EA has started to talk up Battlefield 6, with the promise of a back-to-basics approach with class types and no more 128-player battles. Battlefield 2042 was the sort of flop that puts into question the entire future of a franchise. Its reputation did improve a little afterwards, but at launch it was a complete sales failure and hated by most long-term fans.
It very quickly became clear that EA was not giving up though, with multiple teams put into action on what seems to be more than one new title – including a would-be rival to Call Of Duty: Warzone . EA and series overlord Vince Zampella (the co-creator of Call Of Duty) have never been very specific about any of their plans but that’s changed this week, with a promise to go back to traditional classes and a modern day setting. Going back to basics is the standard response from any company when they upset a fanbase, and for obvious reasons.
‘If you look back to the peak or the pinnacle of Battlefield, it’s that Battlefield 3...
Battlefield 4 era where everything was modern,’ Zampella told IGN . ‘And I think we have to get back to the core of what Battlefield is and do that amazingly well, and then we’ll see where it goes from there.’ Zampella also revealed some very ambiguous looking concept art and hinted that the game would be ditching the 128-player matches from Battlefield 2042 and, presumably, going back to the traditional 64-player modes.
‘Doing the number for the sake of the number doesn’t make any.