EA is making a big change to the management of the Battlefield franchise by putting Vince Zampella, the CEO of Titanfall and _Apex Legends-_maker Respawn Entertainment, in charge of the series, according to a GameSpot article published Thursday.
Alongside Zampella’s new oversight of the franchise, EA plans to build an interconnected Battlefield universe, he told GameSpot. To help support that, EA is creating a new Seattle-based team focused on “injecting more storytelling into the Battlefield universe” headed up by Halo veteran Marcus Lehto, while Ripple Effect, which made _Battlefield 2042’s_customizable Portal mode, is working on a “new Battlefield experience in the Battlefield 2042 universe.”
The changes arrive shortly after...