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Battlefield 1 impressions: World War I’s Battle of Cambrai has intense tank combat

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Battlefield 1 is an epic game that takes players into the fresh territory of World War I, which was touted as the “war to end all wars.” In the end, after 17 million civilian and military deaths, “it ended nothing,” as the game says in its beginning.

It is a solemn beginning for one of the biggest games from Electronic Arts and its DICE studio since the Battlefield franchise debuted in 2002. The developers took the risk of leaving the familiar modern war environment for the novelty of World War I. It spans many different environments, such as Saudi Arabia and the French Alps. And while it takes liberties with the historical facts in the name of fun, it is respectful of those who sacrificed all. The game debuts on October 21 on the Xbox One (which I’m playing on), PlayStation 4, and the Windows PC.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.