More Content Coming To Battlefield 4 In The New Year, DICE Looking For Your Favorite 'Classic' Map

After a handful of hints and teases, Battlefield fans got the news they were hoping for today from developer DICE LA on the future of Battlefield 4.

“With Battlefield 4 Final Stand released, we hope and believe that you will enjoy it together with the rest of the game for a long time,” the studio wrote in a recent update. “However, there is one thing we want to assure you: there is more content coming for Battlefield 4.”

Beyond that, not many details were shared.

“We will share details on exactly what this new content will be, and when it will arrive, in the near future,” the note continued. “We understand that this may lead to even more questions about our plans, but rest assured that we’ll get back to you on the future of Battlefield 4 when the time is right.”

One thing we can be fairly certain of is that some of the additional content might arrive in the form of “classic” Battlefield maps reimagined for Battlefield 4. What we’re uncertain of is whether or not it will be free or included in Battlefield 4’s Premium subscription.

“We’re aware of – and humbled by – the many requests of re-creating classic Battlefield maps within the Battlefield 4 universe,” DICE LA teased. “Now we have a question for you: if a reimagining of a Battlefield classic map was to happen, which map would that be?”

So, what map would it be? Tell us in the comments below and be sure to cast your vote here in DICE’s official poll.

Update

When told by fans that the new content ‘needs’ to be free, DICE LA Producer David Sirland responded, “Indeed, it does.”

@BenMorrow1 @Battlefield Indeed, it does.

— David Sirland (@tiggr_) December 9, 2014

John

ARICA HARBOR BABY
- dpg70
  
  That will be dlc #1 for bad company 3, but it is a Bad Company map. It shouldn’t make its way into Battlefield.
  
  I say they start with the maps they scrapped for Second Assault, instead opting for freaking Firestorm and Oman. Karkand, Kharg, Bazaar or Seine would be awesome. Maybe even Canals, only because the TDM players loved it so much.
  - John
    
    I’m not sure there will be BC3 at this juncture of junctures.I hope i’m wrong though
    - dpg70
      
      I hope you are too, but you’re probably not.
  - Puppet Master
    
    BC is still a Battlefield.
    - oofy
      
      I think what he’s trying to say is BC maps were much more compact than “traditional” Battlefield maps. I can’t imagine 64 player conquest on Arica Harbor.
      - Yevgenij Pekurovskyy
        
        if they use all 5 sections of the map maybe it will work.
  - Brlern
    
    Hell yeah to Kharg Island with attack boats
  - Leon
    
    I would welcome Bazaar o Seine. And please, NO BC2 maps in BF4!
    - Guest
      
      You just said BC2 has corridor maps even those these are the same thing.
      - Leon
        
        No.
- xHDx
  
  Yes!
- Mr Frags
  
  I swear, if you people get that map remade of all the maps in the franchise, that’s absurd. It’s a good map but there have been some legendary maps in the franchise (Dragon Valley, Kubra Dam, and Fall of Berlin to name a few).
  - Brlern
    
    Amen to that. Any kid screaming Arica Harbor just tips his hand as a console dink that never played BF2.
    
    Dragon Valley and Kubra Dam for the mother effing win, maybe even Dalian Plant.
  - http://www.google.com Who_Is_Carter
    
    Flaming Dart baby, mmmmmmmm.
  - Warlon
    
    I want some Mashturr City
- Bliss Seeker
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-YoO522fQU
- Yevgenij Pekurovskyy
  
  Would be awsome but not gonna happen. Bf4 is a conquest oriented game. BC2 was designed with 32 players in mind
- roland0811
  
  I was always more of a Heavy Metal, Harvest Day and
  - Brlern
    
    Bc2 “destruction” = the same copy paste shack falling down the exact same way every time.
    
    I really don’t get how anyone can think the destruction was better in BC2 unless they just see it through the lens of being impressed by it at the time.
    - Cycovision
      
      Better than BF3 or 4 destruction. Oh you hit the wall with an RPG? Well you didn’t hit the right spot so tough luck no damage.
    - Guest
      
      AND?
      - Bender
        
        And.. BC2’s destruction is not better than BF3 and certainly not BF4. People remember BC2 destruction it through nostalgia glasses.
        
