While fans wait for an official reveal for the next Battlefield game, an alleged former developer claims most of its developers are completely new to the series. With development on Battlefield 2042 wrapping up last year, fan attention is squarely on whatever EA is cooking up next for the series. But while EA has said quite a bit about Battlefield’s future, it’s yet to actually show anything.
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It’s apparent that EA has big plans for Battlefield, as no less than four different studios are working on the series ‘to build a Battlefield universe across connected multiplayer and single-player experiences.’. EA CEO Andrew Wilson called it the ‘the largest Battlefield team in franchise history,’ but it’s since been claimed that all four studios are collaborating on a single game and most of the staff have never worked on a Battlefield title before.
This comes from Bluesky user Rizible, an alleged former staff member at Battlefield series developer DICE, who posted a lengthy thread about Battlefield’s recent history over the weekend. Their most intriguing claim is that a whopping 98% of staff who have worked on Battlefield have all left EA, meaning the next game is mostly being handled by newcomers.
Aside from DICE, EA has enlisted three other studios – Criterion, Ripple Effect, and EA Motive – to work on Battlefield. It’s a move very similar to how Activision divvies up Call Of Duty projects amongst multiple studios, which is perhaps unsurprising given that Call Of Duty veteran Vince Zampella is in charge of the series now.
