Pretty much all we officially know about the next Battlefield so far is that it’s set in the modern day, and will bring back traditional classes and more focused maps after the unpopular changes made in Battlefield 2042. Beyond that, it’s all speculation – although one sleuth scoured the new game’s concept art and identified landmarks suggesting it could be set in Gibraltar.
However, with the first phase of its Battlefield Labs initiative – described as the “most ambitious community testing program in franchise history” – now live, despite participants needing to sign an NDA before they can get involved, gameplay is already popping up in various corners of the internet. And EA is not happy.
Whilst at first, with mostly positive news leaking, EA seemed pretty content to let the rumours fly, the team is now cracking down on the leaks, saying that no one wins when “information and content […] is shared out of context”.
Global community manager Totalfps hit back at a grumpy reddit thread about purported skill-based-matchmaking, cutting the commenter off with “Okay, enough”.
“Battlefield Labs is about building and collaborating on the future of Battlefield, and we want to do that in the correct way,” Totalfps wrote.”I want to remind everyone things that are taking place in Battlefield Labs may or may not make their way to the final finish line.