        Guest
        
        yes it is better, its too obvious
        
        Ben August
        
        Uhm…I play all three games routinely, and BC2 is far superior. Has nothing to do with how it looks, rather, with the lack of boundary regarding what can be done. In BF3/4, nearly 80% of the game feels like it cannot be damaged or destroyed. In BC2, with the exception of maybe one wall type, and one building type, everything could be leveled. If you’re not on your A-Game, you find yourself spawning in the wide open getting messed up by tanks and choppers…so don’t let it happen. It was a whole different element within the game….a mad rush, you were frantic to destroy incoming armor because if you failed, you’d spend the next 20 minutes getting pounded by howitzer/snipers/4x/apache/etc…. nothing you have to worry about in that joke BF3/4 series.
        
        Leon
        
        BC2 was fun but very limited game in comparison to BF3 and BF4. Tube-like narrow maps and total destruction on customized ticket’s number has killed it in the end, to the point of silly.
        
        Ben August
        
        Limited? In what respect? No auto-lock on weapons? Bahahahaha auto-lock is for newbs.
        
        No sir, BC2 had just the right amount of depth. You don’t need 2,000 attachments/gadgets/whatever to have a good time. These are first person shooters, not “max your attachments shooters” so I could care less about 90% of the options and gadgets in BF4, they took that crap overboard. The fun of the game got lost in the complexity.
        
        And half that crap doesn’t even get used…nope, just give me that “arcade style” shooter of BFC2 and I’ll be quite happy.
        
        Less complexity requires more focus on skill, because nearly everything and everyone is on the same base/platform/horizon. When the base is the same, that’s where skill comes to play. Aside from the time consuming “tricks” you can do in BF4, there is nothing that will compare in that game to using an AT4 to shoot down a side-strafing chopper in BC2. Skill+Luck will always win out against that crap auto-lock stuff in that Joke of a Game BF4. Lol
        
        Leon
        
        There is no auto-lock in PC version. To be honest, I could care less that you could care less about 90% options and gadgets in BF4. That’s not the point. Go play BC2 and have fun!
        
        Ben August
        
        Who said anything about PC? Is the game “PC Only” no, so don’t make it about PC Only.
        
        And no, you’re not standing in the way lol! I play that game all the time. It’s awesome!! Lol
        
        roland0811
        
        I remember it ’cause I could pretty much destroy almost everything single building, tree, wall and hillside on the map. BF3 and BF4?……Not even goddamn close.
        
        Leon
        
        If you were a tank whore then yes, it was a paradise. If you were a grant with no place to hide on the map, it was a curse. On custom servers with thousands of tickets BC2 fell completely apart. No fun.
        
        Guest
        
        No, You must be bad at infantry
        
        Leon
        
        No. You must be a troll.
        
        roland0811
        
        It fell apart if you weren’t communicating and coordinating with your team, yes. But my buds and I would run infantry only round after round and never really had any problems. We’d go “big game hunting”, i.e. we focused on taking out the helis and tanks while the rest of our team could focus on the objectives.
        Like any other class-based game, the team with the least amount of cohesion would most likely lose……then blame the game.
        
        Leon
        
        Go play BC2 then, stop whining and calm down, pal.
        
        Guest
        
        I dont understand how people can be bad at infantry when taking out vehicles, you only need 1-2 players to take a decent-good tanker(with repair gunner) same with chopper, circle strafing and air-ground has been a problem but dice overnerfs air.
        
        roland0811
        
        The thing with DICE and vehicles (or any powerful weapon system for that matter) is that they don’t realize you shouldn’t nerf the power of the system but increase the skill needed to use it. A good example is what they did with the mortar. A point-and-click system for aiming was the most wrong choice they could’ve made for that but they’ve done it a few games in a row now.
        
