Like clockwork, there’s a new Call of Duty every year. Battlefield has also become a bit of a clockwork machine, though it’s a bit slower, coming in every two years. There’s a reason for that; EA has said that annualising Battlefield would “destroy the franchise.”
Speaking at the UBS 2013 Global Technology Conference, EA’s money-man Blake Jorgensen said that annualising Battlefield isn’t something the company would consider right now.
"The challenges are you’ve got to most likely do it out of two studios because it’s hard, it’s a two-year project," he said. "Battlefield takes us about two years to develop and so you want to make sure that you’re sharing talent across studios, so you keep core talent of the product and the experience for the consumer there."
The problem with actually following through with that though is that you have two separate teams with different visions for the project. couple that with the fact that’s it’s hard to keep players excited for iterative updates every year and you have a formula that EA says could ultimately “destroy the franchise.”
Instead, EA will do what it did with Battlefield 3; support the hell out of it with post-launch content. One major annualised modern warfare shooter is enough. Two of them would be ludicrous.
Last Updated: November 21, 2013
FoxOneZA
November 21, 2013 at 10:47
How about throwing in some Bad company spin-off’s? I had more fun with Bad Company than any other COD MW game.
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 10:52
Bad company is too SP. Thus they would need to do actual work to bring out another game.
Mark Treloar
November 21, 2013 at 12:28
Actually Bad Company 2 Multi-player was pretty good
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 21, 2013 at 14:20
Yep, and people are still playing it. I sometimes revisit Bad Company 2, just for the maps. That was DiCE at their best. Battlefield 3’s maps are really their worst (which in the great scheme of things is still pretty good, but you can see a decline in map “intelligence” and spatial awareness – not really sure what they were thinking with Metro and all its choke points)
Mark Treloar
November 21, 2013 at 15:25
The new Metro revamp tries to fix some of the choke points but not enough is done at the tunnel spawn point where the worst of it happens
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 19:26
Intereseting, but the SP was 2way better than BF3’s
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 21, 2013 at 14:17
I could do with a Bad Company 3, but with the writers from Bad Company 1. That game was phenomenal. The second one was OK, but it was far too serious for its own good.
Umar Moe Moe
November 21, 2013 at 10:50
lolz for dinner for one
Spathi
November 21, 2013 at 11:05
Excellent. Now I don’t feel so weird for recognizing the header. Loved it!
Umar Moe Moe
November 21, 2013 at 11:05
Haha, shoo…was starting to feel alienated too
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:08
Silly new years thing! they need a new one!
Airborne
November 21, 2013 at 11:36
erm… read TIMELESS!
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
November 21, 2013 at 11:26
Thanks for getting it dudes. I would have felt like a weird old tool otherwise. 😛
Airborne
November 21, 2013 at 11:35
“Ssssame prosheeedueh ash lastsh year Mish Shoofie?”
RinceandShrubbery
November 21, 2013 at 11:13
Where is Trevor? Tehehe
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:14
Dude I must make you a REAL sword! that one was a 2 sec job!
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:14
2 sec job? I think there are pills for that 😛
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:15
You should know!
RinceandShrubbery
November 21, 2013 at 11:36
But it’s a cool sword, that being said, you can’t see the name 🙁
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 11:21
What evil lurks in the hearts of men?
RinceandShrubbery
November 21, 2013 at 11:36
You should know!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 11:29
Was it last year that they showed two different versions of it? An updated one & a South African version. Sadness. Good thing I have the original on DVD.
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 10:51
Yeah every two years is soooooooooooooo much better.
Lourens Jordaan
November 21, 2013 at 10:52
I’d like them to revisit WW2 and Vietnam. Those with some Frostbite 3 visuals would be legendary.
Umar Moe Moe
November 21, 2013 at 10:54
Would be awesome, instead of a linear shooter they should make it a lil bit more open, that would be fantastic. A true war shooter, not a heavily scripted war shooter
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 10:54
I think we need WW3 so that game companies has a new war to make games about.
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 10:55
I agree! make WW3 game based on realistic things that could happen. In all that Frostbite 3 glory.
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 10:56
Why not start WW3 and then have them make a game about it? 😀
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 10:57
Because we might not have any game dev studios left by then….
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:00
But there in lies the plan… We start our own game dev studio and WW3. That is the perfect excuse to wipe out the competition. Then we release a game about the events and then no one would believe it was us.
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:02
I am so glad you think that is a great idea! Glad you have skills to build a game engine ect
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
November 21, 2013 at 11:03
Just do what EA does, copy and paste the shit out of some engine… no need to create one…just “licence” one
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:04
Or silence the people that have a working one 😀
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:04
Remind me to hire you when I wanna take over the country.
