This game would of been better has a third person action game not 1st person.