Battlefield Hardline's Crosshair mode.
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Battlefield: Hardline has intense e-sports-style multiplayer (video)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Electronic Arts is launching its multiplayer version of the cops-and-robbers shooter Battlefield: Hardline today on on EA Access, an online portal. We’ve captured some video of couple of new modes on brand new maps that show how the multiplayer has been modernized.

Both modes featured five-on-five combat. In Rescue, the cops have to rescue a hostage while the criminals have to stop them. And in Crosshair, the police must escort a VIP witness before the criminals can take him out. The rounds are short and intense, and they’re tailor-made for e-sports.

Check out this video of Battlefield: Hardline multiplayer, captured by Miguel Concepcion.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.