Electronic Arts and DICE must be quite pleased with this outcome, now that the heroes of their free to play web-based battlefield are more than a million strong. That's right - Battlefield Heroes registrations have broken the one million mark.

Good news to all PC gamers! After numerous delays, Electronic Arts and DICE has quietly released the much awaited free-to-play multiplayer action shooter game Battlefield Heroes. The cartoon style spin-off of Battlefield games was originally scheduled for release last summer has finally open its doors to the public.

Rumor-shot down time! Unfortunately, Battlefield Heroes will NOT be coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360, contrary to the reports that we've seen recently. No less than DICE executive producer Ben Cousins put this rumor to rest.

Electronic Arts and DICE have been hard at work on this one for quite a while now, and their efforts are coming to fruition, partially at least. The cartoony spinoff to Battlefield, Battlefield Heroes, is close to getting its open beta up and running and we won't have to wait long before blowing our seemingly wholesome foes sky high.

Soft launches and extended beta programs seem to be all the rage, what with Google Mail being perpetually in said state, and Sony's PlayStation Home initiative apparently following the same route. EA's free to play online shooter, Battlefield Heroes would seem to be next. Ben Cousins, executive producer at DICE states that the game's "already out", as there won't be "big splash release". Cousins expects the closed beta to grow rapidly, to the point that "every hardcore gamer in the world will probably be able to get a key if they want to".

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Famous for creating beloved videogame software like Earthworm Jim, MDK and Messiah, designer, David Perry now busies himself with offloading seemingly arbitrary diatribes and opinions about the state of videogames. All this in between farting out the occasional crappy, free to play MMO, and carefully combing that immaculately coiffed do of his.

But... he does think EA's upcoming free to play online shooter, Battlefield Heroes is going to be a "phenomenon". Read on to find out why.

During a recent conference call, Electronic Arts revealed that Battlefield Heroes and Tiberium (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) have both been delayed. Find out their new release windows after the jump.

Ben Cousins, executive producer at EA's DICE studio, revealed that DICE actually has five different Battlefield games in varying stages of development, including Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and Battlefield Heroes. Learn more after the jump!

PC gamers will be glad to know that the folks at DICE have now opened beta signups for Battlefield Heroes to the public. If you want to know more about the beta signup phase, feel free to check the full article.

Goodman of the Battlefield Heroes site has made some clarifications regarding the game's upcoming beta phase. For one, EA has decided to divide the beta run into several stages, which should ensure that they spot any possible problems as quickly as they arise. More details are available in the full article.