http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/ Battlefield Heroes HQ news feed :: Latest news from HQ http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=72 Teamspeak 3 has finally been released so it's time for an upgrade! You may of noticed that our Teamspeak 2 server has gone down, but that was to pave the way for our new baby so read the details below on how to connect and chat it up with the HQ guys once more.... 2010-01-04 18:15:53 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=71 Unless you've been living under a rock, hiding in a cave or simply having a life you would of realised that things are getting rather quiet around here. Whilst you may believe it is due to us all disappearing to the four corners of the globe this is far from the truth.... 2010-01-01 06:21:29 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=69 After gruelling hours of our team laughing themselves into oblivion we are now ready to announce the winners of our Caption Contest! Before we get to the juicy bit we want to thank all of those who contributed entries to the contest!... 2009-08-15 05:34:46 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=68 Nearly everyone has heard of the ingenious Dynamic Signature Creator, and now Hans Schmitz has officially allowed HQ to host it! The dynamic singature creator allows users to showcase their Heroes' levels quickly and easily to other forum users. It's actively being updated to make sure that it's the best possible for you guys so make sure you keep an eye on it as it goes through its 'patches'.... 2009-07-25 18:56:15 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=67 It's contest time! We've got our hands on some nifty little prizes and decided it's time to get your creative juices flowing once again. I for one believe we've baked your noodles enough to know that you're not keen on anymore quizes for awhile, so instead we're undertaking a contest that everyone can compete in. A screenshot contest, with a twist!... 2009-07-14 20:05:04 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=66 It's server time ladies and gentlemen! Branzone, our partner in all things heroic have just given us our London and Los Angeles servers! First off, we won't be heavily altering the current BFH system unless a particular event is occurring (for now). This means the servers will remain ranked so feel free to jump on and actually achieve something in your spare time! Nothing comes free though, so don... 2009-07-12 05:09:12 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=65 As some of you may know there is currently a poll underway for a winning postcard in the 'Wish you were here' contest. One of the finalists is our very own Neon who produced an above average postcard which does us all proud. However, there have been members who have misused their support and smeared the name of Neon and HQ.... 2009-07-01 19:14:47 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=64 he day that we’ve all been waiting for is now upon us, Open Beta! For those who’ve lived in a cave for at least the last 12 months this means that we’re no longer bound by secrecy with our tales and videos. They are free to show to the public! They didn’t. However it has been confirmed by U-238, a Community Team Member of Heroes. He states that ‘you do not need a Beta key anymore’ and ‘The NDA has... 2009-06-25 05:33:51 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=63 It's been quite awhile since we've had any decent news, and even longer since HQ had its latest update. Never fear though ladies as we've come to the rescue! The myHero has been a long time coming due to the busy lives of those involved in the production (i.e. myself and s7oRm), but we've recently made it through to the holidays and have a break from studies. Therefore it's time to get cracking.... 2009-06-23 22:05:53 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=62 It’s been a quiet time in the world of Heroes, with only various small news posts and what not around here, so I think it’s time to have an update on the what’s been happening around here in preparation of the Open Beta!... 2009-05-18 19:47:59 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=61 Following up in quick succession of the last developer interview, we meet Roger Edgren, gameplay programmer on Heroes. In a nutshell he's the guy that makes the bugs! Jump on in and have a read guys, it's an interesting one (for the record, S7orm and myself are also big fans of the Matrix soundtrack).... 2009-05-08 01:08:09 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=60 t's truly been awhile since we had a read of the dev interviews with the women from Dice (Åsa, Tina and Bernadet) so it's an interesting read to see who's behind the process of Battlefield Heroes. This time it's Nasser Alkhouri, a contracted Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer who's goal is to hunt down bugs and issues before we get the chance.... 