DICE looks through 'revolutionary new FPS' in Mirror's Edge @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on July 10, 2007

News: Makers of Battlefield series want to change the FPS.

EA and DICE (the guys behind the Battlefield series) have announced Mirror's Edge will be coming to the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2008. The game's pretty hush-hush right now, but DICE hopes to revolutionalize the first person style through the use of free movement inspired by Parkour, the free running sport.

Naturally, everyone is very excited:

Patrick Soderlund, General Manager of EA DICE, commented: "We are a studio that believes in taking risks and taking games in new directions. We made the sandbox experience viable and enjoyable in Battlefield and now, we are looking to do something radical with the traditional established mechanics of first person movement."

Senior producer, Owen O'Brien, commented: "We want to change the way that players are able to move in first person. No more restrictions, no more being blocked by simple barriers such as walls and fences. We want to enable the player to move like a real person, with the ability to run, jump, vault and slide in a way that has never been seen before in a first person game."

We'll have more on Mirror's Edge soon.