14 DAY TRIAL // Holzer Holzer & Fistel, a law firm in the United States, announces that it is investigating video game publisher Electronic Arts because it believes it has misled its investors regarding the quality of Battlefield 4 and the handling of the problems the title currently has.
The company is quoted by VG247 as saying that, “Specifically, the investigation focuses on statements issued during that time regarding the development and sales of the Company’s Battlefield 4 video game and the game’s impact on EA’s revenue and projects moving forward.”
The law firm believes that EA has not complied with federal securities laws when publicly making statements about Battlefield 4 between July 24 and December 4 of this year.
Those who bought common stock in the game company between those dates and suffered losses are advised to contact Holzer Holzer & Fistel.
It’s unclear whether a group of shareholders wants to recuperate money from Electronic Arts or if the law firm is simply trying to profit from the very public problems of Battlefield 4.
The DICE-created first-person shooter has been affected by problems since it was initially launched and the studio has released a big number of patches in order to fix problems on the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, the PC and current-gen consoles.
Despite these efforts, players are still reporting that they have plenty of crashes and are often unable to finish multiplayer matches.
DICE has announced that it is no longer working on sequels for Battlefield 4 or on more downloadable content packs because it wants to focus all its resources on creating and launching patches that will solve all the problems that the community is reporting.
There are three more DLC packs set to launch for the shooter, which will presumably arrive on all platforms at some point during early 2014, adding more maps and game modes.