Battlefield Fans Are Digging the Leaks, and EA Hasn't Taken Them Down Yet

Despite requiring players to motion NDAs to forestall details of EA's upcoming untitled Battlefield crippled leaking online, it leaked online anyway, with dozens of video and screenshots popping up, showing disconnected what players participating successful the game's closed playtesting person been up to.

As we reported erstwhile the leaks surfaced, the footage seems to corroborate the "modern" mounting antecedently teased by Vince Zampella, distinguishing it from different Battlefield games. A speedy scroll done the Battlefield subreddit gives america plentifulness of firefights, arsenic good arsenic a sensation of the game's destructible environments and a fistful of caller mechanics, including the quality to bent disconnected vehicles and dragging wounded teammates retired of harm's way.

Perhaps astir astonishing of all, however, is EA is seemingly doing precise small to combat the leaks.

Most publishers are fiercely protective of leaked aboriginal footage arsenic pre-release gameplay tin diagnostic incomplete animations, unfinished UI, and less-than-stellar graphics. This time, nevertheless — contempt the information players are breaking confidentiality agreements by uploading videos oregon screenshots — EA has yet to contented takedowns.

Perhaps that's because, dissimilar Battlefield 2042's lukewarm reception, fans look beauteous pleased with what they've seen truthful far.

"I americium frightened to accidental that but this crippled is shaping up precise damn well. I anticipation determination are nary catches…" said 1 player, with different adding: "The animations of the weapons moving astir portion moving / doing thing look amended than 2042 to me."

"Dude, adjacent successful a pre-alpha state, the explosions, bullets, and projectiles whizzing by, buildings crumbling down, particulate kicking up. This has truthful overmuch potential!" exclaimed different blessed player.

"I can't get implicit however bully the sounds and the demolition look astatine alpha," opined idiosyncratic else.

EA expects its adjacent Battlefield crippled to motorboat successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2026, which means we'll spot it released sometime betwixt April 2025 and March 2026. From our archetypal authoritative unveiling conscionable past month, we present cognize the caller Battlefield volition see the instrumentality of a traditional, single-player, linear campaign, which has been invited quality to players disappointed it was excluded successful the multiplayer Battlefield 2042.

Vikki Blake is simply a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.