EA has confirmed that the following Battlefield title goes to return to a modern-day setting akin to what followers of Battlefield 3 and 4 will keep in mind very nicely, and alongside that, different particulars have been launched on the title as nicely. Being billed as a back-to-the-basics sport for the franchise, unsurprisingly, the following Battlefield can also be going to revert to plenty of core tenets the place its multiplayer is anxious.
For example, although Battlefield 2042 launched 128-player maps on current-gen consoles and PC, the change proved to be an unpopular one with gamers, inflicting developer DICE to finally change again to 64-player battles. With the following instalment within the sequence, we’ll be seeing the latter proper off the bat, as revealed by Vince Zampella, Head of Respawn and Group Basic Supervisor for EA’s Studios Group, in dialog with IGN.
“The maps, as soon as they get to a sure scale, change into completely different. It’s a unique play area, and I believe it’s important to design round that,” Zampella mentioned. “So we’re designing one thing that’s extra akin to earlier Battlefields. I’d quite have good, dense, very nice, well-designed play areas. A few of them are actually good. I can’t wait so that you can see a few of them.”
Equally, Specialists are one other new function that Battlefield 2042 launched to blended reception from gamers that won’t be returning within the subsequent sport within the shooter franchise, with Zampella confirming a return to lessons, which he describes as being “on the core of” the franchise’s gameplay identification.
“So I wasn’t there for 2042. I don’t know what the rationale was, however for me, it’s just like the crew tried one thing new,” he mentioned. “You must applaud that effort. Not all people favored it, however you bought to attempt issues. It didn’t work. It didn’t match. Specialist is not going to be coming again. So lessons are type of on the core of Battlefield, and we’re going again to that.”
Leaks have claimed that the following Battlefield sport is concentrating on an October 2025 launch, although EA hasn’t mentioned a lot concerning the title or its launch plans in an official capability. Zampella, nevertheless, has expressed curiosity in doubtlessly bringing the sport to Nintendo’s as-yet unannounced next-gen console. Learn extra on that by way of right here.
