Following the disastrous launch of Battlefield 2042, EA is adopting a different approach to put the shooter series back on the map.
It may seem hard to believe now, but Battlefield was once considered a serious rival to Call Of Duty, almost eclipsing Activision’s juggernaut shooter in the early 2010s.
The past two Battlefield games, however, have failed to meet EA’s expectations, with both Battlefield 5 and Battlefield 2042 stumbling out of the gate with rocky launches.
EA has confirmed another Battlefield is on the way, with promises it’ll adopt a back-to-basics approach, but it seems the developers behind the project are also determined to make it a big hit with players.
According to Insider Gaming, playtests with ‘external players’ for Battlefield 6 are ‘happening much more frequently’ than past instalments, while the amount of data and feedback being collected is ‘the most the franchise has seen in its history’.
These tests are said to vary between small …