Battlefield 4 Coming in 2013?

Developer and publisher Electronic Arts has apparently accidentally leaked the news that Battlefield 4 will launch in the near future. The hawk-eyed folk at Digital Spy have spotted the announcement in an advert for upcoming ultra-realistic shooter Medal of Honor: Warfighter, which promises Battlefield 4 Beta Access in exchange for Warfighter pre-orders. Here's the offending advert... The news that the game is in development comes as no surprise, after the success of Battlefield 3, and earlier news that the developer would look to extend the franchise as early as November 2011 when EA President Frank Gibeau openly revealed that €œthere will be a Battlefield 4€ in a keynote speech at the University of Southern California. But this news seems to suggest that the game will come to light earlier than expected. The advert above appeared on the Origin Store website, but has since been removed -and so, presumably has the employee who prematurely posted it. It had been expected that EA might unveil the next Battlefield: Bad Company next year as their shooter, but with Warfighter coming out in October this year, it looks unlikely that the developer would offer beta access to a game that won't see the light of day for two years. So it would seem that the game will be released in the same window as Warfighter but a year later. That could also mean that the game is launched to coincide with the release of either the Xbox 720, or the PlayStation 4 or both. It would certainly be the sort of release that would appropriately fit the release of the consoles. Are you excited for this news? Let us know your thoughts below.