Respawn’s Vince Zampella becomes head of Battlefield amid broader franchise changes including creation of Battlefield universe

Battlefield 2042 has quite a few hard start when it launched just a few weeks ago, it was mostly related to bugs that have plagued multiplayer experience. Recently updated, such as Update 3, revealed yesterday, indicating that EA is committed to improving the 2042 experience. Now, new changes at the company provide further evidence that EA is doubling down on Battlefield as a core franchise.

In a new report by GameSpot, these shakeups and changes are detailed, including the news that Respawn Entertainment lead Vince Zampella, who is currently in charge of Apex Legends and other studio projects, is now the head of Battlefield. In this new position, Zampella will manage both his Respawn projects and serve as the overall boss of Battlefield.

“He creates entertainment that defines the culture, resonates beyond the game,” says EA COO Laura Miele GameSpot. “We are bringing one of the most talented and influential individuals in entertainment into a franchise that is ready to enter the modern gaming era. It’s a particular inflection point in game history. His ability to lead studios and bring developers together so they can create world-class experiences is second to none. I believe that the structure, process and vision he brings will make Battlefield better than ever. No one understands shooters and live service better than Vince. ”

That’s not all, though GameSpot’s reports reveal that former Halo designer Marcus Lehto, who just opened a new EA studio in October, is “building a new development team in Seattle focused on bringing more storytelling into the Battlefield universe.” It also revealed that Ripple Effect, the studio behind 2042’s Portal mode, is working on a new experience in the 2042 universe. EA told GameSpot that going forward, DICE, Ripple Effect, and Lehto’s new studio will work to expand and improve the existing 2042 experience. In fact, EA development lead Byron Beede said the Lehto team’s work is likely to emerge in later seasons of 2042 and beyond.

GameSpot wrote that “the other Battlefield games and experiences in the work are meant to serve as extensions, to some extent, of the new Battlefield universe EA is trying to create,” noting that these What games and other experiences in the work are currently unknown to the public.

All of these announcements, including the word that DICE general manager Oskar Gabrielson is leaving the company, are centered around EA’s reveal that it’s creating a Battlefield universe. While some Battlefield games and stories are interconnected, most probably wouldn’t call those connections “universe”. Battlefield’s biggest competitor, the Call of Duty series, recently made the jump from separate games to its own semi-connected universe by popular battle royale mode, Warzone. Perhaps EA is looking to follow suit, building its own kind of universe that allows for stories, connected game experiences, and more.

This universe will span many games and services, according to GameSpot’s and each report will be developed by different studios within EA’s portfolio.

We’re excited to learn more about what this new Battlefield universe looks like and to see what changes, improvements, and new experiences are coming to 2042, but for now, we wait. In the meantime, check out Game informant Review Battlefield 2042 and then check hundreds of fixes coming in 2042 in Update 3.

[Source: GameSpot]

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