The first details and screenshots for EA's upcoming Battlefield Mobile have been revealed thanks to its listing on the Google Play Store. The game is currently in development by Industrial Toys, the studio behind games like Midnight Star and Midnight Star Renegade, along with EA’s Dice studio partnering with the new team.
The game's announcement came earlier this year, but EA has now revealed some more details about the game, including the fact that play tests will begin this autumn in Indonesia and the Philippines.
"As we continue with testing, we’ll expand the size of these tests, add new regions," reads a post on EA's forums. "When we’re ready to go broader, we’ll launch a page that allows you to pre-register for the game and sign up for news about future play tests.
Battlefield Mobile will include the Grand Bazaar map and the Conquest game mode during the playtests, although more content will be added to the game after it launches.
EA also confirmed that Battlefield Mobile will be free-to-play, although it will include monetisation in the form of cosmetics and battle passes. The current playtest is specifically available for phones running Android 7.0 and up. EA also confirmed that there will be no cross-play between Battlefield Mobile and other PC/console versions of Battlefield games.
At this point, players know exactly what to expect from a new Battlefield game – large-scale warfare, gigantic maps, vehicular combat, and sheer spectacle. The mobile version promises the fanbase a competent experience featuring everything they’ve loved about the franchise for years on console and PC.
What sets Battlefield apart from Call of Duty is the fact that the former chooses to focus on providing a large playground of a map as opposed to the tight, claustrophobic nature of COD. While the scale can often be disorienting for some players, given how much information they are bombarded with at all times, others often appreciate the sense of scale and room for experimentation it brings.
It will be interesting to see how EA and Battlefield Mobile fare in a market that is dominated so heavily by PUBG/BGMI and Call of Duty Mobile. The first few screenshots from the game promise the kind of experience Battlefield purists might enjoy, but the real challenge will be to bring in new players and whisk them away from COD and PUBG.
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