One of EA’s biggest franchises isBattlefield, with the company recently confirming that the nextBattlefieldgame will be revealed this spring with a planned release later this year. Details on the nextBattlefieldgame remain scarce at the time of this writing. EA hasn’t revealed the setting, player count specifics, or anything of that nature, but it seems as though fans can check off one possibility when it comes to the nextBattlefield.
Those hoping for the nextBattlefieldgame to beBattlefield: Bad Company 3will likely be disappointed. Industry insider Jeff Grubb indicated as much on Twitter, saying that the nextBattlefieldis notBad Company 3last he heard. However, he also revealed that EA apparently once hadBattlefield: Bad CompanyandBattlefield: Bad Company 2remasters in development, only to put development on hold whenVince Zampella was made head of DICE LA, which is currently working on an original project.
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Grubb expanded on what he’s heard aboutBattlefield: Bad Companyremasters, saying that EA wants to be “very careful” when it moves forward with a newBad Companygame. Evidently, EA sees theBattlefield: Bad Companyfranchiseas a big card it could play, and it doesn’t want to botch its big return.
Regardless, it’s a bit strange that EA still hasn’t moved forward withBattlefield: Bad Company 3orBattlefield: Bad Companyremasters.Battlefield: Bad Company 3rumorshave persisted over the years due to a desire by fans for a new game in the series, and considering the massive success ofBattlefield: Bad Company 2, that’s no surprise. For those who may not remember,Battlefield: Bad Company 2was one of the most critically-acclaimed games in the entireBattlefieldseries, and it also sold over 12 million units.
In the years sinceBattlefield: Bad Company 2’s successful launch, DICE and EA have focused their efforts on more traditionalBattlefieldgames instead. This includes 2013’sBattlefield 4, the World War 1-setBattlefield 1, and theWW2-setBattlefield V. While fairly successful in their own right, onlyBattlefield 1managed to outperformBad Company 2sales-wise, and none of them have been as well-received by critics.
Maybe DICE will reconsider developing aBattlefield: Bad Companygame after the2021Battlefieldgameis out. Then again, if the 2021Battlefieldis a more traditional entry in the series and turns out to be a major success, maybe they will be convinced to stick with that style of game instead. Whatever the case may be, fans will find out more about EA’sBattlefieldplans later this spring.
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