Battlefield V seems to be the name
The most mainstream shooters have shied away from the futuristic in recent years and returned to the historic. Last year’sCall of Dutyrevisited World War II. The lastBattlefieldinterestingly tackled World War I. Now, it seems as if the nextBattlefieldwill move forward in time but still stay stuck in the past.
AsGamesBeatis reporting, the nextBattlefieldgame will use World War II as its setting. According to GamesBeat’s sources within EA, the publisher decided a few years back that it wanted to move away from futuristic campaigns. However, it was hesitant to use WWII right off the bat, so it went with World War I forBattlefield 1. This is because everyone knew that if WWI wasn’t all that well-received, transitioning to WWII would intensify interest. Of course,Battlefield 1did very well so now EA’s looking to maintain that momentum while transitioning to WWII.
Aside from the era, we know relative little about thisBattlefield. It seems as if the title will beBattlefield V(which gives the three most recent numbered games the nonsensical naming conventions ofBattlefield 4,Battlefield 1, andBattlefield V). Predictably, EA DICE will be the developer. Lastly, it’s said thatBattlefield Vwill be announced in the coming months and it will release later this year.
However, a different outlet has another report about microtransactions.USGamerhas sources confirmingBattlefield Vwill have loot crates but that they’ll only contain cosmetic items. There will supposedly be “way more customization options for your soldiers than previous games.” That was howBattlefield 1worked too, but EA likely wants to get out in front of this bullet point because of howthe wholeBattlefront IImicrotransaction snafuis still on everyone’s minds.
All of this information feels solid enough that there’s a pretty good chance everything’s legitimate. It’s probably just a matter of time now. For what it’s worth,EA revealedBattlefield 1in May 2016. Now we play the waiting game.
Battlefield V follows Call of Duty back to World War II this year (updated)[GamesBeat]Battlefield Returns to World War 2 This Year[USGamer]
