Do not maintain your breath for a brand new Battlefield recreation this 12 months. EA has introduced that the subsequent entry within the franchise will not be included within the firm’s fiscal 12 months 2025 schedule, which runs from this April 1 to March 31, 2025.
Noticed by Battlefield Bulletin, EA CFO Stuart Canfield talked concerning the firm’s future throughout an earnings call for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. “Wanting past [fiscal year] 2025, over the subsequent couple of years, we anticipate our web bookings development to speed up, bolstered by our portfolio of industry-leading IP,” stated Canfield, who’s additionally an EA govt vice chairman. “Compounding development inside our core sports activities franchises, new content material and fascinating experiences throughout our large on-line communities, and iconic new releases like Battlefield, Sims, and different in-development titles, present the inflection level that fuels web bookings development and will increase underlying profitability.”
Canfield doubled down on no new Battlefield till 2025 on the earliest later whereas responding to a query, as nicely. “And we have referred to as out additionally that Battlefield isn’t in our [fiscal year] 2025 outlook,” he stated. The final installment was Battlefield 2042, which was launched in 2021. It is nonetheless receiving updates as Season 6: Darkish Creations launched final October for the sport.
Again in 2021–after Battlefield 2042 got here out–EA mentioned constructing a “linked Battlefield universe” for the longer term. As well as, Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella was put in command of overseeing the FPS franchise. Final 12 months, EA CEO Andrew Wilson stated the subsequent Battlefield could be a “reimagination” of the collection. It was additionally revealed that Burnout developer Criterion is engaged on the subsequent Battlefield, too.
For extra, try GameSpot’s Battlefield 2042 evaluation. The FPS had extra gamers than ever on Steam this previous October.