<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Visceral	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
final	O
Battlefield	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
factions	O
in	O
Hardline	O
are	O
the	O
police	O
Special	B-Application
Response	I-Application
Units	I-Application
and	O
criminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crosshair	O
:	O
The	O
second	O
competitive	O
game	O
mode	O
in	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
was	O
revealed	O
on	O
an	O
EA	O
blog	O
post	O
by	O
vice	O
president	O
and	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
Visceral	O
Games	O
,	O
Steve	O
Papoutsis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Visceral	O
started	O
work	O
on	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
about	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
Dead	B-Application
Space	I-Application
3	I-Application
shipped	O
,	O
"	O
creative	O
director	O
Ian	O
Milham	O
has	O
revealed	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
may	O
have	O
entered	O
development	O
in	O
early	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
14	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
beta	O
went	O
public	O
,	O
coming	O
after	O
an	O
official	O
announcement	O
at	O
E3	O
2014	O
that	O
the	O
beta	O
would	O
be	O
coming	O
soon	O
to	O
PC	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
at	O
E3	O
2014	O
,	O
EA	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
running	O
at	O
1080p	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
was	O
aiming	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
same	O
resolution	O
for	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
8	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Visceral	O
Games	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
would	O
only	O
run	O
at	O
900p	O
,	O
with	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
running	O
at	O
720p	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
beta	O
became	O
publicly	O
active	O
for	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
EA	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
delay	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
from	O
October	O
21	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
to	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
responseBattlefield	O
Hardline	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
summarized	O
the	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
stealth-focused	O
campaign	O
and	O
many	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
establishes	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
as	O
a	O
worthwhile	O
standalone	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
popular	O
FPS	O
franchise.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
summarized	O
the	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
is	O
hardly	O
a	O
disaster	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
feels	O
like	O
a	O
franchise	O
spinning	O
its	O
wheels	O
with	O
minor	O
adjustments	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
truly	O
advancing	O
forward.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
a	O
forgettable	O
,	O
immature	O
experience	O
rather	O
than	O
one	O
worth	O
talking	O
about	O
"	O
and	O
he	O
summarized	O
the	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
could	O
have	O
been	O
something	O
unique	O
,	O
a	O
chance	O
for	O
Visceral	O
to	O
place	O
its	O
own	O
stamp	O
on	O
a	O
long-standing	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
