At a big show put on for EA investors today, Battlefield GM Byron Beede announced that some variety of public playtesting for the next Battlefield game will start early next year, and revealed what each Battlefield studio is working on:
- DICE is handling the multiplayer, as it usually does
- Criterion, known for Need for Speed, Battlefront, and previous Battlefields, is working on both singleplayer and multiplayer
- Motive, which made the Dead Space remake and Star Wars: Squadrons, is working on singleplayer
- Ripple Effect, which developed the Portal custom servers mode from Battlefield 2042, is "working on a new Battlefield experience"
- Finally, there's also a Battlefield Central Tech Team that's "focused on enabling these developers with the technology and tools to unlock their capabilities"
