Gamers, however, stand to reap the biggest rewards, with the promise of higher-quality games for their new consoles. The move could benefit the financially beleaguered publisher by eliminating licensing fees for third-party tools like the ubiquitous Unreal Engine. Soon after Battlefield 4's debut, EA announced that it was moving away from a fragmented development system where seemingly every studio used a different toolset to create its games, and would use Frostbite, the publisher's proprietary game engine, instead. This scene from the Battlefield 4 trailer was how the world, perhaps unwittingly, met Frostbite Engine 3, the next-gen toolset powering all of Electronic Arts' non-sports games for the foreseeable future. By scene's end, all that's left are roiling flames and caustic black smoke. An enemy scrambles for a new safe haven his earlier hiding place no longer exists. A grenade launcher's explosive payload immediately contradicts the seemingly harmless thud it makes upon exiting the weapon's chamber. Whole facades crumble under the hellfire of a military attack chopper. Hundreds of seagulls chatter lazily overhead, blissfully unaware that the ensuing firefight will leave the seemingly forgotten structures looking somehow even worse for wear. A saw-toothed horizon of half-assembled buildings juts out in the distance. After crossing under the elevated railroad viaduct that bisects a lush Azerbaijani forest from an industrial landscape, a squad of American soldiers gazes out at the valley that lies below.
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