The next Battlefield game is targeting a release date before April 2026, according to the latest earnings report from Electronic Arts (EA), though the company's leadership is keeping things flexible in case this window becomes disadvantageous — perhaps due to a game like GTA 6 dropping around the same time.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson had confirmed the publisher would be willing to delay its next Battlefield - currently expected

Yesterday, EA pulled back the curtain on Battlefield 6, revealing a few scant details ahead of an upcoming community playtest. Today, the publisher has one more piece of news: the new Battlefield game is currently set to launch sometime before March 31, 2026.

We may not end up playing the next Battlefield game this year, even if that's what most of us are counting on.

EA has pulled back the curtain on the next mainline entry in its long-running Battlefield franchise, explaining a new development plan involving four different studios, as well as a new way for players to hop in early to provide feedback on what the teams are making.

The new Battlefield is expected to be the biggest BF ever created by Electronic Arts. The next Battlefield will be released before April 1, 2026, Electronic Arts assures in its latest financial summary. Related: Battlefield 7 tests attract many players. Some of them are asking whether it's worth it

EA is ready to take the wraps off the next Battlefield early. The publisher shared a brief glimpse of footage from an alpha version of the game as part of an announcement video for Battlefield Labs, a new early access program that will give fans a taste of in-development Battlefield before it launches.

Beginning in the pre-alpha stage , Battlefield Labs will be used to test nearly anything the dev team at EA wishes to incorporate into the game, which is rumored to be released in October

EA and Battlefield Studios today revealed an ambitious new initiative that allows the Battlefield community to help shape the future of Battlefield.