EA has low-key announced that the next Battlefield will be revealed this summer. As part of the publisher’s Q4 earnings report, CEO Andrew Wilson said that Battlefield is a major component of the company’s strategy for FY26, but didn’t shed any more light on it beyond that.
This is the first time that EA has solidified a reveal window for the game – which has yet to be even given an official title.
EA hasn’t said whether it’s going to be hosting a summer showcase of its own this year, so it could be that Battlefield simply gets its own reveal event. The publisher certainly has a history of giving its biggest games their own events in the summer.
Unfortunately, the earnings report did not offer any new information about the expected release date of the game. The next Battlefield remains on track for release in FY26, meaning it’s going to arrive between now and March 31, 2026. This is what we’ve always known about the expected release date.
Though EA doesn’t typically like to delay its big fall releases too much, it’s very possible the next Battlefield won’t be released until close to the end of the first quarter of 2026. One would hope, of course, that EA has learned its lessons from the terrible launch of Battlefield 2042, as many see the new game as the last chance for the shooter series to make a comeback.
Outside of what’s publicly available, EA’s various studios continue to test new content as part of Battlefield Labs. Those invited to test are under NDA, so we can only work off the leaks that make their way online. There’s been a new map, new vehicles, and several tweaks compared to the initial build.
Generally speaking, sentiment is very positive – I’ve even seen enough of it to be excited that the team is getting one fundamental thing right, but there’s been a bit of worry about some of the information datamined from the various builds. It’s hard to read too much into that, however, as so much remains in flux.
It’s clear DICE and its cohorts know they have a killer game on their hands, which explains why the leaks have been plentiful, and it doesn’t seem like those responsible have faced consequences for breaking their NDA. So it all bodes well.
