It’s been a turbulent few years for the Battlefield franchise, and recent developments haven’t made things any smoother. Last month, it was announced that Marcus Lehto – general manager of Ridgeline Games, a studio formed to develop narrative-driven Battlefield campaigns – had left EA, and shortly afterward, it emerged that amidst EA’s mass layoffs, Ridgeline Games had been shuttered entirely.
Next Battlefield is Targeting an October 2025 Launch – Rumour
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The critical and commercial failure of 2020’s Battlefield 2042 forced EA to reevaluate the first-person shooter franchise in some significant ways, leading to the company adopting a multi-studio development model for future instalments. Concrete details on the future of Battlefield have been scant since these changes were instituted, but a new report by Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson has shed light on potential details.
According to the report, the next mainline Battlefield game is targeting an October 2025 launch, and is being internally billed as a “back to the roots” game for the series. As such, the game will feature 64-player multiplayer battles, while also bringing back the series’ four-class system and implementing improvements to the destruction mechanics, something that previous job listings have also suggested.
Allegedly, the game will take place in a modern-day setting (somewhere between the years 2025 and 2030), while placing “a strong story-driven emphasis on modern technology used in war”. What that means for a single player campaign – in development at Ridgeline Games – remains to be seen, especially with director and studio head Marcus Lehto recently having left the company.
Henderson also claims that the next Battlefield game will be accompanied with a tie-in free-to-play battle royale experience developed by Ripple Effect Studios. Read more on that through here.
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