‘Specialists will not be coming back’: The next Battlefield will emulate Battlefields 3 and 4, ‘the pinnacle’ of the series, says EA

I liked Battlefield 2042’s experimental character—lonely hikes across its giant 128-player maps reminded me of how awesome the scale of Battlefield 1942 felt back in 2002—but I held a minority opinion on that one. For the next Battlefield, the series’ new boss aims to recapture what he calls the “peak of Battlefield-ness” found in Battlefield 3 and 4.

That boss is Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella, who previously co-founded Infinity Ward and helmed Battlefield’s biggest rival, Call of Duty. EA announced in 2021—not long after Battlefield 2042’s disappointing launch—that he’s now overseeing the Battlefield series, and in an interview with IGN this week, Zampella dropped a few details about what we can expect from the next game, which is still unnamed.