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a possible gaffe by EA games hiring listings has reconfirmed battlefield five a game we already knew to be inevitable from both earnings calls and ea's history of turning out sequels into infinity this isn't the interesting bit of the leak however the german-language job listing effectively confirmed that the battlefield franchises setting will be world war one this news comes from the german description of the job which explained that the game in question was out deutsch quote mesh peeler tactic shooter in einstein belt Krieg and by the way I new high school German would eventually be worth to Ohio and in English that translates to multiplayer tactical shooter in world war one if the unintentional leak is true which it certainly would appear to be at this point this would be a first for the Battlefield franchise there haven't been that many video games take on the First World War actually at all and World War one was fought mostly in trenches so soldiers in the first war spent a lot of their time waiting for the commands a charge against enemies in the other trench or when they weren't charging into enemy fire and dying on mass soldiers had to deal with heavy artillery bombardment gas tax dreary conditions overall have kind of made it a hard sell for FPS games which don't really lend themselves well to stationary conflicts unless I guess you're a camper battlefield it did previously visit vietnam though with its critically acclaimed at 1942 series and that was before going hard into the modern and even futuristic eras this direction certainly seems like a risk for EA to take with one of their flagship franchises but after the critical and fiscal disappointment of hardline certainly another risk a new risk with maybe a bit more emphasis on making a good game could be a good move for EA according to the same source battlefield five is expected to release at the end of October later this year and those interested in looking at another modern take on the First World War can check out the online FPS affair done by m2h and Blackmill games if you're really not sure about world war one I suppose you could always read off Quiet on the Western Front certainly not at all depressing I promise you remember to subscribe for more game news and check us out on patreon to support is directly thank you for watching I'll see you all next time