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:05
Why stop at just the country?
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:05
You right… THE WORLD!!
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
November 21, 2013 at 11:06
You get the whole LG Crew for that…
OVG and Brenda to scare the crap out of the poeple, banana and Admiral to lull them into a false sense of security, then BAM Una shows up
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:08
Una could be the modern day Hitler.
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
November 21, 2013 at 11:09
Nah… he does not have the skills to make the trains run on time
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:09
See, the perfect way to get people to do what you want is to break them down mentally. Until they except what you say as normal, then they will start believing what you say and follow you without question… Look how easily I got Timster to agree to taking over the world, he was completely against WW3 a few moment ago 😀
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:10
I tread lightly with an Icecream man!
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:11
Well phase one has already taken affect… Most of you guys already accepted what I post as normal, it’s just a matter of time 😀
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:12
Perhaps you are an evil genius, or perhaps your lift doesn’t reach the top floor.
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:15
Only time will tell…
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:03
Well after the competition has been wiped out, their devs would be looking for a new job… And if we do copy some code, there would be no one to complain about it
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:04
they would prob be dead!
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 12:12
Make the primary strike on EA headoffice 🙂
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 12:16
I have an even better idea… We should do nothing to EA and leave them intact. Then attack ourselves as well, but not as bad as the rest(because we will seem small and no threat to EA). That will make it look as if they were the ones behind it and we enforce this by planting evidence. Then our game can be about how they did it and we will make millions! This would also solve the problem of most of the other devs being dead as we could scavenge the good devs from EA’s demise 😀
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 14:29
Noted, changed primary strike to you.
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 10:57
It would work better if WW3 actually happened.
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 10:57
REALLY, you really think that is a good idea…
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 11:00
No but that’s why WW2 and Vietnam games connects more with the player than shooting people from the middle east.
TiMsTeR1033
November 21, 2013 at 11:01
How would you know? Were you in WW2 or Vietnam?
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 11:03
No but I’m a history buff, seen hours and hours of documentaries and actual footage.
Lourens Jordaan
November 21, 2013 at 11:40
Go back in time. Take a map like Caspian border (BF3 version) Replace all the buildings with their periodic equivalents, Give each guy a Roman short-sword add a couple of horses and chariots, Javelins,Bows, Bilistas and Onagers……. And presto, now you have Battlefield 242 BC.
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 11:44
nice
loftie
November 21, 2013 at 12:23
This comment ! ^ fkin A!!
Matthew Holliday
November 21, 2013 at 13:27
Sounds alot like “Ryse: Son of Rome”
or “Chivalry: Medievil warfare”
Maxiviper117
November 21, 2013 at 12:09
They have already created world war three in MW3 and Bad Company 2
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 19:26
Yeah, But it’s not based of actual events like WW2
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 11:02
I’ve wanted a WW1 game for a long time.
FoxOneZA
November 21, 2013 at 11:03
WW1 wasn’t mainstream enough 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 11:08
Goddamn war hipsters!
Matthew Holliday
November 21, 2013 at 13:26
hipster wars
i think youre onto something here
Brady miaau
November 21, 2013 at 11:13
Yeah, totally.
Very droll…..
Hammersteyn
November 21, 2013 at 11:03
TRENCH WARFARE!
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
November 21, 2013 at 11:04
with Limpid Mines, Gen 1 tanks, mustard gas….mmmh
Lourens Jordaan
November 21, 2013 at 11:18
Sounds like a wild Friday night I had a couple of months back.
Brady miaau
November 21, 2013 at 11:12
Why?
As wars go, it was fairly boring from a movement and stuff happening perspective. Reading history books, it seems that Prussia invading France to sign the German unification treaty in 1871 (year right?), in the Hall of Mirrors, was a lot more fun than the whole of WW1
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 11:19
Because it’s not WW2. Trench warfare appeals to my inner gamer. Early biplanes.
Brady miaau
November 21, 2013 at 11:22
Ok.
Another thought that occurs to me is the Genesis factor of modern warfare. Large scale machine gun usage, 1st time each soldier had a gun AND that gun had bullets for more by the end of the war (for example, Russia, started war with millions of soldiers, but not all had guns and those that did had bullet rations). Tanks, jeep type vehicles.
AND planes, bi-plane combat is awesome, sort of a gentlemans game. Also bombing from planes, literally throw something out at the start.
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 12:26
I hear, have not actually bothered to check out, that WAR Thunder might/may have already combined air battle and tank battles to some degree. WW2 though
Brady miaau
November 21, 2013 at 12:52
Nah, I meant just the historical angle, a lot of 1sts in WW1
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 11:41
Try Red Baron
Brady miaau
November 21, 2013 at 11:50
Awesome game, truly.
