Battlefield 1 is releasing worldwide on October 21, 2016 for Xbox One, Origin on PC, and PlayStation 4
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The newest game in the Battlefield franchise is also the first, chronologically speaking. Battlefield 1, which publisher Electronic Arts unveiled today on a global Twitch stream, is set during World War I. Occurring before EA's Battlefield 1942, which came out in 2002, this new entry is the earliest wartime game in the shooter series.
It's an interesting twist to say the least. Battlefield's main competitor, Activision's Call of Duty franchise, keeps marching onward into the future by augmenting soldiers with nanotechnology and powered exoskeletons in settings that have more in common with the Halo universe than a history textbook. EA, on the other hand, is turning back the clock on Battlefield— and going even further back still. With a confusing name and surprise setting that certainly shakes up the relatively conservative FPS genre, Battlefield 1 marks a shift in direction for the popular franchise.
EA said Battlefield 1 contains some of the largest and "most dynamic battles in FPS history" and will include battles on land, in the air, and in the sea. "Tanks, planes, machine guns, artillery – a lot of the tech you've used in other Battlefield games was perfected during this era, letting the classic Battlefield DNA shine through," EA wrote. Locations confirmed so far include France, Italy, and the Arabian Desert.
This will be the first major WW1 or WW2 game in the last few years, and the first this year. As all games are doing the futuristic thing. Dice said eff it to Activion.
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