Today the team is joined by long-time Battlefield fan and content creator: Squid G! As we prepared for a Season 7 preview livestream together, we chatted about Squid's passion for Battlefield and creating content.00:16 - Intro01:15 - Visiting D

Episode 31 - Season 7: Turning Point

Mar 18th, 2024 47m 23s

Today we sat down with members of the Battlefield 2042 team to talk about our favorite Season 7 content and its creation, such as the new map: Haven, the new vehicle: XFAD-4 Draugr, new weapons, and more!00:20 - Intro01:01 - Season 7 origins02:

Episode 30 - Meet the Community Team!

Feb 5th, 2024 48m 52s

Today we’re sitting down with the full Battlefield Community Team to introduce ourselves, talk more about our role, and how we stay connected with our Battlefield players.00:20 - Intro01:20 - Meet the team04:23 - Community Management12:40 - Con

Episode 29 - Happy Holidays!

Dec 22nd, 2023 44s

Season’s greetings from the Battlefield team as the year comes to a close. Thank you for joining us on the Battlefield this year! We wish you and your squad all the best, and we'll see you in 2024.Contact us at podcast@battlefield.com, or @Batt

Episode 28 - State of Weapon Gameplay

Dec 4th, 2023 55m 30s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Adán Rodriguez (Game Designer - Weapons) and Ross Darvill (Design Director) review the current state of weapon gameplay in Season 6, and which changes are upcoming in the next game update.00:20 -

Episode 27 - State of Vehicle Gameplay

Nov 27th, 2023 40m 37s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Eddie (Game Designer - Vehicles) and Ross Darvill (Design Director) review the current state of vehicle gameplay in Season 6, which changes are upcoming in the next game update, and answer vehicle

Episode 26 - Community Spotlight: Comet307

Nov 13th, 2023 44m 8s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Joe Puralewski (Narrative Lead) and Manuel Llanes (Creative Director) are joined by Comet307 for another Community Spotlight! We’ll learn more about Comet’s passion for writing, the Battlefield na

Episode 25 - Season 6: Dark Protocol Event

Oct 30th, 2023 31m 34s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Raunaq Singh - Game Mode Designer and Martin Kopparhed - Associate Game Design Director, to talk about the gameplay and design of the Dark Protocol, and Killswitch Limited Time Event and game mode

Episode 24 - Season 6: Dark Creations

Oct 9th, 2023 36m 41s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Producers Nika Bender and Bruce Brodie to talk about everything that's new in Battlefield 2042's Season 6: Dark Creations. In this new Season you'll find a new map, 3 new weapons, 2 new gadgets, a

Episode 23 - Map Overview: Redacted

Oct 5th, 2023 50m 29s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Mikael Karnell (Lead Environment Artist), Gabriel Sanchez (Level Designer) and Joel Zakrisson (Environment Artist) to discuss the gameplay and creation of the Season 6: Dark Creations new map, Reda

Episode 22 - Community Spotlight: Torbis

Sep 26th, 2023 35m 57s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Torbis for another Community Spotlight! In this episode we get to know our community member Torbis as we talk through his journey as a Battlefield player.00:20 - Intro05:10 - Battlefield memories11

Episode 22 - Community Spotlight - Torbis

Sep 25th, 2023 35m 57s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Torbis for another Community Spotlight! In this episode we get to know our community member Torbis as we talk through his journey as a #Battlefield player.00:20 - Intro05:10 - Battlefield memories1

Episode 21 - Community Spotlight - LoganTheBrawler

Sep 12th, 2023 28m 13s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by LoganTheBrawler for the first Community Spotlight. In this episode we’ll talk about Battlefield from the perspective of the players, and get to know Logan as a member of the community.00:30 - Episo

Episode 20 - Let's Play Redux

Aug 28th, 2023 24m

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined Ryan McArthur (Senior Producer) and Bruce Brodie (Producer) for a review of the team’s journey as we head into Battlefield 2042's Redux, and a short preview of what's next for Season 6.00:20 - Intro01

Episode 19 - Battlefield 2042: Redux

Aug 21st, 2023 31m 39s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Bruce Brodie (Producer) and Nika Bender (Producer) to talk about the upcoming Battlefield 2042: Redux period.00:20 - Intro 03:28 - Redux Overview04:55 - Modes09:00 - Rewards12:40 - Gameplay improve

Episode 18 - Hourglass 2.0

Jul 31st, 2023 41m 42s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Shashank Uchil (Lead Level Designer) to discuss the completion of reworking all Battlefield launch maps, alongside the arrival of the improved version of Hourglass 2.0 in the next game update. 00:1

Episode 17 - The Arkangel Directive Event

Jul 10th, 2023 39m 24s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Afshin Fahlstrom (Game Designer) and Martin Kopparhed (Design Director) to talk about the Season 5 Arkangel Directive Event, and the new limited-time Control game mode.00:20 - Intro02:07 - The Arka

Episode 16 - Narrative Q&A

Jul 3rd, 2023 28m

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined once again by Michael Hartin (Narrative Design Director) and Joe Puralewski (Narrative Lead) for a short narrative Q&A on questions submitted by the community.00:20 - Intro02:50 - Q&A overview03:34 -

Episode 15 - The Narrative of Battlefield 2042

Jun 26th, 2023 52m 1s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Michael Hartin (Associate Narrative Design Director) and Joe Puralewski (Narrative Lead) to discuss the story and writing process for Battlefield 2042.00:20 - Intro01:58 - What does the Narrative T

Episode 14 - Game Updates and Releases

Jun 19th, 2023 57m 10s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Kevin Moore (Technical Director), Sean Merson (Producer) and Erik Pomerleau (Release Manager) for a behind the scenes overview where we discuss how our teams update our Battlefield games in a Live

Episode 13 - Season 5: New Dawn

Jun 5th, 2023 31m 34s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Alexander Formoso (Game Designer), and Jaime de la Puente Boal (Game Designer) to discuss everything that’s new in Season 5: New Dawn.01:53 - Vault Weapon improvements03:50 - Dozer and Irish change

Episode 12 - Vehicle Loadout Rework

May 22nd, 2023 36m 11s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Ali Kaporchali (Producer), Ross Darvill (Design Director) and Jim Fagerlund (Game Designer) to discuss how we’re reworking the loadouts for all vehicles in Season 5, alongside further vehicle Quali

Episode 11 - Improving Dozer & Irish

May 15th, 2023 34m 29s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Ali Kaporchali (Producer), Jac Carlsson (Game Designer) and Jaime de la Puente Boal (Game Designer) to discuss the Quality of Life changes coming to Dozer and Irish during Season 5.00:19 - Intro01

Episode 10 - Squad Management and Squad Orders

May 8th, 2023 18m 53s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Isabelle Grimborg (Game Designer) and Qassim Obeid (Development Manager) to discuss the new Squad Management and Squad Orders features in Season 5.00:21 – Intro01:58 – Squad Management, Season 4 re

Episode 9 - Evolving Vault Weapons

May 1st, 2023 25m 17s

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Alexander Formoso (Weapons Game Designer) to discuss the changes coming to Vault Weapons during Season 5.00:21 – Intro01:00 – Season 5 QoL preview01:39 – Vault Weapon attachments06:10 – Attachment