DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson has downplayed the possibilities of them taking the series massively in the near future.

Troedsson stated that putting together an would be a huge undertaking and would be even more difficult with an established series like Battlefield.

The DICE boss said: "The reality is that it's a very big undertaking. It's hard to retrofit onto an established franchise - you have a core following of people that enjoy playing your game, and I'm not always sure that it's the right thing to do. The amount of players is also a deal-breaker. If you want that pixel-perfect feeling of shooting someone, if you want that high framerate to be constant, it's very hard to do that in a big open environment."

He continued, adding that there were things that they could borrow from MMOs: "I believe that the step forward for us is focusing on how you make more out of persistence - unlocks, leaderboards, points, stuff like that. I think we're going to see more of an MMO angle on those things than try to create a huge open environment that is completely persistent with millions of players at the same time."

Thanks Game Informer.

By Ewan Aiton