Vince Zampella, Head of Respawn & Group GM hos EA Studios, er nu manden i spidsen for Battlefield franchisen og han har i et interview med IGN bekræftet, at efter senest at have været omkring de to verdenskrige og fremtiden i Battlefield 2042, så vender serien tilbage til nutiden i det næste spil.
Ifølge Zampella, var det i Battlefield 3 og Battlefield 4, at serien nåede sit hidtidige højdepunkt og at serien nu vender tilbage til kernen af Battlefield.
I mean, if you look back to the peak or the pinnacle of Battlefield, it's that Battlefield 3... Battlefield 4 era where everything was modern. And I think we have to get back to the core of what Battlefield is and do that amazingly well, and then we'll see where it goes from there.But I think for me, it's that peak of Battlefield-ness is in that Battlefield 3 and 4 days. So I think it's nostalgic for players, for me, for the teams even. Those are kind of the heyday...although I would say 1942 also.
- Vince Zampella
Zampella nævner også i det samme interview, at det nye Battlefield vil droppe 128-player kampene og det upopulære Specialist system fra Battlefield 2042 og at begge dele vil blive erstattet af mere traditionelle 64-player kampe og et class system.
So we are designing something that is more akin to previous Battlefields. I'd rather have nice, dense, really nice, well-designed play spaces. Some of them are really good. I can't wait for you to see some of them. Specialist will not be coming back. So classes are kind of at the core of Battlefield, and we're going back to that.- Vince Zampella
Electronic Arts satser stort på den nye Battlefield, som skal få serien tilbage på benene igen, efter det skuffende Battlefield 2042. Ud over de oprindelige skabere, svenske DICE, så arbejder også Criterion, Ripple Effect og Dead Space Remake studiet Motive på det nye Battlefield.
Det nye Battlefield er endnu ikke annonceret, men Zampella siger i interviewet, at de har planer om at lancere et "community program" næste år, men det er uklart om det er en slags lukket beta eller noget andet. Uanset hvad, så lyder det som om, at der er lidt vej endnu for det nye Battlefield.