Respawn’s Vince Zampella Becomes Head of Battlefield Amidst Wider Franchise Changes That Include Creation Of Battlefield Universe

Battlefield 2042 launched with a rough start, mostly due to the bugs that plagued many players. EA has made recent updates such as Update 3 yesterday. This update shows that EA intends to improve the 2042 experience. EA has made further progress in promoting Battlefield as its core franchise with new company shake-ups. 

The new report is by GameSpot, these shake-ups and changes are detailed, including news that Respawn Entertainment lead Vince Zampella, the person currently in charge of Apex Legends and other studio projects, is now the head of Battlefield. Zampella will be responsible for both his Respawn and Battlefield projects. 

“He creates culture-defining entertainment that resonates beyond games,” EA COO Laura Miele told GameSpot. “We are bringing one of the most influential and talented individuals in entertainment to a franchise that is ready to be unleashed into the modern era of gaming. It’s an extraordinary inflection point in game history. He is unmatched in his ability to manage studios and connect developers so that they can produce world-class games. He will make Battlefield excel with his structure, vision, and process. No one knows shooters and live services better than Vince.” 

That’s not all, though, as GameSpot’s report reveals that former Halo designer Marcus Lehto, who just opened a new EA studio back in October, is “building a new development team in Seattle focused on injecting more storytelling into the Battlefield universe.” It also reveals that Ripple Effect, the studio behind 2042’s Portal mode, is working on a new experience in the 2042 universe. EA said GameSpot that in the immediate future, DICE, Ripple Effect, and Lehto’s new studio will work to expand and improve the current 2042 experience. In fact, EA developer lead Byron Beede said the work of Lehto’s team will likely show up in later seasons of 2042 and beyond. 

GameSpot writes that “the other Battlefield games and experiences in the works are meant to serve as extensions, to a degree, of the new Battlefield universe that EA is trying to create,” noting that what those other games and experiences in the works are is currently unknown to the public. 

All of these announcements, which include word that DICE general manager Oskar Gabrielson is leaving the company, are centralized around EA’s reveal that it’s creating a Battlefield universe. While some Battlefield games and stories are connected, most probably wouldn’t call those connections a “universe.” Battlefield’s biggest competitor, the Call of Duty series, recently made the jump from separate games to its own semi-connected universe by way of its popular battle royale mode, Warzone. EA might be looking at building its own kind of universe, which allows for more connected stories and gameplay experiences. 

The universe can be spanned across multiple titles and offerings. GameSpot’s report, and each will be developed by different studios across EA’s portfolio. 

We’re excited to learn more about what this new Battlefield universe looks like and to see what changes, improvements, and new experiences come to 2042, but for now, we wait. Check out Game Informer’sBattlefield 2042 Review. Next, check out all the fixes in 2042 Update 3. 

[Source: GameSpot]

Do you feel excited by the new Battlefield universe. Comment below to let us know your excitement about the new Battlefield universe!