Today the folks over at DICE are announcing the next entry in the Battlefield series, and being one of my favorite games this news actually prompted us to delay recording of The Geekscape Games Podcast by an entire day.
Right now on the Battlefield Twitch channel, the team working on the next in the series is going over the history of Battlefield. This is all leading up the world reveal of the next game, but that hasn’t stopped any potential leaks!
The first thing to leak was from Microsoft themselves! The Xbox Dashboard was advertising the stream today, and the image they used is apparently the key asset for the next game!
Battlefield 1 Xbox Leak
Instantly I thought of the rumors from way back in February that the game is planned to take place in WW1, and this was all but corroborated by Benjamin Counsins (DICE) on Twitter.
With the news all but broken, retailers started leaking images from their managers kits. A few of note are below.
Hellfighter DLC
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The game WILL take place in ww1. The first DLC is most likely an homage to the 369th Infantry Group “Harlem Hellfighters”.
It’s really exciting to see a new era getting the Battlefield treatment. The “modern” era is getting a bit overdone, and seeing them go BACK in time as opposed to Call of Duty going FORWARD. This distinction between the two franchises is going to up the rivalry. I personally feel that the mechanics and uniqueness of the two are going to prove which is going to be the superior title.
The title is fucking stupid. Battlefield 1, is the FIFTH game in the “numbered” series, and will be the 12th overall release to carry the Battlefield title. This name reeks of the marketing department getting their grubby fingers on it.
If the advertisements from retailers is anything to go on, Battlefield 1 will hit stores October 18th.