2009-04-28 19:54:27 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=59 Coastal Clash has just been announced as our fourth Heroes map, to be. The devs have declared that it is still 'unfinished' and so Beta Testers are still frothing at the mouth waiting for the new experience. The only image released of this new map depicts a large Windmill on the coast, so kudos to Noobilator for the unique name!... 2009-04-28 06:24:33 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=58 That's right! If you're one of the rare remaining beta-key-less Hero junkie then now is your time to shine! The official guys have partnered with some of the big wig gaming sites (not us, the other ones) who will be releasing some new contests early next week! Not enough? Well the server rental partners will also be running Beta Key 'campaigns'...... 2009-04-22 15:16:06 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=57 Thanks to Cogrock donating us 9 Beta Keys and Janitor for donating his Easter Beta Key we now have, that's right, 10 Beta Keys to give! In normal HQ style though we've decided to make it a little trickier for you so read on if you dare!... 2009-04-18 07:46:12 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=56 Open Beta announcements are a dime a dozen, but this is the first to be announced by a legitimate source and therefore we're running with it. The announcement was made via a video interview with Shaun Mcinnis, associate editor over at Gamespot and can be seen on YouTube.... 2009-04-17 19:40:09 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=55 If for the last few hours you were unfortunate enough to not check up on HQ, and you missed out on the Easter contest, let me sum it up for you. Your goal was to solve a written riddle, and using your answer you were to try and use it as a password into the Easter Event section of the forum (it's the one with the bunny image).... 2009-04-10 22:45:13 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=54 This year's Easter contest is an easy one, but only the first 10 people will be awarded a Beta Key and Easter medal! So strap on you thinking caps and prepare for the worst, because the difficulty of this holiday event will leave you reeling! Good luck guys.... 2009-04-10 06:34:47 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=53 The deadline has been reached and thus do I have the pleasure to present the worthy owners of new Beta Keys, supplied mainly by Verbal and his Chicago server purchase, but also by $Battlefield$.... 2009-04-09 21:07:47 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=52 Yes, the rumours are true soldiers! A fellow HQer, Verbal, has decided (on his own free will, coercion was not applied) a Chicago server for the needs of the community! For those lacking in any geography skills Chicago is located smack bang in the centre of the United States and therefore a more central server...... 2009-04-03 04:06:17 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=51 Things have been quite hectic in the Beta world over the last couple of days. With updates pouring from the official Twitter and news posts one can easily scratch their heads in confusion as to what truly happened. We were all given a time and date when the Beta site would go down for an update and were highly excited about the prospects...... 2009-03-26 20:34:43 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=50 The lack of recent updates is at an end ladies and gentlemen, with yet another set of small additions! We also have some news updates about some equally exciting additions to the website! First of all you would have obviously noticed the news article revamp.... 2009-03-23 16:08:46 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=49 The women have spoken, and 25 funny, cool, cute and interestingly named people were awarded a Beta key for no other reason than having funny, cool, cute and interesting names! Of those 25 our very own Cookie Crusher (renamed here as TheCookieMan) was also awarded a Beta Key.... 2009-03-20 18:01:34 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=48 Our friends over at DICE have given us some insight into the double X chromosome gamers, known by normal folks as 'girl gamers'! They are all woman, Heroically all woman for that matter! Åsa, Tina and Bernadet are part of the Heroes team and welcome additions to the growing portfolio of interviews that we receive to gain insight of the Battlefield Heroes team! Below is part one of the interview, w... 2009-03-19 21:00:06 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=47 Our friends over at DICE have decided it's time to prepare an interview with the three lovely ladies from the Battlefield Heroes team! They've also allowed everyone the chance to ask a few questions in the discussion section of the official forum here so make sure you get your two cents in!... 2009-03-16 21:39:50 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=46 As most of you would have already found out the official guys have released a list of server hosting companies who will be adding Battlefield Heroes into their midst in the near future! the official guys announced that all their Battlefield Heroes servers will be dedicated based and thus hosted by professional companies with their speedy internet connections and their diobilical server power.... 2009-03-09 05:45:01 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=45 Let it be known that on the 1st of March 2009 HQ reached 1000 members (spam free)! Finally we're up to four digits, and though this milestone is completely psychological it's still quite exciting! As a side note I would also like to announce that we have approximately 96 HQ Heroes (so generally 10% of HQ users are part of the clan).... 