        I just can’t fathom how people who’ve been making this franchise for so long STILL don’t understand how to balance vehicles and weapons.
    - Ben August
      
      Because it changed the very nature of the flow of the game. It was never “omgz it looks so cool we need moar” it was “holy shit, that tank over there just leveled every single bit of cover, someone PLEASE take it out” Seriously if you don’t understand, you probably didn’t play.
    - roland0811
      
      Wow….just…..wow. This HAS to be a troll comment or you’ve never played BC 2, BF3 or BF4 at all. lmao!
      - Leon
        
        He is right.
  - Leon
    
    Harves Day was a flat, boring, useless desert map after 20 minutes of game play. Simply horrible experience. The whole concept of “total destruction” in BC2 was a big flop.
    - roland0811
      
      Because BF3 and BF4’s flat, boring useless maps were so much better? Not to mention their invincible walls negating 90% of the players’ tactical choices. At least in BC2 I had dozens of options to approach an enemy or force them from a building. BF3 and BF4 just let “campers” hole-up in that invincible cinder-block and plaster corner for as long as they want.
      You like generic, indestructible blue tinted hallways for maps then good on you. I prefer color and options on whatever map I choose to play.
      - Leon
        
        Maps may not be that exciting but at least you are not able to flatten the whole landscape. That’s the point. You don’t have any “tactical options” when all structures on the map are flatten.
    - Ben August
      
      The same could be said about nearly all BF3/4 maps…they’re Glorified Bottlenecks and it’s boring. Limited to no destructions means every map plays the same way every game. And what’s that sound like? Oh…COD lol.
      
      See, we can all generalize based on our own opinions.
      - Leon
        
        There is no point in arguing whose taste and preference is better. And ultimately, our exchange comes down to that.
Rex

damavand peak!!! It was perfect for rush and not to bad on conquest
AScaryGhost

Thank you, DICE.
Jack Moon

1. Grand Bazaar

2. Strike at Karkand
3. Any map from BF3’s Aftermath DLC
4. Damavand Peak (then we’ll have at least one good map for rush in bf4)
xchaser

Battlefield 1942 El Alamein
xHDx

I have to admit, DICE are really pushing this game with Updates and support (CTE).

I want damavand peach and possibly Atacama desert
- Yevgenij Pekurovskyy
  
  Damavand is bad for conquest mode
  - Ryan Schulze
    
    But perfect for Rush.
    - Yevgenij Pekurovskyy
      
      Not really. When you get to the tunnel section, it becomes very defender friendly
      - xHDx
        
        Still doesn’t make a difference. It’s a good map overall compared to others.
      - Ryan Schulze
        
        Yes, but it makes it rewarding to take the tunnel, which I helped complete many times. Teamwork helps tremendously, but the key is just getting behind the campers that are locking down the side passageways. A mobile spawn point remedies the situation quickly. As a defender, I did really enjoy setting up with a LMC trained on the right tunnel and mowing down anyone that tries to venture out. But I had to watch my back or have teammates covering me.
        
        Guest
        
        or just tear it up with a tank.
    - Apexchief
      
      Agreed which is why I wish they would make maps only for their intended mode, not this one map fits all method.
      Great conquest maps make lousy rush maps and vice verse.
      - Guest
        
        Usually, atacama and karkand are exceptions
      - Ryan Schulze
        
        BF3 worked it out pretty well. The maps for Rush were often considerably larger than the Conquest maps, but in BF4, the Rush maps basically fit into the Conquest maps. I like the one map for all modes. That means a for map pack DLC is worth a lot more than 4 maps for COD, for example. Each mode gives you a different take on the map. Except for the Close Quarters BF3 DLC. There was only one way to play each of those maps. I play nearly every mode and enjoy the variety of the maps, but as a whole, the BF4 Rush maps are pretty awful.
        
