Electronic Arts’ DICE studio is launching a new expansion pack dubbed Battlefield 4: Naval Strike. We played hands-on with the downloadable content (DLC) that is arriving shortly on the consoles and the PC.
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Naval Strike is the second in a series of DLC expansion maps that are aimed at keeping players engaged year round with Battlefield first-person shooter military games. As its name suggests, the map introduces some dramatic and intense water-based combat with four scenarios set in the South china Sea.
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