Battlefield 4’s story trailer reveals in-squad fighting, apple tossing, and dog punching

In publisher Activision’s modern-military shooter Call of Duty: Ghosts, players can partner up with a highly trained canine that fans have made into the game’s unofficial mascot. In Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 4, players will watch as a character punches a highly trained canine.

If you read between the lines, I think you can see that EA and Battlefield 4 developer DICE were going for with its use of combat dogs.