Instead of the scheduled release for 'Battlefield: Hardline' coming this year in the Fall, EA has announced that the game will be delayed until next year, 2015.

GM of Battlefield developer DICE, Karl Magnus Troedsson, elaborated on the reason for the change.

Troedsson was very straight forward with his explanation, he began it by saying, "Today we are announcing that Battlefield Hardline will launch in early 2015. Obviously, this is big news, so I'd like to address why we're making this change. "

He mentioned that player feedback after gamers got the change to test the game during the recently concluded E3 conference, "Back at E3, we launched a beta for Hardline - we wanted to not only show you the game, but to let you play it for yourselves. Millions of you jumped in and had a great time."

The developer stressed that after hearing fan based praise and criticism, the team saw room to change and improve upon the game for the better.

The only problem was that they needed more time, "The more we thought about these ideas, the more we knew we had to get them into the game you will all be playing. However, there was only one problem. We would need more time. Time that we didn't have if we decided to move forward with launching in just a couple of months," he said.

Karl Magnus Troedsson went on to provide insight on what fans can expect to see in the new changes. He says there will be "Multiplayer Innovation," "Single Player Story Depth," and "Stability" added to the delayed version of the game.

The GM of DICE concluded his statement by telling anxious gamers to look out for frequent updates about the game's status, "We are doing all of this for one reason. Because we want Battlefield Hardline to be the best game it can be, and so that we can create the best environment for a smooth launch for our players. We will give you updates on our progress and we'll regularly share updates along the way via Battlefield.com/Hardline as well as the Battlefield social channels."

To read the full length blog post by Troedsson, click here