2009-03-01 11:16:37 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=44 It's finally time to start implementing the achievement system, so if you start to see some interesting things happening in the forums just bear with us! Every new system has bugs, or bothersome Admin Heroes like myself who press wrong buttons, so if you stay patient we will get things working harmoniously and can thus start to award the medals that have already been achieved during the holiday ev... 2009-02-26 20:22:58 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=43 The official guys have just given us the heads up that all who registered for the Battlefield Heroes Beta in the QA Boss phase have received their keys! Similarly in their twitter update they also stated that the first batch of keys were sent to those who signed up off the Official Site! This is an exciting time as more and more players get into the Beta, so what are you waiting for? Check your in... 2009-02-24 16:33:53 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=42 The results are in soldiers, and all I can say is that some of you guys have quite a talent for writing! The top three was hard to choose, but I'm happy with the decision - as is my female counterpart who judged the 'mushy' bits that testosterone tends to ignore! First up, sorry for the delay but we were hoping to release these results after the achievement system was completed, but with time pres... 2009-02-21 18:13:24 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=41 The Battlefield Heroes Twitter feed is a small RSS that the official guys update very regularly with small amounts of info/pictures for their enthusiastic fans (yes, that means us). As a Vista user, that means this is one of the feeds permanently located on my desktop and lately they've been popping up with Beta Key giveaways of 2000 at a time.... 2009-02-17 13:39:43 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=40 It's the mushy time of year once again, when men around the world are forced to get off the couch and do something special with their sweethearts. Thus our Valentines event is a play on this, so with the help of quite a few minds we're proud to present this year's valentines competition.... 2009-02-13 18:02:43 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=39 James Salt, Senior Producer of Battlefield Heroes today announced that the next wave of Beta keys is around the corner for those who signed up with QA Boss in the previous Beta phase. Currently with 20, 000 players the Battlefield Heroes servers are ready for more, so read on to see if you might a lucky one.... 2009-02-13 16:12:43 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=38 It's the dawn of the new day! The second Closed Beta has just gone live and for those that were already in the previous Closed Beta that means it's game on! Beta testers will receive an email with the instructions they need to get into Heroes so make sure you check your inboxes frequently to prevent any wasted time! Some more instructions were created on the official site, so take a read as you... 2009-02-11 01:58:42 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=37 As of February 11th the Closed Beta returns to our LCDs and CRTs alike! Since the heartbreaking news of the closing of the Beta late last year we can now sink our teeth into a new and improved Beta to prove to one another who really are the Heroes of HQ! ... 2009-02-10 07:39:55 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=36 The official guys have made an announcement that they're pretty excited about! They recently hit the 100 000 mark with Beta signups so you can expect to see fresh faces in the new Beta coming out sometime this month. Ben was quick to point out though that those who participated in the first Beta and those who registered in the first Beta will be accepted into the latest Beta before new applicants.... 2009-02-06 16:09:06 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=35 I almost grow tired with advertising these member counts as it seems only yesterday we had 700 Heroes! I guess this is the result of the rumours of the return of the Beta sometime in the coming weeks! As more members join we have more responsibility to get the new updates and features out and now that we've completed most of the Newsletter you can expect those changes to happen.... 2009-02-03 15:42:33 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=34 No celebrate the release of our Teamspeak server I decided to put together some simple yet effective wallpapers to spruce up your desktop. The wallpapers have a light and dark version for those that are happy and for those that are slightly emo, so you won't miss out.... 2009-02-03 05:38:54 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=33 The New Year deserves a new Newsletter, and you guys have it! We will now email our newsletters out to you guys as well as linking to it here, just in case. That's not all though, instead of the simple ramblings of what's happened over the month we will also include user content, interviews, poll discussion and more!... 2009-02-01 04:10:59 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=32 With the release of the Beta imminent it's about high time the HQ Heroes got organised! We've done just that. We're starting our long overdue recruiting campaign so there are now new requirements to join the HQ Heroes, and continue to be part of them. Therefore a list of inactive HQ Heroes members has been announced in the clan section. ... 