Criterion Working on Next Battlefield
Vince Zampella, head of Respawn Entertainment at EA who’s now in command of Battlefield, informed Eurogamer Monday the NFS developer was now engaged on the shooter.
“The Need for Speed group at Criterion are becoming a member of their colleagues engaged on Battlefield. As an organization, it was necessary to us to take the final 12 months to take heed to our Need for Speed group and use their suggestions to create content material for Unbound,” Zampella informed the publication.
“With an elevated understanding of what our gamers need in a Need for Speed expertise, we plan to convey the franchise again in new and attention-grabbing methods,” he added.
Back in September 2023, EA had announced that Criterion can be becoming a member of the EA Entertainment fold on the firm, overseen by Zampella. A majority of the studio can be engaged on the subsequent Battlefield.
“As we have mentioned earlier than, we’re all-in on Battlefield. Today, Criterion is added to our world-class Battlefield studios devoted to ushering in a brand new period for the franchise. The majority of the group can be working alongside DICE, Ripple Effect, and Ridgeline which are led by Byron Beede, GM of Battlefield,” Zampella had mentioned on the time.
However, the manager had mentioned a core group at Criterion would proceed to work on what was subsequent for the NFS franchise, as properly. Since then, Need of Speed Unbound, the final sport within the NFS franchise, has acquired extra content material updates.
Criterion has labored on the Need for Speed franchise since 2010 and has assisted improvement on Battlefield video games since 2016’s Battlefield 1.
Details on Next Battlefield Game
EA is tough at work on the subsequent entry within the sequence that straight competes with Activision’s Call of Duty. Following participant backlash on 2021’s Battlefield 2042, the corporate has promised to include suggestions and return to franchise roots for the subsequent title.
The subsequent Battlefield is confirmed to return to a contemporary setting and convey again 64-player maps. EA had shared these particulars and had revealed idea artwork from the sport in September 2024.
On Monday, the corporate finally showed off a brief clip of pre-alpha gameplay from the subsequent Battlefield and introduced Battlefield Labs, a group testing program that may assist the ultimate sport incorporate participant suggestions.
