BATTLEFIELD Series Will Not Be Annualized

In other words, don't expect a new Battlefield game next year, unless EA goes all Activision on DICE and basically takes the franchise away from them.

By Matt Mann / October 7, 2011

Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Liu says in a new interview that the Battlefield franchise will not be annualized and will only be handled by the people at DICE. In other words, don't expect a new Battlefield game next year, unless EA goes all Activision on DICE and basically takes the franchise away from them. Here is the quote:

"We don't have any plans to make Battlefield an annual title, We want to make it ourselves. We don't want anyone else doing it, and no studio can make an annual franchise by themselves. Well, the sports titles can, but they're a very different breed."

In addition, Lui discussed the Bad Company and Battlefield 1943 franchises:

"We haven't killed Bad Company, but we can only make so many games. Be patient. There might be something else coming up.... That kind of downloadable game is something we're very keen on, Battelefield 1943 was kind of a disruptive game when it came out; there weren't really any other shooters. XBLA games were very different then. Nowadays there are a lot of big triple A games on Arcade. I'd like to believe we started that trend. I like the whole idea of transforming something as complex as Battlefield into something much more accessible with only very small tweaks to the gameplay mechanics."

Battlefield 3 is going to be a huge success this year, so my only question is will EA stand by and let the Battlefield franchise not be annualized like Call of Duty? What do you think, will EA try and force DICE to make the Battlefield series a yearly title?