Battlefield Mobile gets cancelled ahead of the planned release this year

Despite not even being officially released in any capacity outside of a few tightly closed beta test phases, the mobile port of popular FPS series Battlefield, appropriately titled Battlefield Mobile, has been cancelled. EA announced this alongside the closure of the less-than-a-year-old Apex Mobile, so it seems like they’re rotating away from the mobile platform to focus on other things. Regardless, it’s a bit of a bummer we didn’t even get to try this one out ourselves before it got canned. Battlefield is a widely successful franchise, with even the most recent entry getting a bit of a resurgence after a tough launch, so the prospect of bringing it to mobile devices seemed both profitable and generally quite a good idea for those of us without the means to play it on consoles or PC. Unfortunately, despite the beta tests seeming mostly well received, we won’t get that chance, at least for the foreseeable future. ... [MORE]

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