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YEAR 2016
GENRE Shooter
PLATFORM Microsoft Windows, personal computer, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
ABOUT THE GAME

Battlefield 1 is a 2016 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fifteenth installment in the Battlefield series. It was released for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One in October 2016. Battlefield 1 marked a departure for the series by setting the game in World War I. Its single-player mode, titled War Stories, explores the experiences of various soldiers across different theaters of the war, including the Western Front, the Italian Front, Gallipoli, and Arabia. Additionally, the game offers multiplayer gameplay marked by large-scale ground battles and intense aerial dogfights. Battlefield 1 received positive reviews from critics, who saw it as an improvement over the series' previous installments, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline. Most of the praise was directed towards its WWI setting, single-player campaigns, and multiplayer modes. The game was a commercial success, with estimated sales of over 15 million copies, and was followed by Battlefield V in 2018.

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RECORD FACTS
Developer
DICE
Publisher
Electronic Arts
First release
October 21, 2016
Series
Battlefield
Cover
Official thumbnail
Record ID
Q24031560

TIME SHELF

Across decades

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