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Metro
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
EA is going to make a new Battlefield game every year claims source
As excitement mounts for Battlefield 6, a prominent analyst claims that EA is planning to copy the release schedule and studio set-up for Call Of Duty. Not for the first time, EA is getting excited about the prospect of Battlefield becoming a true rival to Call Of Duty. This has happened multiple times in the past, with previous entries, but the hype behind Battlefield 6 does seem especially potent, especially given how many people have been playing the open beta. It's still unlikely to come very close to the sales figures or player numbers for this year's Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 but if it does well then it will encourage EA to plough more resources into the franchise and, inevitably, create more sequels. According to one industry figure the plan is to eventually have yearly sequels, by mimicking the way Call Of Duty works, with three separate studios working in rotation. Ignoring the fact that the Call Of Duty system has become increasingly unpredictable in recent years, as games take longer to make, the comments suggests that it will be five or six years before EA is able to churn out sequels at the rate they want. That sounds believable enough, and getting carried away with the potential success of Battlefield, before it's had a chance to prove itself, is certainly something EA has done multiple times before, but the problem with the rumour is that it comes from controversial industry analyst Michael Patcher. Not only that but the information is from the same podcast in which Patcher claims that Sony's live service game Fairgame$ had been cancelled. Something which he ended up retracting just hours later, while admitting, 'I have no info on the game at all.' Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. That was a rumour though, which Pachter does not usually peddle in, whereas the Battlefield information supposedly comes from personal conversations with EA developers. 'I talked to EA, Byron Beede, good dude, former Activision guy who worked at Infinity Ward with Vince [Zampella]. He's running the Battlefield franchise. And their goal is three studios making Battlefield on a three year basis. So they can get to Battlefield annually,' said Patcher. 'He said it's going to take five or six years before they can get two in a row, so we're not going to get there for a while. But that's their plan.' More Trending If that information had come from anyone other than Pachter it would have had few doubters, but so far there's been no attempt from Byron Beede to deny the story, which is something at least. Especially since it became available on Game Pass, there's been some debate as to whether it still makes sense to have a new Call Of Duty game ever year, especially as publishers now make more money from microtransactions than they do game sales. While yearly sequels used to be commonplace in the games industry they're now almost exclusively limited to sports titles and Call Of Duty. Whether Battlefield will be added to that list remains to be seen, as even if Battlefield 6 is a major hit a lot can change in the five years necessary to set up the new studio system Pachter is describing. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Games Inbox: What is the best generation of video game console? MORE: Here's the one reason why I'm not buying Battlefield 6 – Reader's Feature MORE: PETA gives Nintendo free advertising by complaining about the cows in Mario Kart
Metro
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
PS5 live service plans in trouble again as Fairgames delay rumoured
One of PlayStation's few remaining live service projects looks like it's in trouble, as the studio's founder departs amid concerns around its progress. Sony once had plans for 12 live service projects to be released by 2026, but many of them have either been cancelled or, like Concord, scrubbed from existence after a mere two weeks. Despite its failures in the area (the externally developed Helldivers 2 being the only exception), PlayStation still has several live service projects underway, driven by the potential profits from microtransactions which are a crucial part of PlayStation's overall income. One of these upcoming games is Fairgame$ from developer Haven Studios, which was originally announced back in May 2023. While we've heard nothing about the heist shooter since, reports suggest things aren't going well. The first concerning sign is the departure of Haven studio founder, Jade Raymond, who served as a producer in the early days of the Assassin's Creed franchise. In light of her exit, Haven Studios will now be led by new co-studio heads Marie-Eve Danis and François Sapinski. 'Jade Raymond has been an incredible partner and visionary force in founding Haven Studios,' a PlayStation spokesperson said in a statement. 'We are deeply grateful for her leadership and contributions, and we wish her all the best in her next chapter.' As reported by Bloomberg, no reason was given for Raymond's exit, but this comes several weeks after an 'external test' of Fairgame$. Following this test, it's claimed 'some developers at Haven were concerned about how the game was received and its progress'. According to the report, Fairgame$ was originally slated to come out in autumn 2025, but it has been delayed to spring next year – potentially in the firing line of GTA 6. However, this hasn't been officially announced by Sony. While it's unclear why it would have been potentially delayed, launching Fairgame$ later this year seems like a bizarre move considering Sony's next live service hopeful, Bungie's Marathon, is set to drop on September 23, 2025. More Trending Beyond Marathon, Sony's other remaining live service project is a rumoured Horizon multiplayer spin-off, which is reportedly set to release before 2027. So it's possible Fairgame$ might be awkwardly wedged between the two – if it isn't cancelled before then. While Sony has cancelled many live service games over the past few years, including The Last Of Us Online, the company has recently opened several studios clearly designed to chase this model. One of these, Dark Outlaw Games, is led by former Call Of Duty Zombies lead Jason Blundell, while another, named teamLFG, is working on a team-based action game. There's a chance we could see more from Fairgame$ over the coming weeks, if Sony holds its usual State Of Play presentation in May or June. Assuming it makes it as far as a public release, that is. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Hideo Kojima put a secret stash of game ideas on a USB stick for when he dies MORE: Nintendo Switch 2 will overtake PS5 as 'primary partner' for third party games predict analysts MORE: The worst video game ever made is coming to PS5, Switch and Xbox this month
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
PlayStation's Fairgame$ Reportedly Delayed As Studio Head Leaves
Sony's slate of live service PlayStation games continues to crack. The multiplayer heist shooter Fairgame$ has reportedly been delayed after concerns following an external test and the head of the first-party studio making it, Jade Raymond, has left the company. Bloomberg reports that the first-party PlayStation 5 game was originally aiming to come out in fall of 2025 but is now coming sometime in 2026. That delay is apparently the result of internal concerns about the game's development following outside testing. Fairgame$ is being made by Haven Studios, a Montreal-based team formed of ex-Google Stadia devs that Sony acquired in 2022. It was being run by Raymond, a veteran of Assassin's Creed and EA Motive. Not anymore. 'Jade Raymond has been an incredible partner and visionary force in founding Haven Studios,' a spokesperson for Sony told Bloomberg in a statement. 'We are deeply grateful for her leadership and contributions, and we wish her all the best in her next chapter.' Fairgame$ was revealed back in a 2023 PlayStation showcase with little detail about what the game would consist of. It was situated around class warfare and 'emergent sandbox gameplay,' with shades of Robin Hood meets Payday 2 if it were made by Ubisoft. The studio behind it was formed in 2021 shortly after Google shut down its internal development teams, previously led by Raymond, following the failure of its cloud gaming platform Stadia. Sony is sticking by Fairgame$ for now and has appointed Marie-Eve Danis and Pierre-François Sapinski as co-studio heads. But the console maker's once-ambitious live service strategy continues to look like a mess following the 2023 cancellation of The Last of Us Online and the unprecedented un-releasing of hero shooter Concord last year. Sony also canned an online God of War spin-off and a co-op shooter at Bend Studio earlier this year. . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
