Electronic Arts has promised its shareholders that the next installment of Battlefield It will be a “huge game as a service”. The company also responsible for EA Sports FC and The Sims is following a development strategy similar to that of Activision Blizzard with its war shooter game with Call of Duty: to dedicate several large studios creating a single game.
“This is the largest team of Battlefield in the history of the saga,” said Andrew Wilson, executive director of Electronic Arts, in the presentation of the company’s financial results, the media reported. VGC. The team is made up of DICE (the Swedish studio that created the series), Criterion Games (those responsible for Burnout They have been supporting for years Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront), EA Motive (Star Wars Squadrons, Dead Space Remake) and Ripple effect (formerly known as DICE Los Angeles).
The manager has shown confidence in the shareholders with what these teams are building: “A few weeks ago I visited the teams and couldn’t be more excited. with what they showed me and what we were able to play with. “I’ve spent a lot of time with the collective team of Battlefield playing what they are creating and It’s going to be another huge game as a service“Wilson concluded.
The cessation of Battlefield 2042
The previous installment of the series, Battlefield 2042was published in November 2021 with a lukewarm reception by critics and players for various reasons, such as numerous errors, the absence of functions present in previous installments, the lack of content and fundamental changes in the mechanics that were not liked.
With the passage of free seasons, content updates and bug fixes, the title’s reputation has improved, but Electronic Arts announced in April that they would stop publishing new content for the shooter futuristic and thus focus on the next Battlefieldwhich apparently will have a campaign again.
