The latest entry to the first-person shooter video game franchise “Battlefield” officially titled “Battlefield: Hardline” was released last year and it will mark its first year this March.
Reports have it that one more DLC will come out to “Battlefield: Hardline” before the video game turns one year and the game is over and done with.
With that being said, the next iteration to the video game series speculated to be “Battlefield 5,” will come out soon after.
“Battlefield 5” was actually announced as early as July last year by Blake Jorgensen, Chief Financial Officer of game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), when he said that the next “Battlefield” title will come out in 2016.
The notion was somehow confirmed by Dan Vaderlind, development director of game developer EA DICE when he said that he will be able to focus on the next “Battlefield” title after the release of “Star Wars: Battlefront” late last year.
If and when it comes out this year, “Battlefield 5” will be the 14th major title in the franchise, directly following “Battlefield: Hardline” released last year, and “Battlefield 4” released in 2013.
A big trailer
Fans of the “Battlefield” series got excited early this week when game developer DICE teased that something very big is coming very soon.
It was actually Randy Evans, senior video and media director/editor of DICE, who alluded on Twitter on February 3 that a big trailer is dropping this week although he did not say anything on what game is it going to be, notes Attack of the Fanboy.
Gamers thought that it would be a trailer of “Battlefield 5” but as it turned out it was “Mirror’s Edge Catalyst,” one of the upcoming games in the DICE game stable.
While “Mirror’s Edge Catalyst” is a great-looking game, and many have been waiting for it since the first game hit the video game retail store shelves back in 2008, it does not hold the same amount of fan fervor as a “Battlefield 5” might.
Heightening the excitement and enthusiasm
With the release of the trailer of “Mirror’s Edge Catalyst,” the excitement and enthusiasm of fans and gamers for the release of “Battlefield 5” have further heightened.
Although it is almost certain that “Battlefield 5” will debut at some point this year, it is still unknown when exactly the game will make it to the gaming consoles, reports the Christian Today.
What seems clear at this point is that DICE is not yet ready to talk about “Battlefield” which could be a hint that the developer is still busy working on the game.
One Twitter user recently asked DICE technical director Johan Andersson when gamers are going to get information about “Battlefield” and when it can be expected to hit the gaming consoles.
Anderson simply responded by saying nope. The same Twitter user also threw the same question to the company’s Twitter account and the handler of the social media account of DICE said that the company will announce the game on its micro-blogging site once it is available.
“Battlefield” is actually a series of first-person shooter video games that began on the Microsoft Windows and the OS X with its debut video game “Battlefield 1942,” which was released in 2002.
The series features a particular focus on large maps, teamwork, and vehicle warfare than most other first-person shooter video games. The PC games in the series are mainly focused on online multiplayer.
Some 10 years after the first game in the series was officially released, the “Battlefield” video game series have been played by more than 50 million players worldwide across 11 games and 12 expansion packs.