Battlefield 6 Returning To Present Day Says Insider

An insider claims that the next Battlefield game, published by EA, will be returning the series to a present day setting and no one is surprised. The last two main games, Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V embraced period settings of World War 1 and World War 2, respectively.

Battlefield 6, or whatever it ends up being called, will be the twelfth game in the series that started all the way back in 2002 with the original and beloved Battlefield 1942. So far we have seen games set in the present, the past, the near future and even the far off future with the fourth game, Battlefield 2142. The games in this series are all first-person shooters, and tend to focus on large-scale, high player count multiplayer with vehicles and destructible environments. There is an emphasis on teamwork throughout the games, although the latter entries also feature single-player campaigns in an effort for the franchise to better compete with Call of Duty.

Insider Tom Henderson, who has previously shared accurate information about the latest Modern Warfare and Black Ops releases before release, is now dropping reveals about the next Battlefield game set to be released sometime in 2021. Replying to user Usman, who tweeted about his own love and nostalgia for Battlefield 3, Henderson replied saying, “you’ll be a happy bunny next year then” with a little smiley face for his followers. Afterwards, Henderson explained his vague statement clarifying that he was not referring to a remaster of Battlefield 3 – which another (and less reliable “insider”) has claimed is also happening – but rather, the next installment of the franchise. Battlefield 6, he claims, is a modern-set game which seems all but obvious anyway at this point given the response to the last several BF games and the record-setting popularity of Call of Duty’s long overdue return to a modern setting in Modern Warfare.

Having sold eight million copies in its first month, and scoring 89% on Metacritic for its PC version, Battlefield 3 was one of the most popular games in the series and helped push the series into the mainstream even more as a legit competitor against Call of Duty. Battlefield 4 continued that, also embracing the same modern setting, and both games remain arguably the most favored in the series. As for the BF3 remaster rumors, that seems odd and inexplicable at this point to re-release a modern set game alongside a new modern set game, splitting a player base they so desperately need to keep large to support large player counts.

This return to a present day setting seems favorable to fans, and inevitable, as the indicative tweet from Henderson got an enthusiastic response from his followers. It sounds like the developers, EA DICE, are taking some cues from one of the favorites of the series, and surely setting it in modern times will give players some advanced weapons and vehicles to test out. Battlefield 6 however, must make up for Battlefield V and deliver not just substantially more content, but a higher level of polish, a faster rate of post-launch content, higher player counts, and some innovation to compete with Modern Warfare which has given Call of Duty their best game in years – one that also supports cross-play and offers its battle royale modes for free.

Source: Tom Henderson