Videogame publisher Electronic Arts said it expects to achieve the high end of its annual bookings forecast and unveiled the next installment of its multi-player shooter game "Battlefield" at its investor day conference on Tuesday.

The next Battlefield will be going back to some basics, taking inspiration from older games in the series and removing 128-player maps.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

After the last few entries visited historical and near-future time periods, the next Battlefield game will return to a modern-day setting, aiming to recapture the essence

Electronic Arts has revealed the first details on its next Battlefield game, which is currently in production at multiple internal studios. Respawn and Infinity Ward co-founder Vince Zampella, who is now the overseer of the Battlefield franchise, told IGN that the series is returning to a modern setting with the upcoming title.

The next Battlefield game is in active development and EA has already begun sharing some early details. Here’s everything we know.

Respawn and EA, the publisher that owns the studio, shared with IGN a single piece of concept art for the game, which doesn't yet have a title or release date, that appears to show war tearing apart a coastal city, with a nearby area ablaze. The first game in the franchise, Battlefield 1942, launched in 2002 for Windows and Mac.

Battlefield fans narrow down the location that was depicted in the recently released concept art for the shooter series' next entry.

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Taking the stage after Miele was Battlefield SVP and GM Byron Beede, who dove into the specifics regarding which studios are developing which parts of the game. Beede said DICE, t