After the huge success ofBattlefield 1 in 2016 and a break in 2017, the Battlefield franchise will return in 2018 with a brand-new game called Battlefield V (or Battlefield 5 if you're not ).
This time players will go back to WW2 with a range of single-player and multiplayer missions that will take them through the war and immerse them in the time.
A huge amount of information on the game has been confirmed in the worldwide reveal event but were expecting to see a lot more from Battlefield 2018 at this years EA Play, which takes place in LA from June 9 to 11, including some hands on impressions.In the the meantime, weve gathered together the latest news and rumors to give you a better picture of just what we can expect from Battlefields next outing.Cut to the chaseWhat is it The next instalment in EA DICEs first-person shooter seriesWhat can I play it on PS4, Xbox One and PC most likelyWhen can I play it Early Access players will get access on October 11, those who pre-order the Deluxe edition will get access from October 16, and the standard version launches October 19.Battlefield 5 release dateEA has now confirmed that Battlefield 5 will have a staggered release.
EA and Origin Access players will be able to play on October 18, those who pre-order the Deluxe edition will have access from October 16 while the Standard edition will launch last on October 19.Battlefield 5 trailersThe games launch brought us a new trailer to pore over, which was much needed after that incredibly short 12 second teaser.The biggest trailer so far is a loud and chaotic look into all the things you can do in the game and looks like an insight into the new co-op mode Combined Arms.
This trailer shows players being dropped behind enemy lines in a team of four, fighting for their lives to survive.
It shows new gameplay elements like lying on your back and back peddling while shooting, jumping through windows, and reviving each other.The first trailer for the new Battlefield was very short indeed just 12 seconds long in fact.
You can watch it for yourself below.
It doesn't really tell us much but the costume for the character we see and the Union Jack and German Balkenkreuz icons at the top of the screen do seem to suggest a WW2 setting.Battlefield 5 confirmed featuresNo lootboxesIt's a controversial subject for EA games at the moment, but it seems that Battlefield 5 won't have any lootboxes, cosmetic or otherwise.
Speaking to Polygon, EA Games said that all items will be unlocked through gameplay and that cosmetic items will have no impact on gameplay progress.Single-player War Stories will featureAs was rumored (and probably widely hoped) Battlefield V will keep its single-player mode and build on War Stories from Battlefield 1.
Locations will take players across the global front and will include the freezing cold of Norway, the dry heat of North Africa and the expanse of the French countryside.One story thats been teased via a very short trailer is the story of a Norwegian resistance fighter who is trying desperately to protect her family during the 1943 German occupation.
As was the case in Battlefield 1, War Stories will be a mode that tries to inject a good deal of emotion into the Battlefield experience.
We were told by developers working on the game that the team have taken feedback from players following Battlefield 1 and tried to make improvements for the single-player mode this time around.
Theres a new co-op mode called Combined ArmsA new multiplayer mode and its not a battle royale Say it aint so! Combined Arms is an interesting addition to Battlefield V a mode that sits somewhere between the focus and intimacy of a single-player experience and the chaos and scale of a large multiplayer mode.
Combined Arms will take up to four players and ask them to work together closely as a team behind enemy lines.Youll be given objectives, but this is a high stakes mode where you dont want to leave any man behind.
Its all about working together as a team to do as well as you possibly can.For those that do love the classic big online multiplayer experience, however, that will return and youll be able to play through modes like Conquest, Death Match and Domination that youve come to know and love.You can create a Company and customise itIn Battlefield V youll be able to create your very own company of soldiers and customise them, from their appearance to the weapons they use and the vehicles they have access to.
Tll be possible to choose both your own and their gender, change faces, apply war paint, and change clothing.Youll also be able to visually customise vehicles and weapons with skins and parts as well as level them up in a way that suits the how you like to play.Customization options arent exactly historically accurate.
There are many costumes which you find during the second world war, of course, but you also have the option to wear some cool leather jackets, style your hair in creative ways and go practically bare chested onto the battlefield.New ways to reviveReviving other players and being revived is a much more personal affair in Battlefield V.
Anyone within a squad can revive another member and they have to physically approach them to do so.
Though Buddy Reviving is back, though, Medics will have some advantages.
If a medic revives a player, theyll be much faster and able to fully restore their health, while an ordinary squad member will be slower and only able to partially restore health.If youre trying to restore a squad member lying in the middle of the option, youll be able to drag their body into cover to heal them where its safe for both of you.As far as health regeneration goes, that wont be automatic and youll have to find supply stations or get help from your squad.You can build fortificationsThis is an interesting one.
In Battlefield V youll be able to restore destroyed buildings on the battlefield and use them for cover as well as use items like sandbags, barbed wire and trenches to create your own fortifications.
Now, you wont be able to rebuild an entire house in full, but you will be able to turn it into a serviceable bit of cover when things get dire.
