EA DICE is Building a New Team For Single-Player Battlefield Games

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EA Dice is building a brand-new team, which will be dedicated to bringing single-player Battlefield games to life. The Battlefield franchise has never been particularly known for its campaigns, and this move signals an intent to change that.

The latest release in the franchise, Battlefield 2042, lacked any sort of single-player campaign, and was poorly received by fans. The game was missing plenty of features at launch that were staples of the Battlefield franchise. The effort was rewarded accordingly, with EA outright refusing to report Battlefield 2042 sales numbers at investor meetings after its release. It's been a rocky few years for the franchise, which once was seen as the main competitor to the Call of Duty franchise.

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The report that EA DICE is building a new single-player team comes from GamesIndustry.biz, and also claims the team is being created to support Ridgeline Games. With the involvement of Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto, Ridgeline Games was first created near the end of 2022 to create a new narrative campaign set in the Battlefield campaign. It represents a big change in direction for the franchise, with its selling point being large-scale multiplayer action. Even recent games that have featured campaigns, such as Battlefield 5, have only featured smaller episodic single-player portions, with the multiplayer being given the bulk of attention from the developer.

While there has been no news on the development of Ridgeline Games' single-player Battlefield title, speculation could now run rife with EA DICE determining that help is necessary. Ultimately, if this is due to overambition, this can only be a good thing for players. With the small