Battlefield 2042 will become more like Apex Legends suggests EA

metro.co.uk:

EA’s CEO remains confident in Battlefield 2042’s future, especially with Respawn CEO Vince Zampella in charge.

During a recent earnings call with investors, EA was unsurprisingly asked about the current status of Battlefield 2042. Players were left unimpressed when it launched and, in the five months since then, the subsequent updates have done little to win disgruntled players back or retain the ones it still had.

While there’s been talk that developer DICE has already moved on to a brand-new Battlefield, EA CEO Andrew Wilson tried to assure investors that Battlefield 2042 isn’t being abandoned.

‘We take a long view here. This is one of the great franchises of our industry, built by one of the great teams in the industry, and our expectations are it’s going to continue to grow and be a really important part of our portfolio for many, many years to come,’ said Wilson.

Wilson appears to have a lot of confidence in the leadership of Vince Zampella, the CEO of Apex Legends studio Respawn and co-creator of Call Of Duty who was put in charge of the franchise a month after Battlefield 2042 launched.

He even adds that Battlefield 2042’s development has been overhauled to adopt what he calls the ‘Zampella/Respawn model.’ He doesn’t namedrop Apex Legends, but it can be assumed that the team is now looking to that game for inspiration.

‘They’re rethinking the development process from the ground up, and really using kind of the Vince Zampella/Respawn model of ‘get to the fun as quickly as possible.’’ Wilson explains, as transcribed by VGC.

‘They’ve been doing thousands of updates for the community, working on quality of life, and really getting the core game right. I think there’s still more work for us to do there and the team is