What's going on with Battlefield V?
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These are desperate times... we got COVID-19 roaming around, we're all stuck at home, and to make it all worse... EA is stopping all development on BFV?!
It came as a surprise to most of us. Let's have a look at what the Ryan McArthur, Senior Producer at EA announced.
"As we look into the future, we will release one more standalone update this summer that brings with it some new content, weapons, and game tweaks."
Source: Arts, E. (2020). The Future of Battlefield V: An Update with Ryan McArthur. Retrieved 26 May 2020, from https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-5/news/the-future-of-battlefield-v
Again, this came as a shock for most of us, but why is this happening? Why did BFV fail so hard?
Well, the initial release trailers didn't really help with the hype too much. The official reveal trailer's like/dislike ratio is horrible. 351K likes and 546K dislikes...
Have a look for yourself!
At first it wasn't bad, but it could've done a lot better. Especially the campaign and a few of the multiplayer maps. But when EA released War in the Pacific, it got a lot better. The game improved, and saw a larger influx of players. These maps were a success and helped BFV hold on for just a bit longer, but EA is still a business, in it for the money. So if a game like this fell through so hard, what's the point of putting more money into it just so you can lose it again?
Anyways, that's an extremely brief recap of the game's life. So what's next for battlefield? Well we got some new content, as Mr McArthur said and we got a screenshot of a map here:
Source: Ivan, T. (2020). Battlefield V will receive its final new content update this summer | VGC. Retrieved 26 May 2020, from https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/battlefield-v-will-receive-its-final-new-content-update-this-summer/
There has been a bit of speculation around where this map is located. It's clearly in the desert, probably Libya or somewhere similar.
Here's some more information of what's to come in the next month or so:
Source: Arts, E. (2020). The Future of Battlefield V: An Update with Ryan McArthur. Retrieved 26 May 2020, from https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-5/news/the-future-of-battlefield-v
So if you're a casual player in BFV, you'll know this stuff has started already, excluding the #FridayNightBattlefield or Throwback Thursdays.
So it looks like this is the end of BFV. Now we gotta look forward to BF6, looking to be released in 2021... what will that be like?
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