Announces a studio name change and more.

Respawn Entertainment's co-founder and CEO, Vince Zampella, is about to shift gears. He is now in charge of DICE LA. This change will be finalized later this year. With it will come a new name for the studio. An unannounced game is also already in the works.

According to the LA Times, the plan is to "expand and launch an original, as-yet-unrevealed game." According to Zampella, the new DICE LA will be separate from Respawn...

New content arrives starting December 17.

Starting December 17, 2019, content from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be added to Star Wars Battlefront II. This begins with the addition of the Sith trooper, Jet trooper, the Ovissian Gunner, and the Caphex Spy. For those that need a little rolly boy, you can play as BB-8 at some point in January.

You can find out more about Star Wars Battlefront II: Celebration Edition here, including a look at the upcoming roadmap of...

Quick, stop thinking about the TTK nerfs!

DICE released a new overview trailer for the upcoming Wake Island map coming very soon to Battlefield V. The map that has the honor of appearing in the most official Battlefield games will be released on December 12.

Wake Island has now appeared in the following Battlefield releases: ...

But they won't be called Private Matches.

DICE announced that their planned Private Matches feature is finally coming to Battlefield V. It will arrive on all platforms on December 9, but they won't be called Private Matches. Instead, DICE is calling them Community Games.

I can only imagine that the Battlefield V community is having some very mixed feelings right about now. There are probably wars being waged right now on Battlefield forums and subreddits between those...

An official announcement is expected on Wednesday.

Though it hasn't been officially announced yet, and may not be until December 5, it looks like EA is readying a new release for Star Wars: Battlefront II. It's called Star Wars Battlefront II: Celebration Edition and, as you probably already expect, this release will include the game, all of the previously released free content, a bunch of appearance unlocks, and yes, even some Rise of Skywalker content.

It's probably...

The Pacific Theater begins in one week.

DICE and EA revealed plenty of fresh information today for the fifth upcoming chapter for Battlefield V. The War in the Pacific chapter of Battlefield 5 launches on October 31 for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. With it will come two new maps, two new factions, new weapons, new vehicles, new Elites, and new chapter rewards.

Before we get into that, let us first let you know about two free weekends coming up for the game. This...

A month of events, challenges, and content await Battlefield V players.

October is officially "Battlefest" month for Battlefield V. Throughout the month, players will get to take part in a number of events, challenges, and even get their hands on some new content and rewards. This will be the lead-up to the release of Chapter 5 and the start of the Pacific campaign for the game.

Each week of Battlefest will have different themes. There will be different modes,...

DICE provides a fresh look at an old favorite.

DICE is set to release the Operation Underground map for Battlefield V very soon. In fact, it may actually be released this week. Operation Underground is essentially a Battlefield V take on Operation Metro from Battlefield 3. It was first announced back in June during EA's E3 event.

This week, a new preview for the map provides us with a new trailer. We learn that the original designer of Operation Metro was also the lead...

A 5v5 competitive game mode never quite got off the ground.

DICE has officially cancelled its previously announced 5v5 competitive mode for Battlefield V. The company says that they made this decision after turning their attention more to "improving the quality of the experience and adding more of the content you want." Despite neither of these two things happening in quite some time, the decision has been made and those looking for a small-scale war are left looking elsewhere....

Update starts rolling out at 1AM.

DICE just released the details for the forthcoming 4.2.2 update coming tonight to Battlefield V. This update will be for all platforms. On the PC it will weigh in at about 800MB and on the Xbox One it will be roughly 50MB. Those on the PlayStation 4 will apparently just have to roll the dice on how big their update will be.

As of right now, the update will begin rolling out at 1AM (PT) beginning with the PC. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One...

Ouch.

DICE finally revealed the patch notes for Update 4.2, which is slated to hit Battlefield V tomorrow (Thursday, July 25) starting at 1AM (PT) with the PC update. PS4 and XB1 updates will follow at 2AM and 3AM respectively. On the plus side, they say that they have fixes that target "extreme instances of invisible soldiers." On the other hand, the total number of changes can be counted on just two hands.

For a fairly major update, this seems to be rather...

Two updates coming over the next week.

DICE again took to Reddit to explain just what is going on with Battlefield V. Well, they didn't get into too many details, but they did share some bits of information that we should probably know about.

First up, DICE is planning to release the 4.2 update this Thursday. This update will be for both clients and servers. However, no actual changelog has been shared yet. Maybe it'll include the fix for the invisible soldiers that has...

Bug fixes and stability improvements.

DICE has detailed the changes that are coming in the first update to kick off the fourth chapter of Battlefield V. This update will land this week starting on Tuesday at 1AM (PT). Battlefield V Chapter 4 is entitled "Defying the Odds" and it begins on June 27. Al Sundan, a new map, is also scheduled to be released on the 27th.

Below, you will see only some of the planned changes coming in this update. The full changelog can...