EA’s Motive Studios, which is engaged on a brand new Iron Man sport, is now helping DICE in creating the way forward for the Battlefield franchise. This does not imply the Iron Man sport is taking a again seat, although, as Motive GM Patrick Klaus mentioned in a blog post that the sport stays a precedence for the studio and that it lately handed a growth milestone.
Klaus mentioned “a gaggle” of builders from Motive are actually working with DICE, Criterion, and Ripple Impact to creating experiences that result in the “full potential of Battlefield.” Motive becoming a member of the Battlefield staff comes not lengthy after EA closed Battlefield co-developer Ridgeline Video games.
Particularly, the lead builders on the 2023 Lifeless Area remake, Philippe Ducharme Roman and Campos-Oriola, are constructing a staff inside Motive to make “what’s subsequent for Battlefield” throughout multiplayer and single-player.
As for the Iron Man sport, Klaus mentioned the staff at Motive has made “wonderful progress” in 2024, reaching a “main inner milestone” and “laying a sturdy basis for the journey forward.”
“Iron Man is a vital precedence for Motive, and I am very pleased with the work we have achieved to this point,” Klaus mentioned.
In another blog post, Battlefield GM Byron Beede mentioned Battlefield 2042’s Season 7, which launched in March, would be the sport’s last season. DICE will proceed to assist the sport with in-game challenges, occasions, modes, and ongoing upkeep, however “we’re transferring away from delivering official seasons,” Beede mentioned.
“We all know this information could also be disappointing. Nonetheless, as we checked out what the way forward for the sequence required, it turned clear it was time for us to shift our sources and focus to be absolutely devoted to what comes subsequent,” he mentioned.
Battlefield 2042 had a troublesome launch in November 2021, but it surely was nonetheless the No. 5 best-selling sport of that yr within the US. EA blamed working from house, amongst different issues, for contributing to Battlefield 2042’s rocky launch.