        Guest
        
        You need to play the BC’s more, to understand why imo, BF3 and BF4 rush maps are both bad. there are exceptions though
        
        Ryan Schulze
        
        All I can do is go in what I have played and I would probably agree with you. There’s a reason why a few maps became go to Rush maps on BF3. On BF4, is there a go to Rush map? I’ve played so little in comparison to what I put in on BF3, I honestly wouldn’t know.
  - xHDx
    
    Not all maps are great for either game mode. Still a great map though.
    - Guest
      
      Dont have to look at just crappy bf3 maps
Apexchief

Such a shame most people will vote for BF3 maps as this for many was their entry point into the BF franchise.
- Ryan Schulze
  
  As someone who started on BF with BF3, I agree completely and that’s why I won’t vote. I only have experience from two of the six or more BF games. How can I evaluate what the best would be?
- ButteredBread
  
  I’m pretty sure that they know that at Dice and don’t do all the map votes as a whole but individual by game.
- Guest
  
  Yes , bf3 isnt a really good bf, had some decent maps, buts its basically a codified bad company hybrid
- oofy
  
  I started with Bad Company 2. I want them to bring back more maps from Battlefield 2.
- Ben August
  
  yea BF3 was garbage. ugh…if I had to play “reimaged bf3” maps I’d probably just not play….
- Leon
  
  Yes, that’s unfortunate. What’s even worse they will vote for BC2 corridor maps meant for 32 players.
  - Apexchief
    
    While agreed the game is meant for 32 players some of BC2 can be opened out to their full rush map and include parts that are otherwise out of bounds some examples Arica harbour / port valdes
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    - Leon
      
      But then it wouldn’t be Arica Harbour anymore, right? And DICE is not interested in making new maps but copies. Besides, the whole map was based on bottleneck points.
      - Apexchief
        
        Conquest small and RUSH would remain the same as the BC2 maps only conquest large would change because of the larger player count.
        
        Leon
        
        I guess so. Still there are much better maps in BF’s history than those from BC2.
    - Yevgenij Pekurovskyy
      
      I also thought about that. But the map is very linear and you gonna have lots of spawntrapping with 64 players. If they remake bad company 2 maps they should limit them to 32 players.
Yevgenij Pekurovskyy

Some chinese maps from bf2 maybe and Kharg island
- Brlern
  
  Kharg with attack boats would rock
Ryan Schulze

“NEEDS to be free” is right. I really dislike paid DLC constantly fragmenting the player base. Who’s going to but another map pack after buying premium? 3 people perhaps? Just kidding, if choose, but chances are the number would be tiny.
- Zheka
  
  Yep, fragmentation of the players is what kills off most games.
Apexchief

My votes were

Mashtuur city
Kubra Dam
Road to Jalalabad
Guadalcanal
Wake island
Arica harbour
End of the line
- skyfire
  
  Road to Jalalabad is by far my fav BF map ever made
  - SamRock
    
    Mine too.. Plus
    * Ghost Town
    * Warlord
- Guest
  
  This guy had good taste
Anonymous Tom

I want a weapons pack, too. That’d be awesome.
Guest

Strike at Karkand
Arica Harbour
Daqing oil fields
Fushe pass
Kubra dam
Strike at karkand is a must(fav map in fps, dont want to play it in bf3 due to 3’s lousy mechanics) Arica Harbour to add a rush flare to BF4,
- SamRock
  
  Arica Harbor is the BEST rush map ever.
  My first RUSH experience and only reason why I fell in love with RUSH forever 😀
  - Guest
    
    Same in regards to best rush map ever
Guest

I appreciate DICE LA’s work on bf4, and them fixing what stockholm messed up and couldnt, they have done more fixing this game and adding dlc then what stockholm did with bf3, these additions should in all future bf games along with that game’s improvements. Good job, really want to get this game now.
Eaglejoc .

Some of my votes were.

