Battlefield 6: 9 Settings DICE Should Use

While the next Call of Duty (Modern Warfare's reboot) is imminent, there's precious little from the next game in its hotly-contested rival franchise, Battlefield.

Following on from the current-gen launch title Battlefield 4, Battlefield 1 was a brave but lucrative gamble from EA, going back to a classic wartime themed combat while Activision was doing its best Titanfall impersonation with various space-age themed Call of Duty sequels.

The market had grown bloated with stagnation, full of sci-fi inspired shooters that audiences were tired of. EA (either by having their finger on the pulse of the community or sheer luck) gave players a more dependable first-person shooter experience by going back to the past.

Battlefield 1’s all-round success lead to a Holiday release of Battlefield V, but it was swimming against the tide from the beginning, with fans striking back against the reveal trailer for a myriad of reasons. This lukewarm reception meant that official news on Battlefield 6 has been few and far between, despite selling over seven million copies.

Fans are clawing for Bad Company 3, and while that could be a possibility, we’re looking at where the next potential setting for EA’s blockbuster franchise could be in the next instalment.

While nowhere near as vast as somewhere like the monolithic Russia, Korea could prove to be a genuinely intriguing setting, with its politically divided land creating a varied and exciting campaign.

Korea’s division between its North and South sets up a fairly natural route that the story could take. You could either have scenario A) North Korea invade and take over South Korea, recreating the actual invasion that took place in 1950 (a conflict seldom covered in video games) or scenario B) the same situation takes place but in the present day, with a unified Russian-North Korean offensive.

With Battlefield 4 taking place in China and around the Pacific region, it’s a definite possibility we could see the location of the next game (if it continues that timeline) shift to one, if not both, of the Korean Republics.

While its surrounding countries like China and Japan have had several games set within their borders (although Japan is usually featured in its feudal incarnation), Korea hasn’t been showcased in any kind of AAA or blockbuster title.

Battlefield 6 could be the stage that it deserves.