

Pre-release reception of the game was mixed, with the announcement trailer causing significant backlash from some fans of the series. The game is based on World War II and is a thematic continuation of its World War I-based precursor Battlefield 1. Those who pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition of the game were granted early access on November 15, 2018, and Origin Access Premium subscribers on PC received access to the game on November 9, 2018. It is the sixteenth installment in the Battlefield series and the successor to 2016's Battlefield 1, and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 20, 2018. Battlefield V is a first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts.
