After a report yesterday that email invites were sent to select community creators and members regarding a closed playtest for the new Battlefield game, EA has confirmed just the thing, though they’re not ready to disclose any information yet.
That time will take place tomorrow, as EA has also released a new concept art footage to go alongside the announcement.
EA Is Ready to Talk About the Upcoming Battlefield 2025 Community Testing Program
Today’s announcement from EA came with a new piece of concept art pictured above, which confirms the modern-day setting (which we already know about), and what appears to be a tank. According to Torbis, a Battlefield content creator the picture tank is an M1A2SepV3 tank.
The announcement states that fans should “tune in tomorrow” at 5 pm CET/8 am PDT/11 am EDT/12 am HKT for “more on the upcoming Battlefield community testing program.” This implies that we’ll be getting a video at the very least, which hopefully covers how players can get in the testing phase.
While we’re prepared to hear that this is an invite-only affair, we’re also hoping that we also get a proper reveal of the title and maybe a screenshot or two of the actual game.
Our own James Lara replied to Global Community Manager for Battlefield Kevin Johnson’s tweet about the announcement. He lauded DICE’s transparency towards the tail-end of Battlefield 2042’s seasonal content and asked that he hope DICE maintains this kind of transparency with the new Battlefield game.
Johnson replied, stating, “You know this is a big thing for me, and I’m quite proud of the work done for 2042 in that regard. We’ll do our best, it’s all we always can do!”
As someone who has not waned when it comes to reporting on all things Battlefield, DICE really did turn things upa notch when communicating issues, announcements, community concerns and more in BF2042. Did they always manage to address them in time or at all? Maybe not, but what they can talk about, they did, and that’s a lot better than being left in the dark on what’s happening.
We hope that EA doesn’t prevent the DICE developers and community managers from communicating with the community.
What we do know about the Battlefield game is that it will feature a return to a modern setting, scale back from BF2042’s 128-player battles, and see the return of more traditional classes (no more specialists!).
Tune in here tomorrow, as we’ll share all the important news EA shares regarding the new Battlefield community testing program.