Towing the big gunsA new feature that could keep predictable maps a little more interesting is the ability to tow big guns anywhere you like.
You can pop them onto a vehicle and keep them moving or take them from one stationary position to another.
Either way, youve got a feature that could cause some serious chaos in the right (or wrong) hands.Premium Pass is being replaced by a live service called Tides of WarYou wont have to buy new modes or maps anymore Battlefield V is stopping player segmentation with an ongoing live service.Called Tides of War, this online mode will allow players to journey and progress with their personalised Company through World War 2.
There will be an evolving narrative with new gameplay, new items, and new events added over time.It appears that Tides of War content updates will be split into chapters, with each chapter lasting a few months and featuring time-limited experiences, participating in which will allow players to earn special rewards which will include new weapons, vehicles, dog tags and emblems, and soldier and weapon skins.Grand Operations is an ever-changing, narrative multiplayer experienceA part of Tides of War will be Grand Operations, a mode which builds on Operations from Battlefield 1.
Grand Operations is a large, live, events-based multiplayer experience which will see players play long missions over several in-game days, with each day taking players to a new map within the mission (this could be around an hour of your real life overall).Grand Operations will have an overarching narrative and player action on one day will impact the next day.
We were told, for example, that if players are tasked with taking out as much enemy artillery as they can on day one, the degree of their success will affect how many resources, vehicles and soldiers they have when they start their offence on day two.On day three, one team could achieve a decisive victory but if things seem evenly matched, players will be pitched into a day four death match.
In this final day itll be high stakes gameplay with no respawns, no Buddy Revives and a fight to the death.Each Grand Operation will be active for a limited time and players will be able to earn unique rewards for taking part in them.Itll also be possible to earn currency to get new items in Tides of War by completing daily orders and longer-term special assignments through the games other multiplayer modes.Battlefield 5 latest news and rumorsEA hasnt revealed much official information about Battlefield 2018, but there have been some rumors and leaks floating around which are worth mentioning.There could still be a Battle Royale modeAfter Call of Duty Black Ops 4 announced that it would be including a battle royale mode later this year, all eyes turned to EA Dice and Battlefield.
There have been rumors that Battlefield 5 will have a battle royale mode but it wasn't alluded to during the game's reveal.It's not, however, out of the question.
Senior Producer, Andreas Morrel, told GameSpot that the mode would be a "natural fit" but there's no news to announce at this time.An engaging single-player campaign will still featureThere have been a lot of rumors recently around the game modes that will appear in the upcoming Battlefield game, but not much in the way of news on any kind of single-player campaign.
Until now.In a statement regarding EA's financial earnings for 2018, CEO Andrew Wilson said : With our next Battlefield game, the team at DICE is bringing the intensity of combat to life in new and unexpected ways.
Every battle is unique, and every mode brings its own challenges from the way you interact with the environment around you, to compelling single-player stories, to the next level of large-scale multiplayer that spans across multiple maps and modes.The key thing to take away here is the mention of "compelling single-player stories" which suggests to some degree that players can expect a similar campaign to the one that proved so popular in Battlefield 1.Battlefield might get a battle royale modeBattle royales are all the rage at the moment and a recent report from GamesBeat suggests that Battlefield 2018 could receive its very own battle royale mode.
Coming not long after the rumors that Call of Duty Black Ops 4 may integrate a battle royale, we're now hearing that EA may be prototyping its own.According to GamesBeat, the mode would be unlikely to be ready for the game's launch and could potentially be released as a free update.
However, EA has declined to comment on these rumors so we suggest taking them with a pinch of salt for now.What we'd like to see from Battlefield 5A campaign mode as good as Battlefield 1sIt can be hard to get a campaign mode on a first-person shooter right, and most of the time we dont expect very much from them.
Perhaps thats why we were so pleasantly surprised by what Battlefield 1 had to offer.It was short and it wasnt sweet, but the episodic emotionally-charged missions that took players across the different conflicts of WW1 hammered home the tragedy and global scale of the conflict.
We really hope that if the next Battlefield is set in WW2 it follows a similar pattern we wouldnt object to it being longer, either.Keep the lootboxes cosmeticWe hope the reports that Battlefield 5s lootboxes will be cosmetic are true.
At this point it seems futile to expect that games dont include some form of in-game spending, so wed like to see EA opt for the version thats least likely to rub players the wrong way.
Cosmetic items are harmless, dont disrupt gameplay and feel genuinely optional.Take advantage of the settingAnother of the great things about Battlefield 1 is that it stayed true to the kinds of weapons and vehicles that would have been available during the First World War, but that was also kind of limiting.
If the next title is set during WW2 were looking forward to seeing things opened things up a bit more we could see naval battles and aerial dogfights, as well as land-based combat.KsToTpJRhC3GzWeHPruJNS.jpg#