EA has confirmed that there will be a brand-new installment in the Battlefield franchise scheduled to release later this year. . Recently, there have been a lot of reports about this new Battlefield game suggesting that the game will set in the modern era similar to Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4. Now, a new leak says that Battlefield 2021 will feature map-changing natural disasters.
This comes from Tom Henderson, who originally reported on Battlefield 2021 being called "Battlefield". Henderson tweeted on April 1st saying, "In Battlefield, explosions are not the only thing that can damage and topple buildings. Mother nature can do a whole lot more," with another tweet under the same thread sharing images of a Tsunami, a Volcano, an Earthquake, and a Tornado.
A lot of users were saying that this might be an April Fool's joke as it was tweeted on April 1, 2021. However, on April 2, 2021, Henderson quote retweeted this original tweet saying, "Retweeting to confirm it wasn't April Fools".
Henderson has been accurate with several leaks for Activision's Call of Duty games before, although it hasn't been confirmed whether he's correct about this Battlefield's title, as details on the game are currently slim. However, we do have to suggest taking everything with a grain of salt as these details are yet to be confirmed officially by EA.
In March 2021, Jeff Grubb said during the Gamesbeat Decides podcast that the game is most likely to be officially revealed in May 2021, which makes sense considering EA tends to reveal Battlefield games around the second quarter of the year, as they did most recently with Battlefield 1.
Last year, EA confirmed that this next Battlefield game will be releasing on next-gen consoles and will be "targeting new innovation that will be enabled by next-gen platforms." The company shifted a bunch of development teams to Battlefield 2021 including the Star Wars: Battlefront 2 team to speed up the development process. A leaked survey for the game also hinted at the possibility of free-to-play modes similar to Warzone, and a potential season pass similar to other games in the genre.