Overview

• EA and Battlefield Studios debuted the first single-player trailer during Sony’s State of Play, showcasing large-scale destruction across Gibraltar and Brooklyn alongside a HALO insertion.
• Media played three missions that included a tank-backed beach push in Gibraltar, a night raid through New York apartments with a vehicle chase, and a more open Tajikistan operation targeting SAM sites and triggering a dam collapse.
• Initial reactions diverge, with some outlets calling it a confident blockbuster return and others criticizing linear design and familiar Call of Duty-style sequences.
• The narrative places players in 2027 as Dagger 13, an elite Marine Raiders squad fighting the tech-forward private military corporation Pax Armata after NATO’s weakening.
• Developers cite Battlefield 3 and 4 plus contemporary war films and documentaries as influences, highlighting squad command tools and class roles; the game launches on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.