Yesterday, it was introduced that Motive Studios would work on the Battlefield franchise. Whereas the event of Marvel’s Iron Man continues, it’s additionally constructing a brand new workforce to focus purely on EA’s flagship first-person shooter franchise. In fact, this begged the query – what in regards to the follow-up to the Useless Area remake launched final 12 months?
Although not formally introduced, it was regarded as in improvement following the primary recreation’s constructive crucial response. Based on Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb on the newest Sport Mess Mornings podcast, a remake of Useless Area 2 was within the works, however not anymore.
“They had been engaged on it. They had been engaged on Useless Area 2…and they’re now not engaged on it. It’s on the shelf as a result of the primary recreation had ‘lackluster gross sales’, is the way it was phrased to me. So, in case you had been trying ahead to a Useless Area 2, it’s unhealthy information. It straight-up is simply unhealthy information. Does that imply it by no means occurs?
“I don’t know if that’s the case, however because it stands proper now, they had been engaged on it. It was within the concepting part, I consider…It was undoubtedly in pre-production, and now that work has been placed on the shelf. They’re performed with it, and this studio is now making Iron Man and Battlefield.”
It isn’t the primary time an Digital Arts studio put apart a mission for the sake of Battlefield, as seen with Criterion and Battlefield 2042. It’s additionally main future single-player content material for the shooter sequence following the closure of Ridgeline Video games final February.
As Grubb acknowledged, this doesn’t imply the Useless Area 2 remake isn’t taking place, but it surely received’t be anytime quickly. Digital Arts hasn’t introduced any new Battlefield titles but it surely’s confirmed that Battlefield 2042 received’t obtain new seasons. Maybe an announcement is due quickly, particularly with rumors of the subsequent title focusing on an October 2025 launch and Ripple Impact allegedly engaged on a free-to-play battle royale shooter.
