Electronic Arts and Visceral Games have officially announced the next entry into the Battlefield series, Battlefield Hardline. The game is scheduled to launch this Fall.

The news was revealed in a post on the official Battlefield blog by Steve Papoutsis, general manager of Visceral Games and executive producer on Battlefield Hardline. According to the post, the upcoming game will centre on "the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals".

News of Battlefield Hardline was first leaked earlier today. Shortly after, EA launched the Battlefield Hardline website, confirming the name of the upcoming Battlefield game. No mentions of platform releases were made.

Visceral Games is part of the EA Games Label. Battlefield Hardline will mark the first time the developer has worked on a Battlefield game. The studio most recently worked on the Dead Space trilogy, which culminated with last year's Dead Space 3.