EA Is Willing To Shift New Battlefield Release Date On Account Of ‘Nuanced Year Relative To Competition,’ Probably Meaning GTA VI

The CEO of Electronic Arts has conceded that the company is willing to shift the release date for the new Battlefield game due to it being a “nuanced year relative to competition,” which most probably means a certain Rockstar Games title named Grand Theft Auto VI.

The publishing giant announced this week that the new Battlefield game will be launching at some point during the 2026 fiscal year, which means it will be out no later than March 31, 2026. Obviously, GTA VI is looming, and is currently scheduled for a Fall 2025 launch, so there’s potential for both games to clash (Battlefield games do tend to launch during the October/November window).

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That being said, we’ve invested more in this Battlefield than any Battlefield before. We have four studios. We’ve had a meaningful amount of time. We’re looking for this to be the biggest Battlefield we’ve ever made. And we of course want to make sure that we launch that into a window where we can deliver on the fullness of the promise of what Battlefield can be and grow the community to a level that is commensurate with the size of the game that we’re making.

I do believe that this year might be a nuanced year relative to competition. There may be some things happening in the year that may cause us to think differently about our launch timing. We have an FY 26 launch window that the team is targeting. We believe the game will be great and ready at that time, but if we got close to that timeframe and believed that this wasn’t going to be a great window for us, then we would take a look at what an alternate window might be that would give us the appropriate time, energy, and player acquisition opportunity for this Battlefield to be all that it needed to be.

[Source – IGN]