The next Battlefield game is targeting a release date before April 2026, according to the latest earnings report from Electronic Arts (EA), though the company's leadership is keeping things flexible in case this window becomes disadvantageous — perhaps due to a game like GTA 6 dropping around the same time.

Electronic Arts narrows down the release date for the next installment of the legendary Battlefield series, and it may come sooner than expected.

We may not end up playing the next Battlefield game this year, even if that's what most of us are counting on.