Wake Island (I’ve loved this map with 64 players on CQ with US having no flags just like in BF2’s)
Kubra Dam
Road to Jalalabad
Guadalcanal
Daqing Oilfields (might be my favorite map from BF2)
Fushe Pass
Operation Flaming dart
Operation Irving (my favorite BFV map)
- Mr Frags
  
  Flaming Dart <3
  
  You have great taste in maps.
Trevor Squires

I think Omaha Beach with modern weaponry would be awesome. Although I do want to see Strike at Karkand again, I can’t say no to Africa Harbour.
eBunny

Yeah I think I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t a fan of the maps they chose to put into the Second Assault expansion pack. So personally I wouldn’t mind seeing some other maps from BF3 coming back, like Grand Bazaar, Seine Crossing, some of the Close Quarters maps or perhaps some Aftermath maps.

But at the same time I’d love some maps from older Battlefield titles as well, though personally I haven’t played as much of those, since I really only got into the series at BC2.

I feel like they might not want to add any Bad Company maps, since that was a spin-off series, but I would absolutely love to have some of those maps in the game as well.
Zheka

I voted for Karkand, Mashtuur, and Sharqi. I loved the urban maps in BF2.
Darkthunder

I say, bring back El Alamein
http://www.youtube.com/user/theKaufmannghost Kaufmann Ghost

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat?!
– Backstab
– Frost Bite
– Russian Border
– Missile Crisis
– Special Op
http://www.twitch.tv/sillycrez SillyCrez

“We’re aware of – and humbled by – the many requests of re-creating classic Battlefield maps within the Battlefield 4 universe,”

re-create ? so Operation Metro’s wall hacks are made on purpose ?
- oofy
  
  Gotta keep it authentic.
Awesome

Nuketown hands down.
- Tank Buster
  
  lol
jj16802

My favorites:
Road to Jalalabad (Could make a good Rush map?)
Strike at Karkand
Wake Island
Omaha Beach (Again, Rush would be badass!)
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Dragon Valley
FuShe Pass
Kubra Dam
Operation Hastings
Fall of Saigon
Quang Tri
Oasis
Operation Harvest
Heavy Metal
Arica Harbor
Atacama Desert
Valparaiso
Isla Innocentes
Kharg Island
Noshahr Canals
Armored Shield
Bandar Desert
Alborz Mountains
Death Valley
- Guest
  
  I think rush would be amazing on 1942 maps, with ww2 weaponry and vehicles
  - jj16802
    
    I feel like they may have missed an awesome opportunity to implement Rush in BF1943.
  - Ben August
    
    It’d probably be amazing with current weapons too….
  - Yevgenij Pekurovskyy
    
    Dont like 1942 maps that much. Most of them are just huge wastelands.
Ben August

Bf3 is so recent that I hope we get nothing from that game. Seriously have no desire to play any of those maps. And if we are going modern battlefield, there are some amazing Rush based maps in BFBC1 (Although BFBC2’s Valparaiso and Isle Innocentes were pretty fun).

-Final Ignition
-Deconstruction
-End of the Line
-Valley Run

I’d like to see many of BF road to Rome maps as well, those were so fun! Only modernized. They obviously said “Reimagined” implying WW2 is ok.
- Bvg
  
  Completely disagree, i think the bf3 maps were some of the best.
  - Ben August
    
    Then go play BF3 lol!! It’s still widely played.
    - Bvg
      
      Same could be said with older battlefield. Does not mean that it should not be featured in bf4.
      - Ben August
        
        ugh, but why? everyone JUST played them in BF3, like….one year ago. Maybe even all week…maybe even all day. Theres so many older maps that people haven’t played in probably years…why would you want to play something you just played essentially last month? sounds so repetitive and a waste of opportunity.
        
        Bvg
        
        I just want some maps that can be played as both infi and armor. Sure you can on every map, but maps like Seine Crossing and Grand Bazaar are more the direction they need to take it to in my opinion. Not to mention Close Quarters and After Math.. I am sick of large open maps.
        
        Guest
        
        Those maps( except am) arent bf maps but are made to cater to the cod audience and are essentially bc cod map hybrids
        
        Bvg
        
        After Math is basically the same as Seine Crossing and Grand Bazaar; no expensive environments with many small area’s for infantry gameplay but still very much a Battlefield title. Still tanks and even heli’s in some of those maps so i can’t quite figure out the Call of Duty reference. Also don’t forget that Battlefield also has guns in them, this does not make it a Call of Duty map just because the forcus is not primarily on vehicles.
        
