For us it's probably less of the late night meetings and stuff like that, and more "freedom under responsibility," if you see what I mean. As long as we keep doing good stuff, they're happy. I've been working with EA since 2001 - the whole franchise. There was a lot of fear within the community when we became part of EA, "it's the end of the franchise, the end of DICE." I think we came at a point where EA turned around, and started to really promote their studios, rather than making them disappear into the belly of the beast. "I think we came at a point where EA turned around, and started to really promote their studios, rather than making them disappear into the belly of the beast." How do you think the EA acquisition has affected the outlook of the studio in general? Obviously now you're working for the greater good of EA as opposed to just focusing on your next project - do you think that's a fair thing to say? But I think it wasn't until Battlefield 2 that it was a force to be reckoned with. I think we learn more and more, we reach a broader audience. Since then the sales numbers have been just trending upwards. So 1942 we got to what we really wanted to do, and I think that showed. We knew that we had something good already after Codename Eagle, so to be honest 1942 was more refining a concept, making everything we wanted, since Codename Eagle was… Part of it was the publisher wanting us to make a single player game since a multiplayer only game couldn't really be sold. When did it become clear that Battlefield was going to be a focus for DICE? Was it around the time the EA acquisition or was it before that? You've obviously as a firm got a huge release history going back to 1991. It was made in Codename Eagle, where we put up the first prototype, but even though that's the embryo of 1942, it wasn't born yet, so. I still have and I intend to make it work for - next year, it's ten years from 1942's release, and I still have the prototype on my hard drive. I think 1942 was the first Battlefield game. To start at the very beginning, do you consider Codename Eagle to be the first Battlefield game, or did it start with 1942? The studio was purchased by DICE shortly thereafter, and the base Codename Eagle tech, running on Refraction's proprietary engine, was used to prototype the first Battlefield game.
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