The likelihood of another Battlefield: Bad Company is slim, but its former lead designer thinks Battlefield boss Vince Zampella could make it happen: 'He knows his sh*t'

Battlefield Bad Company 2 — (Image credit: DICE)

Battlefield's Bad Company spin-offs were probably the last time I properly got into a Battlefield game. But given a choice between a tongue-in-cheek shooter that sold worse than the main series and a surer bet like more mainline Battlefields, unsurprisingly EA keeps going for the latter.

In a chat with Bad Company 2's lead designer, David Goldfarb, he says that he thinks the team would "want to do it", but after all these years they're now spread across the industry—including at Embark, the studio behind Arc Raiders. "So there's that part of it, where that band's not getting back together to make that game. But another band could make it."

But that would require Battlefield Studios—made up of DICE, Ripple Effect, Criterion and Motive—and EA itself to take a massive risk, something the publisher isn't exactly famous for doing.

He reckons Vince Zampella could pull it off, though. "I have faith in Vince Zampella. He knows his shit, obviously. So if anybody could resurrect that franchise—I know he loved Bad Company—I could definitely see that. And Battlefield 6 is great. So if it happens, that would be cool. I would like to play it and see what they wind up doing."

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Fraser is the UK online editor and has actually met The Internet in person. With over a decade of experience, he's been around the block a few times, serving as a freelancer, news editor and prolific reviewer. Strategy games have been a 30-year-long obsession, from tiny RTSs to sprawling political sims, and he never turns down the chance to rave about Total War or Crusader Kings. He's also been known to set up shop in the latest MMO and likes to wind down with an endlessly deep, systemic RPG. These days, when he's not editing, he can usually be found writing features that are 1,000 words too long or talking about his dog.

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