{"id":971767,"date":"2026-01-04T11:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2025-modern-day-early-testing-first-details"},"modified":"2026-01-04T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:55:16","slug":"the-next-battlefield-is-modern-day-ditches-specialists-and-some-of-us-may-get-to-play-it-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-next-battlefield-is-modern-day-ditches-specialists-and-some-of-us-may-get-to-play-it-early\/","title":{"rendered":"The next Battlefield is modern day, ditches specialists, and some of us may get to play it early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-next-battlefield-is-modern-day-ditches-specialists-and-some-of-us-may-get-to-play-it-early.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>EA has finally started talking about the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/video-game-franchises\/battlefield\">Battlefield<\/a> in no uncertain terms. The project, which is aiming for release sometime in 2025, will bring the series back to its modern day roots. Apart from the setting, the next game will ditch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-specialists-unique-abilities-classes-siege-operators\">the Specialists\/hero characters, which debuted with Battlefield 2042<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>EA also released the first piece of concept art for the game, showing clear Battlefield 4 inspirations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2025-modern-day-early-testing-first-details\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2025-modern-day-early-testing-first-details\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA has finally started talking about the next Battlefield in no uncertain terms. The project, which is aiming for release sometime in 2025, will bring the series back to its modern day roots. Apart from the setting, the next game will ditch the Specialists\/hero characters, which debuted with Battlefield 2042. EA also released the first piece of concept art for the game, showing clear Battlefield 4 inspirations. 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