DICE doesn’t plan to make with yearly Battlefield releases

August 3, 2011 By Adam Rosenberg

Battlefield 3 executive producer Patrick Bach explains why you shouldn't expect to see a yearly release schedule embraced for the series.

DICE and Electronic Arts will drop Battlefield 3 on October 25, and for many of us that’s enough. Some people are already looking ahead though to what’s coming next; to those people, DICE has a message for you: chill.

“The business goals for us are not to release a game every year,” BF3 executive producer Patrick Bach said in an interview with GamerZines. “EA would never force us to release a game every year. I think that would dilute the vision of the franchise, and you will eventually kill the franchise by doing that.”

He goes on to admit that such an approach, which Call of Duty is known for taking, is theoretically possible. It’s not going to happen anytime soon though. “I know for sure that there aren’t any discussions about doing that,” Bach added.

All that said, there are now two fully functioning Battlefield franchises, the main one that’s coming out in October and the more character-driven Bad Company games. Might we see a new Bad Company next year instead…?

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Trevor Whitlock at 10:10am 3rd August 2011 Awesome strategy. No need to force us to buy the latest. That can be acheived by DLC's. This is looking more promising than COD could ever be. I bought every title from the first MW to Black ops and was getting a little flustered regarding getting a new game every year. I am throwing the COD towel in and waiting to see what this Frostbite engine can do. Im stoked to say the least
Jeremy at 9:23am 3rd August 2011 They don't need to release a game every year since it won't get old as quick. Look at counter strike it's still breathing. Multiplayer gameplay is what make or break an FPS game and Battlefield 3 will have more to offer than any FPS before.