Game News Battlefield: Single Player Returns and From the Creator of Halo! First details
Published on 09/09/2022 at 09:29
It’s been rumored for some time now that Battlefield’s single-player campaign will be revived in one way or another, and now we have confirmation. And above all, it will not be made by just anyone!
Party in da Lehto, Inna da Lehto
Battlefield 2042 will have made the choice to dodge the single player mode to focus exclusively on the multiplayer, that we all know. Unfortunately, things didn’t really go as planned and in the end, quite a few players missed the campaign, prompting EA to react: the publisher has just officially confirmed that the Battlefield single player universe is being developed by a brand new studio.
Marcus Lehto
This one is called Ridgeline Games and is notably piloted by Marcus Lehto. The latter is not just anyone since he is the co-creator of the saga Halowhen he worked at Bungie! Rather comfortable in FPS, this one will therefore take care of this specific part of the franchise, without knowing exactly what form it will take: are we talking regarding a specific video game? , or several titles? Exclusively solo (which would be a first) or with multiplayer, concocted by another company? We imagine that we will be fixed soon.
Second chance for Lehto
If Marcus Lehto is actually known to be partly behind the saga Halohe finally left Bungie in 2012 to found his own studio, V1 Interactive. He will have given birth to the game Disintegration in 2020: the problem is that the game was a total flop and the firm will have closed its doors a year later.
This is in October 2021 that we learned that the developer had finally landed at Electronic Arts, creating his own team which therefore bears the name of Ridgeline Games. It seems good to specify that this new entity is under the direction of Vince Zampella, the founder of Respawn Entertainment (Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order). This one was recently designed to take control of the future of Battlefield. He also said:
We continue to invest in the future of the franchise by including new talent and prospects. With Marcus and his team at Ridgeline Games joining the global team we already have in place, Battlefield is in the best position to succeed.
For his part, Marcus Lehto says to himself “honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with DICE and Ripple Effect (formerly DICE Los Angeles, editor’s note) and to lead the expansion of narration, storytelling and characters in the Battelfield series”. An entire program.
