It seems completely ridiculous to even be thinking about Battlefield 4 right now, seeing as Battlefield 3 is just a few short weeks from being released.
However, in an industry where many publishers operate on a strict “tick-tock” development schedule, it’s not unusual for developers to already be thinking about their next step.
After all, we know that Treyarch is already hard at work on next year’s Call of Duty iteration even though Modern Warfare 3 is only due out next month.
EA and DICE do things a little differently though, as is evident by the 6 year waiting period between Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 3.
Speaking to Metro about the future of the Battlefield franchise, DICE’s Patrick Liu said “we’ll see what happens.”
“I would say that with Battlefield 3 the launch is just the beginning. Then we start updating the game, tweaking it, balancing it, releasing new content – both free content and paid content – and we’ll see what happens in the future with any potential Battlefield 4.”
“We certainly don’t have any plans for annualising the franchise,” continued Liu.
“We’re just one team doing this, we’re not going to let another studio work on the franchise. We’re not cranking out games like crazy ourselves, so we’ll see. I think one game at a time and we’ll see what happens.”
According to Liu, DICE has no immediate plans to bring back Bad Company, although it is “still alive and kicking somewhere.”
Battlefield 3 is out on 28 October and will be available on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
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