EA reportedly wants to release a new Battlefield entry annually

The Battlefield franchise is currently in the best spot it’s been in years, with fans of the franchise – both old and new – hotly anticipating the upcoming BF6. Though it seems the series might finally be ‘back’, EA looks to be counting its chickens before they hatch; with insiders claiming that the publisher hopes to go the Call of Duty route with annual entries.

As reported by analyst Michael Patcher via the ‘Patcher Factor’ show on YouTube, Electronic Arts is seemingly taking inspiration from Microsoft/Activision and Call of Duty in wanting to turn Battlefield into an annual franchise from a rotating set of studios.

As stated by patcher: “I talked to EA, Byron Beede, good dude, former Activision guy who worked at Infinity Ward with Vince. And he's running the Battlefield franchise. And their goal is three studios making Battlefield on a three year basis. So they can get to Battlefield annually.”

Fortunately or unfortunately, this seems to be more of a medium-term plan, with Patcher claiming “[Byron Beede] said it's going to take 5 or 6 years before they can get 2 in a row, so we're not going to get there for a while. But that's their plan.”

Currently for BF6, the game is being worked on by ‘Battlefield Studios’ – a partnership between EA’s Criterion; Ripple Effect; Motive and DICE studios. Whether this set-up would change much moving forward we will have to wait and see.

That said, given how Call of Duty is barely able to get annual titles working with over a dozen different studios, it seems like EA is showing its hand a bit too prematurely.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this plan? Will it backfire? Does Battlefield Studios have the dev-power to launch new entries annually? Let us know down below.

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