New Battlefield Concept Art Officially Revealed, Return to Modern Setting Confirmed as BF3 & BF4 Mentioned as “Peak of Battlefield-ness”

While EA hasn’t revealed the title of the next Battlefield game, it looks like the publisher is getting ready to lift the lid on it soon, as Battlefield franchise boss Vince Zampella has spoken out about the game officially for the first time!

Zampella, who was named the head cheese of the franchise way back in 2021, has revealed the first new Battlefield concept art, and has also confirmed that the game will be based in a modern setting! Check out the concept art below where we see a city under siege, air vehicles and other small details.

For now, Zampella won’t commit just where the concept art is based on, but it does seem like it’s based in Europe. Although nothing has been announced yet, we can see air vehicles engaging, which implies air vehicular combat will be making a return. The image also shows wildfire in one spot, which also suggests that “Levolution” or something similar to it might be returning.

Zampella also confirmed that the new Battlefield game will go back to a modern setting! This is following Battlefield 1, Battlefield V set in previous eras, and Battlefield 2042 using the near future as its setting. What’s even better for Battlefield players is, Zampella acknowledges that Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 were the peak of the franchise — something we wholeheartedly agree with.

“I mean, if you look back to the peak or the pinnacle of Battlefield, it’s that Battlefield 3… Battlefield 4 era where everything was modern. And I think we have to get back to the core of what Battlefield is and do that amazingly well, and then we’ll see where it goes from there. But I think for me, it’s that peak of Battlefield-ness is in that Battlefield 3 and 4 days. So I think it’s nostalgic for players, for me, for the teams even. Those are kind of the heyday…although I would say 1942 also.”

Hopefully, this means that more details about the new Battlefield are about to surface. No release window has been given, though we’re hoping that’ll be sometime in 2025.

Stay tuned, as we have more Battlefield coverage coming up.

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[Source: IGN]

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