But to play it now? ouch
loftie
November 21, 2013 at 12:21
Not to mention the possible array of WW1 tanks and artillery we could mess around with as well! http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/ww1-tanks-vehicles-artillery.asp
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 11:40
I think in order to make a good WW1 game, they would have to take a lot of liberties with realism and I also think variety would be an issue. Most of WW1 is fought along the same trench. Weapons were also very similar. It was essentially the ultimate camp.
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
November 21, 2013 at 12:05
What about a game with the Boer War or a game with King Shaka!
PS: I do not mean any offense, I am not too clued up on history.
Rags
November 21, 2013 at 12:06
Don’t imagine a voorlaaier being much fun. 😛
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 12:12
25 sec reload time could make it a little stressful.
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
November 21, 2013 at 12:19
Like Ocelot in MGS3. He relished it!
Matthew Holliday
November 21, 2013 at 13:24
The devs had to nerf it to encourage melee gameplay.
No Longer SIR Twakkus
November 21, 2013 at 13:01
They actually used modern type firearms by the second boer war, so the shooting mechanics would be like any other shooter game.
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 14:05
You would have had bolt action repeater rifles from the 1880s and breach loading single shot from the 1840s. How long before they become widley used though I do not know. The Austrians were still using muzzle loading firearms in 1866 (which is why the got there asses handed to them). By the Anglo-Boer war the Boers were definitely using Breech loading and most were probably repeater rifles.
No Longer SIR Twakkus
November 21, 2013 at 14:31
Correct dear Sir. And the Boer war was the first war in which the British faced a army with smokeless ammunition. Thats one of the reasons why the struggled so much against them.
Maxiviper117
November 21, 2013 at 12:06
MW series focused on Britain Kicks ass so ……..
Matthew Holliday
November 21, 2013 at 13:30
So a remake of battlefield 1942?
Lourens Jordaan
November 22, 2013 at 09:30
yes please.
Brady miaau
November 21, 2013 at 11:10
Speaking of annualising events, I will be gone for a week or so. Well, maybe. Big trip into the unknown.
My child’s birth-day is tomorrow and I doubt she will ever play Battlefield 9 (Say ten years on, 5 releases)
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 11:43
Congrats and good luck its a great experience if a very scary one.
Brady miaau
November 21, 2013 at 11:50
that is what worries me. It seems I must take photographs as well.
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 12:01
Go mad with the camera, the staff will also help out with a photo or two, but just enjoy the experience and look after the new Mum. By the way if it is an induced labour as opposed to a C-section take with lots to amuse yourself.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 11:44
Congrats man! Hope everything goes smoothly.
RinceandShrubbery
November 21, 2013 at 11:14
Urgh. We are supposed to clap because it’s only every TWO years. How about making something different people? You know, brainstorm an idea that will make us all giddy with excitement. The gaming industry is so saturated with CoD/Battlefield games we are drowning in mundane!
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 21, 2013 at 11:18
Star Wars Battlefront?
Matthew Holliday
November 21, 2013 at 13:31
EA gief moar battlefront 3 pls.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 11:26
Calm down Debbie Downer :/
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 11:44
Why? It finances everything else they do, you know like origin.
RinceandShrubbery
November 21, 2013 at 11:50
Indeed 🙁
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 12:06
But seriously what could possibly be new, what haven’t we already had (No Trevor you can’t have WW1) as a MMO shooter. I suppose they could do a mash up like Deus-ex borderlands COD vs the Army of Darkness thing but it would probably be just silly.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 12:53
But I WANT IT *vloermoer*
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 14:11
Well make the next Cape Town Lagz get together at Blaauwberg. We will blow a whistle and you can climb over a dune on the beach and walk slowly towards us while we throw fire crackers at you, and repeat ad nauseam. This is the part where you realise that shooting was not a big part of the Allies plan.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 21, 2013 at 14:15
But that’ll be confusing, because beach landings are associated with WW2 :/
Weanerdog
November 21, 2013 at 14:26
OK I will recce a pig farm for us then.
VINERI_13
November 21, 2013 at 11:59
The Games Industry was created by Satanists, Freemasons, Illuminati etc it’s all BS, all of it.
Paul Fouche
November 21, 2013 at 14:11
battlefield 4 is epic.. i am still enjoying it since launch.. and i haven’t enjoyed a game that much in a long time. even bought myself some fps gear for it
DenDestroy
November 21, 2013 at 16:23
CoD has become a bit analyzed….. ;-p