        Guest
        
        not really, only epicenter is similar in that regard, by cod, siene and bazaar are arena styled maps that are whored killfests. they are so small.
        
        Bvg
        
        So Battlefield is only about vehicles, long range sniping and lock-on missiles ? The reason why i want smaller maps is because as a vehicle you have more cove to hide from the constant lock-on etc, as infantry you have the chance to survive an vehicle encounter and make it to an objective without being sniped all the time. Even maps like Zavod are kinda good since it isn’t super open.
        
        And to be honest, following your methodology even team death match and game modes like rush are not Battlefield worthy.. Fact is that Battlefield shoots and plays way better (for me) then cod does, so lets just ignore the player base who also(!) want some balance in that aspect of the game.
        
        Guest
        
        You are right, Rush was introduced in BC not BF and TDM has no place at all. Maps like 2142, BF2, and 1942, along with some BF3 maps( AM, Kharg, Caspian is what should be in BF. Some balance? Dice has been terrible with lock on balance the last 2 games, Long range sniping isnt even a big deal,
        
        Bvg
        
        Guess what, times have changed and so has Battlefield. Things like rush and tdm are part of Battlefield now. How many version’s must a product go trough until it is considered part of it. So if a game mode is not part of the very first instance it might never been seen as part of it in future successors. Very flawed logic! No i enjoy vehicles quite often, and the same goes for the infantry aspect of the game, you can’t deny that it is a large/ important portion of the game. And even then, what would be wrong with starting with bf3 or bf4 for that matter? You sound very entitled..
        
        Guest
        
        I didnt say rush shouldnt be a part of bf, dice should make maps specialized and playable for certain game modes, you cant deny rush hasnt been implemented greatly into the series. Tdm doesnt fit the bf brand at all,
        
        Bvg
        
        It’s just a game mode (tdm) that caters to the other main ‘class’ (infantry and armor). Do you think that Dice should not provide for those kind of players ? Really just because you hate an existing aspect of a game or just don’t use it shouldn’t mean that those player should feel alienated by that/you. I mean it is not like i ask to ban all big maps and most of the vehicles, i just ask for some smaller maps (that are lacking right now in bf4!) that both provide gameplay for infantry players AND vehicle players; like After Math, Grand Bazaar, Seine Crossing etc.
        
        Guest
        
        Bazaar and siene are infantry maps with a vehicle flare, a balanced map is karkand or the sm maps
        
        Ben August
        
        Ah, see now we get to what you really want. I agree that the large open maps can be pretty boring! There are many smaller, mid sized, and even some enclosed/partially enclosed maps that you probably have never played! But I understand your request now.
SamRock

Lets save BC2 Maps for BC3 please!
SamRock

Looks like DICE read my Thread about Free Maps and DLC as a true form of making up.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065670177946330/1/
Apexchief

Its really nice that they are continuing support for bf4 with new maps but me being a greedy S.O.B would love to see a 4th faction my choice would be British but only because im from the UK.
Would be so cool to have –
– Challenger 2 (MBT), Warrior(IFV), Jackal 2 and foxhound as land vehicles.

– Eurofighter Typhoon(jet fighter), Tornado GR4(attack jet), Apache(Attack heli)
Puma HC2(Transport heli), Lynx/wildcat(scout) as air vehicles.
waveRaiin

Karkand!!
Johnny Neat

Isn’t Lancang Dam basically an upside down copy of Road to Jalalabad?
Bvg

Noshahr Canals.
Kharg Island.
Seine Crossing.
Ziba Tower.
Any Aftermath maps.
- Yevgenij Pekurovskyy
  
  A close quarters map?
Tank Buster

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Wake Island or Operation Clean Sweep, it would play completely differently because of boats and I would love to see that
CptGoatCancer

Bridge Too Far and Backstab

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