EA has four "fully resourced" studios working on Battlefield multiplayer, single player, and a "new Battlefield experience" – "We're taking more time in the dev cycle"
Sep. 17, 2024DICE is in charge of multiplayer, Motive is in charge of single player, and Criterion is supporting both
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The next Battlefield game is being built by four different developers, EA has revealed.
DuringEA’s Investor Day presentationon Tuesday, president Laura Miele said “four fully resourced studios” are working on “this next iteration of Battlefield.” Miele also said EA is “taking more time in the dev cycle” for the next game in the series and has been playtesting it for the past year.
Taking the stage after Miele was Battlefield SVP and GM Byron Beede, who dove into the specifics regarding which studios are developing which parts of the game. Beede said DICE, the creators of the Battlefield series, is “leading the charge on multiplayer,” while Need for Speed and Burnout studio Criterion is “driving content and experiences across single player and multiplayer.”
More recently, Zampella saidthe next Battlefield game is ditching Specialists and returning to modern day because 3 and 4 were the “pinnacle of Battlefield”.
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