This leaked retailer art matches with art briefly seen on Xbox Live. (credit: Reddit)
It appears the anticipated sequel to Battlefield 4 will not be Battlefield 5. Instead, EA has apparently thrown traditional counting out the window by preparing Battlefield 1, a new shooter that seems to be set in an alternate history version of World War I.
None of this is official yet; EA is set to actually reveal the next Battlefield title as part of a day-long livestream at 4pm Eastern time today. But the name has been leaked ahead of time by photos from a retail source. The promotional art in those photos matches art that showed up briefly on Xbox Live earlier today and on the livestream itself, depicting a figure with a WWI-era pistol and trench club. There have been previous rumors about the game's setting, too: Back in February, a game called Battlefield 5 was briefly listed as a "WW1 tactical shooter" by a Swiss retailer with an October 26 release date.
Remember that the first Battlefield game (the one people sometimes call "Battlefield One," and which came before Battlefield 2) was actually titled Battlefield 1942. The name Battlefield 1 remains technically available, we suppose. The series has already jumped around to "1943" and "2143" over the years if you want to get really confusing with the numbering.
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