Nutt and Graft, How DICE fell in love with destruction (2012)

Cite as: Nutt and Graft, How DICE fell in love with destruction (2012)
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Accessed: 2026-10-22
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Credit: Christian Nutt, Kris Graft
Notes: Game Developer (Gamasutra) feature of 15 Nov 2012 built on an interview with DICE general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson; his quotes are primary. Locators are paragraphs counted by the opening words.

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DICE's general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson told Game Developer that the studio's focus on destruction came out of discussions of how to differentiate itself, and recalled a Battlefield: Bad Company demo in which a tank kept "shooting holes in the houses", forcing a player on foot to move.	`paragraph opening "[The concentration on destruction]"paragraph opening "We had one demo I remember"`	Interview
Game Developer's 2012 feature says the Frostbite engine debuted in 2008 with Battlefield: Bad Company, which let players destroy parts of walls and parts of vehicles.	`paragraph opening "Earlier DICE games"paragraph opening "Earlier DICE games"`	Interview