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<center><h1><b><u>DEVELOPMENT HISTORY</u></b></h1></center>
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<p>Battlefield Vietnam released in 2004, moved the setting to the Vietnam War, and was built on an updated Refractor 
engine with various gameplay improvements, such as the ability to fire personal weapons while seated in vehicles, and 
visualizing dense foliage.</p>

<p>The 2005 release Battlefield 2 takes place in the modern day, depicting a war between the United States and China and 
the fictional Middle Eastern Coalition (MEC). Despite requiring numerous patches due to a large number of bugs and 
glitches in the game upon its release, it was a large commercial success, selling more than 2,250,000 copies worldwide, 
by July 2006. One expansion pack, Special Forces, which added Russia, exclusive missions, and new weapons and 
gadgets, and two booster packs, Armored Fury (adding three new battles in the USA) and Euro Force (adding the European 
Union), were also released. A similar game called Battlefield 2: Modern Combat was released for consoles, with a larger 
single player mode but limited online play.</p>

<p>Battlefield 2142 was released in 2006, taking place during a global ice age in the 22nd century. While most of it is 
graphically similar to Battlefield 2, it introduced a variety of equip-able items to unlock and battles between two 
giant "Titan" airships. The Northern Strike expansion pack was later released, adding new maps, vehicles, and a new game 
mode. Its use of in-game advertising was controversial among players and not well received.</p>

<p>Battlefield: Bad Company, released in 2008, followed "B" Company's escapades and their search for hidden gold. This new 
Battlefield game had a variety of vehicles for land, air and sea. It had a new destruction system that allowed the player 
to break and destroy environments, based on a new game engine named Frostbite, which replaced the Refractor engine used in 
earlier releases (with the exception of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, which used RenderWare).</p>

In 2009, EA released two download-only games, Battlefield Heroes, a free-to-play Refractor 2 engine game, supported by
 advertising and micropayments and Battlefield 1943, a Frostbite engine game, released in July 2009, for Xbox 360 and 
PlayStation 3, and was scheduled for release in Q1 2010, for PCs, but was cancelled.

<p>In 2010, a sequel to Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, was released, involving "B" Company's search
 for an EMP weapon. It features a larger multiplayer than its predecessor Bad Company, with updated graphics and 
realistic effects (e.g. bullet-drop). The game introduced the rush game mode and brought in weapons. It features a 
"VIP" system of content distribution where player with VIP codes gain early access to new maps. DICE also released an 
expansion for Bad Company 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam, setting the game in the Vietnam War.</p>

<p>Battlefield 3 was announced in 2009, and in 2010 it was confirmed that gamers who pre-ordered Medal of Honor 
Limited Edition would receive Battlefield 3 48 hours before the open beta was released. On February 4, 2011, the first 
teaser trailer for the game was revealed, with a preliminary release in the Fall of 2011. Among the features that 
remain in the game are Jets and the ability to go prone. The game allows 64 (on the PC) players as in all previous 
Battlefield titles, though the consoles allow for 24 player matches. The Battlefield 3 Beta was released on September 
29, 2011. Battlefield 3 was released on October 25, 2011 and has received high review scores and has received awards 
from IGN.</p>

<p>On November 5, 2010, EASY Studios announced a follow-up to its free-to-play Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free. 
EASY develops the free-to-play variants of Battlefield. Its latest offering gives players the same free-to-play pricing 
structure of Heroes, while still offering a more serious, core Battlefield experience (as opposed to Heroes' lighthearted,
 cartoon-styled environment). Battlefield Play4Free went into open beta on April 4, 2011.</p>

<p>On July 17, 2012, an advertisement appeared on EA's Origin webpage that players who pre-order Medal of Honor: Warfighter, 
would receive access to a Battlefield 4 Beta. Battlefield 4 was announced on March 26, 2013. A Beta for the game began on 
October 1 and ended on October 15. It was released on October 29, 2013.</p>

<p>Information about the next entry in the series, Battlefield Hardline, was leaked on May 27, 2014, and officially unveiled 
on June 9, 2014, during E3. The game was developed by Visceral Games and, unlike previous installments in the franchise, 
is centered around a cops-and-robbers theme.</p>

<p>In July 2015, CFO of EA Blake Jorgensen announced a new Battlefield title would be released in 2016. This was 
followed up by Dan Vaderlind, EA DICE Development Director, announcing that since Star Wars Battlefront has been released,
 he will now be focused on the upcoming Battlefield title. On May 6, 2016, Battlefield 1 was officially announced, 
with an official reveal trailer on YouTube, and was released on October 21, 2016.</p>

<p>The next game in the series is also in production and was officially revealed on May 23, 2018. The live reveal event 
confirmed that it will be a WW2 game after several leaks suggested it would be set during this period , its title is 
Battlefield V.</p>
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