Battlefield V, or Battlefield 5 as some sites have taken to naming it, will be officially unveiled later this week – and in order to amp up enthusiasm, publisher EA has released a teensy snippet of footage to get you in the mood. You can watch all 10 seconds below:
While it doesn’t show much other than a grizzled pilot, the heads-up display at the top of the video appears to include the British Union Jack and the German Balkenkreuz, all but confirming that we’re looking at a World War II title here. The setting was of course rumoured some time ago, but this is official evidence that developer DICE will be turning back the clocks yet again.
The last thing we want clearing up is how you pronounce the title: is it Battlefield 5 – or is it actually Battlefield Vee? All will be revealed 1PM PT on 23rd May, when The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah is set to showcase the shooter for the very first time.
[source youtube.com]
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It could be one of the stories 😂 there's been talk of them spanning different generations of war. Not necessarily the setting as a whole.
The developers are rubbing their hands with glee right now.
PC Gamer retweeted this calling it "Battlefield 5" and DICE responded with "V*" so...I would guess it's "vee" and that the "V" has a double-meaning! Probably V-Day from World War 2.
@smelly_jr INTERESTING.
The HUD is all-too-familiar too, so...I guess when they say "Battlefield will never be the same", they're not talking about a shake-up in the usual Conquest mode!
Well, c'mon...let's see that Battle Royale mode. We know you have it!
@thebakerswife I still think they shoulda just named it "BATTLEFIELD 2" despite there already being a Battlefield 2, just to drive home the WW2 setting!
Plus, it saves some bucks on buying the website domain name, since they already have it. $$$
Well I sure am more hyped for this than COD
@smelly_jr since there's a 1942, and 1943, I'd would have called it 1944
@RoyalD @smelly_jr They could have named it Battlefield:WWII
@Tasuki generic & used
If you go to the ps store another one of the battlefield 1 DLC is free today. Personally I’ve been downloading them as they appear free even though I don’t have the game, with the intention of picking the base game up cheap some day and having all the DLC.
@get2sammyb I hate to be "that" guy, but the Balkenkreuz you identify on the HUD is actually an Iron Cross, a military symbol of the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) established in 1813. You can tell because of the serif. The Balkenkreuz is a straight-armed cross and, you're right, exclusively used by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
The Iron Cross could still mean that it's a Second World War game, because it was used up until 1945 alongside the Balkenkreuz and other symbols, most notably the Swastika, but if it's the single identifying mark of a multiplayer side then it's more likely to be the First World War or another time period. Either that, or EA are just rubbish at historical accuracy.
I think they need to take a step up from COD and call it Battlefield: Boots on the ground, no wall jumping or any of that stuff promise (also no campaign).
@RogerRoger be 'that guy'. That's some seriously good knowledge you have there
@Mergatro1d Thanks... although on viewing the video again on a proper monitor, and not just on my phone in bad lighting, I can now see that the HUD symbol is indeed a Balkenkreuz. I was wrong to quickly judge it to be an Iron Cross and @get2sammyb was spot-on in correctly identifying and naming it in the original article. My bad.
And whilst I do have a degree in this kinda stuff, I'll freely admit that Google helped with the dates.
Yeah I'm not convinced the entire game will be set during Ww2. Its definitely not 'all but confirmed'. The War stories from bf1 were a huge success. Look for more of the same this time around but spanning multiple wars.
@RogerRoger In that case I take it all back
If it spans multiple times/wars and has a decent length campaign, I might bite.
If it's all WW2 with a 5-hour campaign, I won't touch it even with someone else's bargepole.
this is going to crap all over cod
It's going to be a double meaning.
V is the Roman numeral for the number five and they will also play on Winston Churchill's famous WWII slogan 'V for Victory'.
I will bet a steak dinner on this.
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