Battlefield V reveal tease plumbs the depths of leak puns

Electronic Arts reiterated this week that it will have a new Battlefield game out this holiday, and now the company is teasing when it will unveil the next entry in its military shooter franchise — which is likely Battlefield V. A mysterious (but official) EA website with the URL stub “neverbethesame” has come online that only says “May 23, 2018” and “#battlefield.” That date would make sense for EA and DICE to reveal Battlefield V to the world before the madness of the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles a few weeks later.

Fans were able to find this site through the Morse-code sounds of dripping water leaking out of a pipe in the Fort De Vaux map in Battlefield 1. That’s right … this info is coming from a literal in-game leak. DICE and EA are having some fun with this. The company is creating Easter-egg hunts that are keeping fans engaged, guessing, and excited for what comes next. This is enabling Battlefield communities to get worked up over the next game.