Regardless of requiring gamers to signal NDAs to forestall particulars of EA’s upcoming untitled Battlefield recreation leaking on-line, it leaked on-line anyway, with dozens of video and screenshots popping up, displaying off what gamers taking part in the recreation’s closed playtesting have been as much as.
As we reported when the leaks surfaced, the footage appears to verify the “trendy” setting beforehand teased by Vince Zampella, distinguishing it from different Battlefield video games. A fast scroll by the Battlefield subreddit provides us loads of firefights, in addition to a style of the recreation’s destructible environments and a handful of recent mechanics, together with the potential to hang off vehicles and dragging wounded teammates out of harm’s way.
Maybe most shocking of all, nonetheless, is EA is seemingly doing little or no to fight the leaks.
Most publishers are fiercely protecting of leaked early footage as pre-release gameplay can function incomplete animations, unfinished UI, and less-than-stellar graphics. This time, nonetheless — regardless of the reality gamers are breaking confidentiality agreements by importing movies or screenshots — EA has but to challenge takedowns.
Maybe that is as a result of, not like Battlefield 2042’s lukewarm reception, followers appear pretty pleased with what they’ve seen so far.
“I’m scared to say that however this recreation is shaping up very rattling nicely. I hope there are not any catches…” said one participant, with one other adding: “The animations of the weapons transferring round whereas working / doing something look higher than 2042 to me.”
“Dude, even in a pre-alpha state, the explosions, bullets, and projectiles whizzing by, buildings crumbling down, mud kicking up. This has a lot potential!” exclaimed another happy player.
“I can not recover from how good the sounds and the destruction take a look at alpha,” opined someone else.
EA expects its subsequent Battlefield recreation to launch in the fiscal 12 months 2026, which suggests we’ll see it launched someday between April 2025 and March 2026. From our first official unveiling simply final month, we now know the new Battlefield will embody the return of a standard, single-player, linear marketing campaign, which has been welcome information to gamers upset it was excluded in the multiplayer Battlefield 2042.
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