Battlefield Fans Triangulate Real-World Location Shown in Concept Art

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by Khayl Adam 5am

EA only just showed off a piece of concept art for the in-development next Battlefield game, which doesn't even have an official name yet. That didn't stop fans from quickly deducing the real-world location depicted in the war-torn scene, with one in particular making a pretty convincing case.

Spotted by IGN, content creator TacticalBrit proposes that the seemingly European city under siege is, in fact, one of the most formidable natural fortresses in the world: Gibraltar, located on the extreme southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

TacticalBrit notes that this "makes perfect sense for any game with a theoretical conflict as Gibraltar acts as a strategic bridge between Europe and Africa." Ceded to Great Britain in 1713, Gibraltar remains a contentious outpost today, with inhabitants fiercely rejecting Spanish claims of sovereignty. A natural fortress, Gibraltar has endured some 14 sieges since its settlement in the 11th century.

TacticalBrit used real-life images to match the location, which was already quite convincing. Then Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson popped up in the comments to confirm the theory, so this one seems like a lock.

Should we fear what Battlefield fans can do when they set their minds to a task? Are you looking forward to the next entry in the series? Rock and roll in the comments section below.

[source x.com, via ign.com]

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

It's battlefield and it's one of my all time fave online shooters but I fear it's going to be rushed out and only a fraction of the whole game on launch day. EA are going to monetise the heck out of it as well with battle passes etc which I know is common practice but wouldn't it be nice for EA to buck the trend for once? Also I'd like destruction on par with bad company 2 which to this day is still unrivaled and extremely odd that EA have never figured out that it's bad company 3 we want..that's what we need.

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nessisonett
6:29am

Can you use gammons as human shields?

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Skeletor85
9:56am

This can make sense because there was also a Gibraltar map in BF2142 aka the best BF ever.

Battlefield was once the best FPS shooter out there, maybe not the most popular but definitely the best
Those days have long long gone, the games have progressively gotten worse , the anti cheat non existent ( the most cheated in game there is besides CsGo)
It's just a sorry, pitiful state of a franchise that will never ever get another penny from me, they made BF1 a beautiful, stunning, great game but let the cheaters destroy it
Companies should be forced to ensure they are doing everything they can to make their multiplayer games as fair as possible, they shouldn't be allowed to release them and then just let whatever happens happen.
There are free cheats available and have been for years that people still use with impunity, the anti cheat is considered a joke in the cheat community
They can shove their games where the sun don't shine!

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Perturbator
12:31pm

It's a shame the way BF series has gone because they used to be such a staple of multiplayer shooters, especially in the years before shooters became CODified after Modern Warfare.

The biggest problem with 2042 (I only played it later after most bugs had been fixed) were the maps though, they were just so empty and boring to play on compared to former games in the series. I hope they can fix things but I have my doubts.

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Nakatomi_Uk
1:08pm

They need to stop trying to compete with COD on launch day and break the cycle and come out when they are ready. Even if it's 6 months after mid year cycle or something the issue previously was always trying to get out before or same as CoD and look at the mess

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GrimWillows
2:01pm

@Northern_munkey destruction and sound design were what made Battlefield unique. They forgot that chasing COD. They are master of none now. Heck, remaster Bad Co (campaign)+ Bad Co 2 and Battlefield 4 multiplayer.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was just an AI image and had no real bearing on the actual setting of the game, similar to those controversial Civil War posters.

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