Rumour-o-rama: Battlefield V revisiting WW2 this yr

How do battle recreation makers decide which battle to struggle of their subsequent recreation? It’s a little-known incontrovertible fact that the video games business unites yearly to settle this by drawing balls. It’s vital that video games don’t all decide the identical battle, in any case, and attracts had been deemed the perfect technique after a number of disastrous years of paintball tournaments. Call of Duty received the much-coveted World War 2 ball final yr, and rumours are actually saying that DICE are the fortunate ones in 2018. Battlefield V will take the sequence again to World War 2 this yr, rumours say. They’re solely hearsay, thoughts.

GamesBeat say that “sources familiar with EA’s plans”, who want to stay nameless, have confirmed it to them. They’ve heard that it’s going to launch later this yr. The sources additional say that EA had used a working title of Battlefield 2, which might be much more egregious than Battlefield 1 contemplating there already was a Battlefield 2 in 2005 (although there was additionally a Star Wars: Battlefront II in 2005 and that didn’t cease EA from releasing a Star Wars Battlefront II in 2017).

Believe as a lot or as little of all that as you please.

The Internet–together with myself, proper now–can also be passing round that ↑ supposed Battlefield V dev construct splash display screen, although it’s not clear the place it got here from. It wouldn’t be a tough picture for a hoaxer to mock up. Let’s say it proves nothing, particularly because it solely exhibits a vibrant smear quite than e.g. Winston Churchill flicking the Vs or something and oh my god in the event that they try this with Battlefield V I will likely be furious.

As a poster on the unofficial Battlefield Forum identified, DICE have thought of the title Battlefield V earlier than. Battlefield YouTuber Westie said in 2017 that, at a press occasion, he noticed an early Battlefield 1 pitch video which referred to the sport as Battlefield V. They’re evidently saving the title for one thing particular.

EA have spoken before about DICE releasing a brand new Battlefield this yr, although they didn’t say during which battle it’s set. They didn’t say a lot of something. But they’re fairly clear that it’s not a Battle Royale recreation.

Obviously DICE will return Battlefield to its roots in World War 2 sooner or later as a result of that’s how biannual online game franchises work. The solely query is: this yr or later? EA will certainly reveal this yr’s recreation by E3 in June on the newest.

We now go over to Rod Stewart for the draw: