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Heroes of Valor devs were tired of waiting for a Battlefield Heroes successor, so they will create one themselves

Gamers longing for Battlefield Heroes can now test Heroes of Valor, which has the makings of a spiritual successor to EA studio DICE's spin-off FPS series.

Jacob Blazewicz

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Heroes of Valor devs were tired of waiting for a Battlefield Heroes successor, so they will create one themselves, image source: Fancy Cat Interactive / Iceberg Interactive..
Heroes of Valor devs were tired of waiting for a Battlefield Heroes successor, so they will create one themselves Source: Fancy Cat Interactive / Iceberg Interactive..

Battlefield Heroes is officially not coming back, but Heroes of Valor promises to be the "original" successor to DICE studio's cartoon shooter.

For the record, the Fancy Cat Interactive team (Battlefield spin-off. However, players quickly noticed the similarities between both projects - from the colorful, cartoonish graphics to the gameplay with classes and a third-person perspective.

Besides, in the official press release, the newly acquired game publisher, Iceberg Interactive, allegedly describes HoV as "Battlefield Heroes, that you can play" (via PC Gamer). The developer only mentions inspiration from Battlefield 1942 and Brothers in Armsand states that the team was tired of waiting for a game to replace Electronic Arts's long-uned title.

  1. Heroes of Valor on Steam

Nonetheless, the developers assure that all assets and models in Heroes of Valor were created from scratch, unlike unofficial projects like Phoenix Heroes or Risinghub. The whole thing is based on a different engine (Unreal Engine), and many elements have been changed or added (or will appear in the future, via Reddit / Steam). That's why the game could be placed on Steam as a standalone, full-fledged production.

Heroes of Valor is heading for early access (currently without a release date), and players can now the game's tests on Steam. Beta testers can expect bonuses in the full version of HoV. This won't be a free-to-play game, because it is being developed by two developers "without big bank s."

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June 25, 2009

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Jacob Blazewicz

Author: Jacob Blazewicz

Graduated with a master's degree in Polish Studies from the University of Warsaw with a thesis dedicated to this very subject. Started his adventure with gamepressure.isosite.org in 2015, writing in the Newsroom and later also in the film and technology sections (also contributed to the Encyclopedia). Interested in video games (and not only video games) for years. He began with platform games and, to this day, remains a big fan of them (including Metroidvania). Also shows interest in card games (including paper), fighting games, soulslikes, and basically everything about games as such. Marvels at pixelated characters from games dating back to the time of the Game Boy (if not older).

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