2009-01-29 02:37:56 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=31 We've just hit the 700 member mark! It didn't take long at all to get this last 100, which may account for the Beta sign ups which hint at the return of Battlefield Heroes! We've also currently got 86 HQ Heroes, but that number may change in the coming days when the clan get's organised (yes, the time is near).... 2009-01-25 15:31:57 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=30 The official guys have just released a new Beta form for those that were not previously in the Beta! If you're new to Battlefield Heroes, or were unlucky last time this is the best option for you, as getting in early really does make a difference (because they gradually allow more and more players into the game).... 2009-01-21 14:30:21 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=29 I (James Salt) thought I could use this development blog to show you a little about how we make our maps, or levels if you prefer to call them that. I'll start with how we begin the process, through to playtesting and then dedescribe some of the work the art team does to make the new map come to life.... 2009-01-15 02:50:54 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=28 Our next Dev Interview (the third interview) has been released by the official guys, this time the lead programmer! Everyone say hello William (hello, William). It's been quite awhile since we've read something new so let's have a round of applause!... 2009-01-09 14:41:33 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=27 We've finally hit the 600 hero mark everyone! Whilst we are still far off some of the other English fan sites we are doing consistently well for the amount of time we've been open!... 2009-01-09 00:30:48 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=26 The results are in soldiers! After the gruelling judging of all your entries I would like to say one thing - good work! We had quite a few entries from some individuals but all were judged and each individual's best piece of work was used to measure up against the competition!... 2009-01-07 12:51:47 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=25 Happy New Years! As you would of noticed just by getting to this article that some things around here have changed. Just as a heads up though, not as much has changed as we would of liked, but we're sick of holding back what we've completed so we've gone ahead with phase 1.... 2009-01-01 10:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=24 Welcome to the final newsletter of the year heroes! We've been hard at work on the new year's update for tomorrow, but we'll talk about that, well, tomorrow! This has been a graveyard of a month so this will be a short lived newsletter.... 2008-12-31 10:13:39 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=23 Merry Christmas to all! I hope that the holiday brought fun and laughter with you and your families! I myself spent Christmas with my family and relatives feasting over a good old Australian seafood lunch before heading off to work in the afternoon (three cheers for holiday pay)!... 2008-12-25 10:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=22 Those with keen eyesight may have noticed that for the past few days Jim_West's BFH Top 100 site was down. This might be connected with the fact that HQ has dropped substantially in search engines such as Google! We need your help to get back up to the top, so vote today!... 2008-12-18 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=21 It's the festive season once again, so in come the repetitive Christmas tunes that you hear from shopping mall to radio station! Here at HQ though, we can help! Make sure you enter into our Christmas event for your chance to win! Entries close December 31st.... 2008-12-14 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=20 K4Ge brings us the second of a series of interviews with the Heroes development team and community! Kim Fredriksson is an animator for Heroes and have worked on other games such as Mirrors edge, so take a quick read to gain insight on the Heroes community.... 2008-12-11 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=19 Here you are ladies and gentleman, the answers we've all seeked! Straight from email I've processed this as fast as possible, so even I haven't read though it in detail! This has been the largest information spill ever so let's thank EA/Dice for a...... 2008-12-05 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=18 The long awaited questions and answers that the official guys have promised us is right around the corner! In Goodman's community emails we got word that tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm Stockholm time the first 'chunk' of questions and answers will be released!... 2008-12-04 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=17 Wow, the month has just rush past and it's already time for another newsletter! Again I have to apologise about the lack of an email version of the newsletter, but as you might of noticed this one is quite late! Why? Because we came quite close to finding a cheap solution...... 