Today we sat down with members of the Battlefield 2042 team to talk about our favorite Season 7 content and its creation, such as the new map: Haven, the new vehicle: XFAD-4 Draugr, new weapons, and more! 00:20 - Intro 01:01 - Season 7 origins 02:53 - New map: Haven 07:22 - New vehicle: XFAD-4 Draugr 32:18 - New gadget: Predator SRAW 39:07 - Stadium Map 43:04 - Final thoughts Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we’re sitting down with the full Battlefield Community Team to introduce ourselves, talk more about our role, and how we stay connected with our Battlefield players. 00:20 - Intro 01:20 - Meet the team 04:23 - Community Management 12:40 - Connecting devs and players 25:00 - Capturing feedback  30:44 - Favorite parts about Community Management 44:45 - Final thoughts 47:35 - Outro  Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season’s greetings from the Battlefield team as the year comes to a close. Thank you for joining us on the Battlefield this year! We wish you and your squad all the best, and we'll see you in 2024. Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Adán Rodriguez (Game Designer - Weapons) and Ross Darvill (Design Director) review the current state of weapon gameplay in Season 6, and which changes are upcoming in the next game update. 00:20 - Intro 02:55 - State of weapons gameplay 18:14 - Recap of vehicle changes 39:56 - Upcoming 6.2 changes  48:15 - Wishlist for future changes 53:03 - Outro Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Eddie (Game Designer - Vehicles) and Ross Darvill (Design Director) review the current state of vehicle gameplay in Season 6, which changes are upcoming in the next game update, and answer vehicle related questions from the Community.  00:20 - Intro 02:27 - State of vehicle gameplay 11:30 - Recap of vehicle changes 26:28 - Upcoming 6.2 changes  29:16 - Q&A 37:46 - Outro Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Joe Puralewski (Narrative Lead) and Manuel Llanes (Creative Director) are joined by Comet307 for another Community Spotlight! We’ll learn more about Comet’s passion for writing, the Battlefield narrative, how he is connected to the Community, and his work on the Exodus Archives fan-site. 00:20 - Intro 03:25 - Meet Comet307 12:30 - The Exodus Archives 27:10 - Narrative Q&A 40:19 - Final thoughts Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Raunaq Singh - Game Mode Designer and Martin Kopparhed - Associate Game Design Director, to talk about the gameplay and design of the Dark Protocol, and Killswitch Limited Time Event and game mode - available for all Battlefield 2042 players on October 31! 00:16 - Intro 02:55 - Dark Protocol Event 05:05 - Killswitch Game Mode 10:30 - Event design 20:30 - Memorable design moments 27:50 - Cookie of the week 30:28 - Outro Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Producers Nika Bender and Bruce Brodie to talk about everything that's new in Battlefield 2042's Season 6: Dark Creations. In this new Season you'll find a new map, 3 new weapons, 2 new gadgets, a new vehicle as well as a new Battle Pass, many improvements to gameplay and more to come! 00:20 - Intro 02:40 - Season 6: Dark Creations overview 05:18 - New map: Redacted 12:10 - New weapons: VHX D3, L9CZ, G428 14:10 - New gadgets: Ammo & Medical Pouch 14:45 - New vehicle: YUV-2  “Pondhawk” 22:15 - New Battle Pass 24:55 - Quality of life improvements 32:15 - Cookie of the week 35:35 - Outro Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Mikael Karnell (Lead Environment Artist), Gabriel Sanchez (Level Designer) and Joel Zakrisson (Environment Artist) to discuss the gameplay and creation of the Season 6: Dark Creations new map, Redacted. 00:20 - Intro 02:25 - Redacted overview 03:50 - Inspiration for Redacted 08:55 - Design and gameplay 25:47 - Art and research 44:10 - Cookie of the week 48:35 - Outro Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Ali Kaporchali (Producer), Ross Darvill (Design Director) and Jim Fagerlund (Game Designer) to discuss how we’re reworking the loadouts for all vehicles in Season 5, alongside further vehicle Quality of Life changes. 00:24 - Intro, Ali 01:07 - Vehicle loadout rework overview 05:20 - Intro, Jim and Ross 06:00 - Vehicle loadout rework details 21:48 - Jet improvements 26:07 - Bolte and LATV4 vehicle changes 29:46 - Stationary Anti-Air 31:38 - Cookie of the week Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Battlefield on Twitter and Instagram using #InsideBattlefield. www.battlefield.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.