Battlefield V delay: No longer the meat in the Red Dead/Black Ops sandwich

Electronic Arts announced today that it has delayed Battlefield V from October 19 to November 20. The World War II military shooter is Electronic Arts’ only major holiday release, and it originally intended to launch it October 19. That would have put it between Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on October 12 and Red Dead Redemption 2 on October 26.

This new date should give Battlefield V more room to breathe while also providing developer DICE a few more weeks to polish the launch experience. But this will also put Battlefield V in closer proximity with Bethesda’s Fallout 76 online role-playing adventure. Fallout, however, may appeal to a different enough audience that it won’t compete for the same dollars in the way Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 does. And while Red Dead Redemption 2 isn’t a shooter, many consider it the biggest launch of the year regardless of genre.