At a recent investor information day, EA revealed the first images of the upcoming Battlefield. The material shown makes fans optimistic.
It’s as certain as eggs is eggs that a new Battlefield is on its way.Although the details have not yet been finalized, insiders were already predicting a release in fall 2025 and a modern military setting – i.e., a setting with contemporary military and weapons – at the beginning of the year.
At EA’s in-house Investor Day, an information event for investors, the time has come. The publisher announced the first information about the upcoming Battlefield installment to its investors and showed the first artwork.
The new Battlefield will actually be set in a modern military setting, , offer 64- instead of 128-player matches again and bring back the tried and tested soldier classes Assault, Support, Engineer and Recon The physically correct destruction of the maps is also to be expanded again.
What do the pictures show?
Although the images shown at the investor day are only concept art, they show clearly the direction in which developer DICE wants to go with the new Battlefield The images show, among other things, contemporary battle tanks, a transport helicopter and a soldier armed with an assault rifle emerging from the shadows of a house entrance.
The type of houses shown on one of the images is reminiscent of classic Battlefield maps such as The grayish color scheme is very reminiscent of the visual style of Battlefield 4.
Clever online detectives have already identified another location: As Battlefield Insider Tom Henderson confirmed, the concept image shown earlier in the article depicts the British Mediterranean colony of Gibraltar.
Could this possibly indicate a conflict between Europe and Africa?
How is the community reacting?
After initial skepticism about the new Battlefield, the recently published concept arts seem to have sparked the community’s enthusiasm. On Twitter, many players are relieved about the return to the classic Battlefield setting with today’s military technology. Twitter user Devons_WrId , for example, writes:
You can’t imagine how refreshing it is to just see a standard-looking soldier in a battlefield.
Another writes that this is exactly the atmosphere he expects from a Battlefield game.
Four studios and big ambitions
According to the information from the investor day, a whopping four studios are currently working on the new Battlefield DICE is in charge of the classic multiplayer, Criterion is developing the single player, Motive is contributing the story, and Ripple Effect (formerly DICE L.A.) is responsible for the battle royale mode.
Battlefield 7 is thus one of EA’s most ambitious projects to date But it needs to be, because it will take some convincing to get the disgruntled fan base back around after missteps like 2042 or Battlefield 5.
According to brand director Vince Zampella, however, the company has learned from past mistakes and wants to finally give Battlefield fans 7 finally offer what they really want.
It remains to be seen whether the finished game can fulfill these grandiose promises, or whether it is – as so often with EA games in recent times – a smokescreen that serves only to hype the community up for a half-baked service game.
What do you think of the first images of the new Battlefield? Are you looking forward to the return of the Modern Military setting? And which map are you dying to see again? Let us know in the comments!
