For those wanting a full new installment into the Battlefield franchise, Electronic Arts CEO John Pleasants has seemingly confirmed that developer Digital Illusions CE is definitely working on a new game.
“I’ve had the luxury of looking at Battlefield 3 over at DICE in Sweden and was highly impressed by the way the team is working on that product. Of course, that’s not [coming out] in the fiscal year, but that is a product that is looking very good.”
In addition to this confirmation, there have been reports as to the game’s features:
We have also gotten information from a tipster that Battlefield 3 will be similar to Battlefield 2 and will support up to 40 players per team. There will also be 24 different vehicles that you can choose from and 17 different weapons. Like Battlefield 2, the game will also feature unlockable equipment.
So when will Battlefield 3 be released? The time isn’t known but EA says not this year. We also heard that it would be the holiday season in 2010, however like with many of the other Battle field installments we’ll probably get an early one map beta that can be played free a few months before. We’re speculating that we’ll see a Battlefield 3 Beta download in the Summer of 2010. However, nobody knows for sure.
