The subsequent Battlefield guarantees a return to the Name of Obligation competitor’s “core” after 2021’s futuristic sequel drove many longtime followers away. The person in cost, longtime Respawn head Vince Zampella, cites Battlefield 3 and 4 as the height of the sequence that the at the moment untitled Battlefield 6 will probably be chasing.
“I imply, for those who look again to the height or the head of Battlefield, it’s that Battlefield 3…Battlefield 4 period the place every thing was fashionable,” he stated in a new interview with IGN. “And I believe we’ve got to get again to the core of what Battlefield is and try this amazingly effectively, after which we’ll see the place it goes from there.”
Zampella, who was the pinnacle of Infinity Ward again when Name of Obligation: Fashionable Struggle 1 and 2 exploded, listed a number of options gamers can anticipate from the subsequent recreation, and most of them sound like reactions to what folks didn’t like about Battlefield 2042. Along with being set within the present day, the subsequent Battlefield will ditch 128-player maps for 64 participant ones, and transfer again to straightforward class loadouts somewhat than customized specialists which have extra of a hero shooter really feel about them with their distinctive perks.
“So I wasn’t there for 2042,” he advised IGN. “I don’t know what the rationale was, however for me, it’s just like the workforce tried one thing new. It’s a must to applaud that effort. Not all people appreciated 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 sort of on the core of Battlefield, and we’re going again to that.”
There’s nonetheless no set launch date for the subsequent Battlefield, which I’m going to maintain calling Battlefield 6 till EA publicizes in any other case. Zampella hinted at a group testing program coming in 2025 for the sport, however it’s nonetheless not clear precisely what’s going to return the sequence to the juggernaut it as soon as was. Earlier this yr, EA introduced a Battlefield universe that sounded quite a bit just like the sequel-spanning microtransaction machine that’s Name of Obligation: Warzone.
Battlefields used to return out roughly each two years. No Battlefield in 2025 would put the subsequent recreation on the sequence’ longest growth timeline in over a decade. “The core Battlefield gamers know what they need,” Zampella stated. “They’ve been with us perpetually, they’ve been wonderful supporters. We have to earn their belief again and get them again on our facet. After which it’s increasing out and getting extra gamers into the universe and seeing what we are able to do, so whenever you need a totally different expertise, you don’t have to go away Battlefield.”