New Battlefield Game Will Be Revealed Launch This Year

While Activision continues to see renewed success with the Call of Duty franchise, EA continues to lag behind. As the latest Black Ops Cold War and the ever-expanding Warzone carry the franchise's momentum into 2021, EA's Battlefield franchise finds itself in a troubling position for a return. Battlefield 5 left the shooter series, often seen as Call of Duty 's rival, in a bad place by the time official support for the fifth game had ended last year. Granted the ending of developer support was to divert attention to the new Battlefield game coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X, which needs to make a serious comeback in order to reach the franchise's previous hei<br><br> <br>Lots of shooter fans probably remember the battle royale explosion from a couple years ago. It started with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and expanded from there. There's lots of games known chiefly for battle royale action, like Fortnite and Apex Legends, but a lot of established franchises like Call of Duty added battle royale modes to capitalize on the craze. Battlefield was no exception, but Firestorm wasn't a huge hit. Fortnite was already out by then , and Apex Legends came out a short while later. Firestorm got some praise for creativity, yet failed to draw in players from its well-established competit<br> <br>The developer of Battlefield 6 has stated it wants to make the most of next-gen technology. That's probably best done by focusing on large-scale game modes like the teasers from EA Play hinted at. The latest consoles will really be put to the test with persistent deathmatches and king of the hill modes, with huge teams of players fighting on the biggest battlefields that the consoles can muster. In battle royale games, the map intentionally shrinks as player numbers are fundamentally limited. Assuming Battlefield 6 wants to emphasize itself as the next generation of Battlefield , a battle royale mode doesn't necessarily highlight next-gen consoles' rendering capabilit<br><br> <br>The new Battlefield will be the first in the series since Battlefield V in 2018, which was a bit of a mess. The World War II shooter was buggy and had a lackluster battle royale mode to try and compete with other games, all of which led to DICE pulling support on Battlefield V __ less than two years after its launch. Needless to say, it left a bad taste in peoples' mouths. It seems like DICE has taken its time to try and make things right with Battlefield<br><br> <br>While the Bad Company stories were strong and the beloved Battlefield 3 had a solid campaign centered on nuclear war, Battlefield 4 proved to be a good bit less engaging. As such, DICE pivoted with the release of Battlefield 1 ,  [https://battlefield2042play.com/ https://battlefield2042play.com] giving players a new type of campaign style. Dropping a single, lengthy narrative centered on one group of characters in favor of several smaller, self-contained storylines, War Stories proved to be an effective change of pace for the Battlefield campaign st<br><br> <br>Recent entries in the Battlefield franchise have had reveals in a similar timeframe as Call of Duty , but that hasn't always been the case. Battlefield 5 and Battlefield 1 were revealed in May of 2016 and 2018, respectively. However, Battlefield 4 was initially revealed back in March of 2013, while Battlefield 3 was initially revealed in April of 2011. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 's reveal may have happened in August of 2020 instead of May this year, but it's hard not to point to the many rumors of a troubled development potentially causing a delayed reveal . EA will still want to reveal the next entry ahead of Call of Duty , in order to avoid being overshadowed for its comeb<br><br> <br>**Battlefield 6 ** has huge potential, and having two studios like Criterion and DICE LA lend support puts EA's shooter franchise in a great position to finally outdo its longtime rival. Whether or not that comes to pass remains to be seen, but it seems clear EA is finally dedicated to putting forward the necessary resources to make it a real possibil<br><br> <br>Rumors suggest Battlefield 6 could take players back to the modern-day setting , which has been notably absent since Battlefield 4 in 2013. The last two entries in the series, Battlefield 1 and V , have taken players back in time to both World War I and II respectively. After V failed to make a notable impression, it's likely EA is going to try and win back its audience by going back to the modern day setting. Both Battlefield 3 and 4 thrived in their modern day settings, offering high levels of destruction with collapsible skyscrapers and all-out warfare with helicopters, jets, tanks, and more. With EA calling specific attention to its return of "all-out military warfare" it seems to indicate the modern day setting is return<br><br> <br>Battlefield , traditionally, has been a largely DICE-developed affair. While that has resulted in some stellar shooters over the years, in today's gaming environment dominated by regular new content drops in games like Call of Duty or even Fortnite , DICE simply can't keep up. That fact was made clear with Battlefield 5 . Though developed as a live-service game in mind, Battlefield 5 saw frequent content droughts and feature delays, sometimes for months at a time. Battlefield games are notorious for releasing in a buggy state, and having to fix bugs and other various launch issues distracts from creating and implementing new game cont<br>