Inside Battlefield

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Torbis for another Community Spotlight! In this episode we get to know our community member Torbis as we talk through his journey as a Battlefield player.

00:20 - Intro

05:10 - Battlefield memories

11:19 - Favorite Battlefield content

16:00 - Content creation

22:45 - Playing with the Community

26:10 - Battlefield 2042 feedback

32:30 - Cookie of the week

34:40 - Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by LoganTheBrawler for the first Community Spotlight. In this episode we’ll talk about Battlefield from the perspective of the players, and get to know Logan as a member of the community.

00:30 - Episode Intro

02:30 - About Logan

03:25 - Content Creation

07:30 - CLAW Community

11:40 - Gaming charity work

16:30 - Physical Claw meetup

18:25 - Cookie of the week

21:05 - Favorite Battlefield content

24:27 - Battlefield 2042 feedback

26:00 - Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined Ryan McArthur (Senior Producer) and Bruce Brodie (Producer) for a review of the team’s journey as we head into Battlefield 2042's Redux, and a short preview of what's next for Season 6.

00:20 - Intro

01:20 - Redux

03:15 - Season 6 expectations

05:40 - The team's journey

10:00 - Redux schedule

14:05 - Control

15:24 - Quality of Life improvements

21:25 - Cookie of the week

22:58 - Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Bruce Brodie (Producer) and Nika Bender (Producer) to talk about the upcoming Battlefield 2042: Redux period.

00:20 - Intro 

03:28 - Redux Overview

04:55 - Modes

09:00 - Rewards

12:40 - Gameplay improvements

24:00 - Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Shashank Uchil (Lead Level Designer) to discuss the completion of reworking all Battlefield launch maps, alongside the arrival of the improved version of Hourglass 2.0 in the next game update. 

00:18 - Intro 

01:20 - Maps team retrospective

07:30 - Map rework recap

18:00 - Hourglass 2.0 overview

28:50 - Favorite map

35:00 - Final thoughts

36:49 - Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Afshin Fahlstrom (Game Designer) and Martin Kopparhed (Design Director) to talk about the Season 5 Arkangel Directive Event, and the new limited-time Control game mode.

00:20 - Intro

02:07 - The Arkangel Directive overview

03:25 - Control overview

21:45 - Design and development of Control

36:46 - Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined once again by Michael Hartin (Narrative Design Director) and Joe Puralewski (Narrative Lead) for a short narrative Q&A on questions submitted by the community.

00:20 - Intro

02:50 - Q&A overview

03:34 - Was Reclaimed always set in Zlín, Czechia?

04:59 - How does the narrative team select the location for the next map?

06:44 - Is it narrative first, or gameplay first?

10:16 - Is it a conscious choice to bring in reappearing names such as Tombstone squad?

11:54 - Does the team leave many things open to interpretation by choice?

13:50 - When and why did the team decide to move ahead 5 years between Season 4 and 5?

16:30 - Is the Battlefield 4 Final Stand DLC cannon?

17:12 - Do you have a favorite character?

19:24 - Is the full story planned ahead of time?

20:30 - Are there any plans to update the Specialist bios with the 5 year gap between Season 4 and 5?

21:40 - Can you talk more about the narrative team's processes when dealing with a story this comprehensive?

24:41 - Will we ever see a Lore section in-game?

25:33 - Will we see more cameos from previous Battlefield games?

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Michael Hartin (Associate Narrative Design Director) and Joe Puralewski (Narrative Lead) to discuss the story and writing process for Battlefield 2042.

00:20 - Intro

01:58 - What does the Narrative Team do at DICE?

06:51 - Telling stories in a multiplayer game

10:10 - Favorite story moments?

17:27 - Where can you learn more about 2042's story?

26:46 - The writing process

30:32 - Building characters

35:40 - Keeping characters authentic

40:22 - Recap of 2042's story so far

46:49 - Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Kevin Moore (Technical Director), Sean Merson (Producer) and Erik Pomerleau (Release Manager) for a behind the scenes overview where we discuss how our teams update our Battlefield games in a Live Service environment.

00:21 - Intro

03:40 - Game updating process overview

12:08 - Planning for game updates

17:35 - Testing game updates

20:23 - Updating without downtime

25:15 - Different types of updates

28:19 - Quality of life updates

32:21 - Bug fixing overview

34:53 - Live service tweaks

39:33 - Season 5 release overview

55:02 - Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Alexander Formoso (Game Designer), and Jaime de la Puente Boal (Game Designer) to discuss everything that’s new in Season 5: New Dawn.

01:53 - Vault Weapon improvements

03:50 - Dozer and Irish changes

05:32 - Squad Management, Squad Orders

05:57 - Reworking Vehicle loadouts

06:55 - Season 5 Battle Pass

07:23 - New map: Reclaimed

12:51 - New weapons: XCE Barm GEW-46, BFP.50 

16:31 - Weapon balance changes

22:43 - New gadgets: Spring Grenade, Anti-Tank Grenade, Mini Grenade

28:38 - Map rework: Hourglass 

29:28 - Cookie of the week

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