The EA CEO, Andrew Wilson, confirmed that the editor would be willing to delay his next battlefield, it is currently expected to be launched before April 2026, if “some things that happen in the year” meant that “it was not a Great window for us. ”
The recently announced launch window of Battlefield is, of course, absolutely full of important releases, with the tastes of Borderlands 4, Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Y & Omacr; Tei and Fable, all currently aim to launch in the same period of time frame. And that is without considering the launch of Juggernaut of Grand Theft Auto 6, which still officially arrives at this “fall” despite the persistent rumors of a possible delay: a launch window that other editors seem reluctant to commit until Rockstar Dan To know your plans.
Therefore, there is a fierce competition for eyeballs and wallets ahead, something Wilson acknowledged in an answer to a question of investors about the launch window of the new battlefield in his last financial call. “I think this year could be a nuanced year in relation to the competition,” he admitted. “There may be some things that happen in the year that can make us think differently about our launch time.”
Wilson also pointed out that EA has “invested more in this battlefield than on any battlefield before … we are looking for this to be the largest battlefield we have made.” As such, the editor “[wants] To make sure to launch it in a window where we can comply with the fullness of the promise of what Battlefield can be and make the community grow at a level that is consistent with the size of the game we are doing. ”
And although the editor believes that his new battlefield “will be great and ready” for its launch in financial year 26, Wilson admitted: “If we approach that period and believe that it was not going to be a great window for us, So, then we would take a look at what could be an alternative window that would give us the appropriate time, the energy and the opportunity to acquire players so that this battlefield is everything that needed to be. ”
EA, of course, has been strongly investing in its new installment of the battlefield, with a large group of developers who cover four of their teams (dice, domino effect, motive and criteria) that now work in the game. That is how it seeks to “recover the community [its] Side “after the evil received Battlefield 2042, which quickly became one of Steam’s reviewed games of all time after its launch in 2021, and then it was recognized that it had failed.
EA has already promised a return to the modern era for the next output of Battlefield, along with traditional classes and more focused maps while trying to recover fans of the series. And with so much driving on the new battlefield if the franchise will survive, the release time will be a significant consideration. Even so, EA’s Hype Machine is already winning impulse ready for the arrival of the new battlefield, with the editor recently presenting its new test initiative of the Battlefield Labs community together with the first footage of the game.