New rumors have arisen about the next installment of industry leading military FPS franchise Battlefield. Continuing the series' inscrutable naming scheme, the upcoming 17th installment is rumored to be called Battlefield 6 and will return to the modern setting with massive multiplayer maps supporting up to 128 players.
Known data-miner and informant Trevor Henderson, who goes online by TheLongSensation, has posted a video including what are allegedly development details for this year's Battlefield game. It seems EA and DICE are taking a few pages from the book of rival Call of Duty with their approach to the new launch.
According to the information, 2021's game will be called Battlefield 6 and support cross-generation play. Not only launching on PC and new consoles Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, the title will be playable natively on Xbox One and PS4 too. The versions on new platforms and PC reportedly support multiplayer matches with up to 128 players blasting away at one another.
After two games exploring the major conflicts of the 20th century - with Battlefield 1 even tackling the First World War that action-packed FPS games usually avoid - Battlefield 6 will swing back to the modern setting. It seems that the new game will be a soft reboot of the iconic Battlefield 3, possibly bringing back certain characters and plot points.