2008-12-02 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=16 K4Ge shows us the first of a series of interviews with the Heroes development team and community. In a few weeks time you might even get some insight to S7orm and myself (Wilko)! Dawid Mod is a development artist for concept designs such as weapons...... 2008-10-27 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=15 The update appetiser is here folks with the release of our new icon collection! Because the large update is taking longer than expected we decided it was best to release some of the content early so here it is!... 2008-10-24 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=14 We've got another update to read as James Salt goes into the details of a faster leaderboard system and incorporating 3D into their new site! Sounds interesting? Well have a read of what it's about yourself then at HQ today!... 2008-10-22 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=13 A lot of broken hearts plague gamers today as Dice announced that Battlefield Heroes will be taken offline until early next year! Though this saddens and frustrates a lot of gamers, this is necessary for the full release later...... 2008-10-13 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=12 Congratulations to the winners of our Halloween riddle hunt! Through painstakingly following the clues and cracking the code, Maandersen, Kinderegg, Hexter and Battlehero won themselves a Halloween Medal, and the later three a Beta Key!... 2008-10-31 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=11 It's been a crazy month for us at HQ starting from the get go with the release of the Beta Key competitions! We had many creative and ingenious entries in all of our categories which included such things as YouTube videos, wallpapers, userbars and short stories! ... 2008-10-31 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=10 Today we reached 500 users in our forums so thumbs up to all you guys and gals out there who contributed to the count! Since we started on August 8th this is definitely a good sign to come, though it would be even better to see all those 500...... 2008-10-21 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=9 Well the title says it all! We recently created a Battlefield Heroes HQ Channel for all you YouTube fanatics! Due to it being brand new you can expect some changes aesthetically, but structurally it's quite sound...... 2008-10-19 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=8 Well where do we begin? Starting with the Clan Name competition and finishing with the huge Beta Key compilation of contests earlier this week we've had our work cut out for us at HQ! All I can say is thank you for over 370 creative submissions...... 2008-10-06 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=7 September has been an exciting month for HQ and for Battlefield Heroes fans worldwide with the release of the Victory Village preview! Both Beta testers and interested fans looked on in wonder with the display of the new map and the customization features...... 2008-09-30 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=6 It's the moment you've been waiting for, or in your ignorance a moment you've yet to discover! Battlefield Heroes HQ forum goes live! Launching on Friday 19th September (12:00am) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) we will offer a place for community fans...... 2008-09-15 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=5 Welcome to HQ's first monthly instalment that we like to call a 'Newsletter'! Basically it's a sum up of everything that has happened at HQ during the last month as well as a look to the near future. Now that you understand let's get into the August Newsletter!... 2008-08-31 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=4 With updates becoming common we thought it would be a good idea to sum it up for you guys and gals who are looking forward to the HQ community (when will they put up their forum!). Most recent updates have been aesthetic and so will the next set before the release...... 2008-08-22 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=3 Today was D-Day for HQ as we publically announced ourselves on several forums throughout cyberspace. Though lacking any significant amount of media at the time of launch we decided to give it a go ahead and upload the next wave of media a quite a few hours afterwards.... 2008-08-08 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=2 EA decides to bring us the next game in the Battlefield franchise in a radically different way to the previous counterparts that we've all played and enjoyed. Battlefield Heroes (BFH) cuts out the complications that the later Battlefield titles such as Battlefield 2142 and Battlefield 2...... 2008-07-27 00:00:00 http://www.battlefieldheroeshq.com/news/read.php?id=1 The horizon is an exciting place so we thought we'd take a quick moment to share with you what the oh-so-close-I-can-taste-it future contains! First and foremost on our list is more media to check out. Now that HQ has its skeleton, it's time for the meat, so expect...... 2008-07-26 00:00:00