EA has lastly supplied some steerage as to after we can truly anticipate the long-awaited subsequent entry within the Battlefield sequence. This comes simply someday after the writer unveiled a brand new initiative, dubbed Battlefield Labs, designed to enlist the assistance of gamers to check varied elements of the upcoming recreation, and rapidly iterate throughout this section of improvement.
The following Battlefield nonetheless doesn’t have a correct title, nonetheless, and this week’s EA replace didn’t provide any particulars there.
As a part of the earnings outcomes of EA’s third quarter of FY2025, the writer revealed that the following Battlefield will arrive in fiscal 12 months 2026, which suggests will probably be launched between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026.
This launch window is definitely very regular for EA’s main franchises. As an illustration, previous to the discharge of Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31 final 12 months, EA mentioned that the sport wouldn’t be out earlier than October. The Veilguard was a lot nearer to launch than the following Battlefield is, nonetheless, which is why the discharge window in our case is much wider – spanning the complete 12 months.
That is, nonetheless, the usual window for Battlefield, so nothing is out of the atypical there. Normally, EA likes to launch its massive, non-sports titles late within the 12 months – suppose October-November. Nonetheless, the disastrous launch of the newest launch within the sequence, Battlefield 2024, could impression its determination to push the sport again to 2026, assuming there’s sufficient of a necessity to take action.
Issues will look a lot clearer in the summertime, as that’s after we anticipate EA to correctly reveal the sport, announce a tighter launch window, and begin the advertising push. By that time, many impressions of Battlefield Labs testing will possible be out within the wild. Assuming they’re constructive, it may embolden EA to push for a 2025 launch. If phrase of mouth is important, nonetheless, that could possibly be what causes a delay to 2026.
Till then, we will solely rewatch these few seconds of gameplay tucked away on the finish of the Battlefield Labs announcement so many instances, even when the footage appears actually good.
