Potential Battlefield 5 leak suggests June reveal and December release date
Update: Upon closer inspection it seems that this leak might not be referencing a WW1 setting but a futuristic one, possibly in the vein of Battlefield 2142. Still a leak, though, and it claims to be BF5 and not a sequel to 2142 so take it for what it is.
Who’s up for some Battlefield 5 news? Well, perhaps ‘news’ isn’t the best term here since we’re talking about a leak that may or may not be legit, but you get the idea. The alleged leak was posted on NeoGAF earlier today by a user who goes by the name “Livingskeletons” and it consists of a series of rather interesting images. Right off the bat I would suggest you take these images with a massive grain of salt since we have no idea if this is a reliable source or not, but you never know, right? Two of the images in question seem to be unfinished posters or invitations of some sort that suggest a game called Battlefield 5: Eastern Front is scheduled to be revealed on June 12.
The next installment in the series is supposedly going to take place during WW1 and more specifically on the Eastern Front, just as its title suggests. This could be a rather interesting setting for Battlefield 5 considering that only a handful of first-person shooters have approached it before, though it could also be a very boring setting at the same time. A description on the third image of the leak says that we should expect the new Battlefield game on December 6 and it is accompanied by a short description of the title. It reads “Fight off the Russian invasion by joining your European allies and visit the most beautiful East European cities like Kiev, Vilnius, Minsk and Tallin.” The image also lists (what seem to be) a number of potential DLCs for Battlefield 5 entitled Fallen Dragon, Prototype Warfare, Titan Assault, and Independence Day. Not the kind of names I would normally associate with a WW1 game, but there you go.
If this leak were to be trusted, it would appear that Electronic Arts is planning to reveal this new game on June 12 during its EA Play event. As some of you probably now, the company announced not that long ago that it will not have a booth at E3 this year, and instead, we can expect to hear all about its latest projects at a separate event; the aforementioned EA Play. The three-day event will overlap a bit with E3 on the final day, but for the most part, this dastardly plan is indeed likely to draw a lot of press attention considering that usually there’s not a whole lot happening just before E3. Well, there is now. As for Battlefield 5, it would definitely make a lot of sense to reveal a highly anticipated game like that at EA Play and start the first edition of the event on the right foot.
The alleged images leaked on NeoGAF may not look all that trustworthy for sure, but we are pretty certain that a new Battlefield game is bound to be announced this year regardless and it’s most likely going to happen at this event. EA has released at least one Battlefield game each year like clockwork for the last 14 years and we don’t expect the company to break this long-running, money-making tradition anytime soon. The next game may or may not be entitled Battlefield 5: Eastern Front, but I wouldn’t be too surprised if the new title takes place during WW1 to be honest since Battlefield Hardline was a clear indication that the company is running out of ideas at this point. And who can blame them? Milking a franchise for more than a decade is bound to take its toll sooner or later. Again, take this leak with a grain of salt and let’s just hope that we get a decent Battlefield game this year whatever its name may be.
Potential Battlefield 5 leak suggests June reveal and December release date
