In the company's earnings call Tuesday, EA announced that it will not release a new Battlefield game next year. This is the first time EA has broken the usual one-and-a-half to two-year cycle between Battlefield games since Battlefield: Bad Company.

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Games industry analyst Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners noted that EA confirmed it will release the next Battlefield game will ship in fiscal year 2022, which begins April 2021 and ends March 2022.EA also confirmed that Apex Legends would be its primary focus (as far as shooter games) for 2020. EA confirmed Apex Legends had reached 70 million players, with season 3 performing better than previous seasons. EA is planning on porting Apex Legends to mobile and "other" platforms, as well as making inroads with China's video game industry and esports industry.EA also announced the cancellation of NBA Live 20 , stating the company intends to focus on next-gen consoles. Battlefield 5 released to less-than-stellar reception, with IGN giving it a 7.5 out of 10 in our official review , citing technical issues and disappointing gaps in content. Since then, EA and DICE have struggled to address player concerns quickly enough , leading to a loss of interest in certain aspects of multiplayer, including its now-defunct battle royale duos mode . We last saw in August that the Battlefield 5 community was confused over a seemingly faulty roadmap from the development team.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.