Battlefield V will take gamers back to World War II

EA is borrowing a page from Activision's Call of Duty playbook

The next entry in EA’s popular Battlefield series will take gamers back to World War II, the same setting Activision used in the most recent Call of Duty game. That’s not necessarily a bad thing considering WWII was the best-selling Call of Duty game since the franchise peaked in 2012 with Black Ops II.

Sources familiar with the matter say the game, referred to internally as Battlefield 2 until a recent name change, will be called Battlefield V. It’ll be an entirely new game, not a remaster of 2005’s Battlefield 2 as the former internal name may suggest.

EA is expected to announce the game soon and launch it later this year, likely around the same time Activision drops its next Call of Duty game.

(Battlefield V's leaked title screen courtesy VentureBeat)

A rumor from December claiming DICE is working on Battlefield: Bad Company 3 – set during the Vietnam War – is inaccurate, Venture Beat claims. If EA is considering a Bad Company sequel,