Despite requiring gamers to signal NDAs to forestall particulars of EA's upcoming untitled Battlefield game leaking online, it leaked online anyway, with dozens of video and screenshots popping up, displaying off what gamers taking part in the game's closed playtesting have been up to.
As we reported when the leaks surfaced, the footage appears to verify the "modern" setting previously teased by Vince Zampella, distinguishing it from different Battlefield video games. A fast scroll via the Battlefield subreddit offers us a lot of firefights, in addition to a style of the game's destructible environments and a handful of new mechanics, together with the means to hang off vehicles and dragging wounded teammates out of harm's way.
Perhaps most shocking of all, nonetheless, is EA is seemingly doing little or no to fight the leaks.
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Most publishers are fiercely protecting of leaked early footage as pre-release gameplay can function incomplete animations, unfinished UI, and less-than-stellar graphics. This time, nonetheless — regardless of the reality gamers are breaking confidentiality agreements by importing videos or screenshots — EA has but to situation takedowns.
Perhaps that's as a result of, in contrast to Battlefield 2042's lukewarm reception, followers appear pretty pleased with what they've seen so far.
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"I am scared to say that but this game is shaping up very damn well. I hope there are no catches…" said one participant, with one other adding: "The animations of the weapons moving around while running / doing anything look better than 2042 to me."
"Dude, even in a pre-alpha state, the explosions, bullets, and projectiles whizzing by, buildings crumbling down, dust kicking up. This has so much potential!" exclaimed another happy player.
"I can't get over how good the sounds and the destruction look at alpha," opined someone else.
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EA expects its next Battlefield game to launch in the fiscal year 2026, which suggests we'll see it launched someday between April 2025 and March 2026. From our first official unveiling just last month, we now know the new Battlefield will embody the return of a conventional, single-player, linear marketing campaign, which has been welcome information to gamers disillusioned it was excluded in the multiplayer Battlefield 2042.
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