Battlefield V

Battlefield V Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes is set to receive its last update which brings final Chapter Event named Unstoppable Force and two Weekly Challenges. The update also adds a Rush mode that will be available on three maps.

Battlefield V Tides of War Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes Update #4 is out but you should know it isn't a major one. We're looking at some tweaking of shotgun balance and a bunch of quality-of-life fixes DICE wanted to address quickly.

Publishers continue to cut costs by firing developer companies' staff as EA decided to go for mass layoffs in their Australian studio situated in Melbourne. This comes fresh on the wings of Activision Blizzard and NCSoft layoff rounds.

DICE and EA are rolling out their third update for Battlefield V and the WW2 shooter is getting Combined Arms, a four-player co-operative mode with eight PvE missions and four different objectives, and Nvidia DLSS deep learning technology.

Responding to questions in EA's earnings call, the company's CEO Andrew Wilson said that there shouldn't be any tension between Battlefield V's battle royale mode Firestorm and Respawn's Apex Legends, as the two games are very different.

EA have confirmed that Battlefield V failed to meet their expectations, as its underperforming sales resulted in poor Q3 for the company. They said that they made a mistake prioritising the campaign instead of the battle royale mode.

EA DICE have rolled out a major update for Battlefield V. It is part of the Tides of War, dubbed Lightning Strikes and it brings about a new Axis vehicle, named Sturmgeschütz IV along with Panzerstorm map updates and quality of life fixes.

Battlefield V's live service Tides of War second chapter is set for another January update which includes a new Sturmgeschutz IV tank and changes to F point on the Panzerstorm map. Dice have also added improvements to Practice Range.

Battlefield fans found themselves worried when it was originally announced that rental servers wouldn't happen on Battlefield V launch, but it may turn into a panic now that EA stated they still haven't made a decision on rental servers.

Analysts at SuperData have published their report on the state of the worldwide video game market in December 2018, where both Fortnite and PUBG did great in terms of revenue, which couldn't be said for EA and DICE's shooter Battlefield V.