Inside Battlefield

Episode 32 - Community Spotlight - Squid G

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:00:39 GMT

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 - Intro

01:15 - Visiting DICE

04:15 - About Squid G

10:30 - Favorite Battlefield

12:45 - Portal and Squid G's Chaos

18:00 - Favorite Specialist

21:15 - Favorite 2042 map

29:55 - Favorite Battlefield map

33:30 - Favorite content clip

37:40 - Getting into content creation

45:20 - Community and final thoughts

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Episode 31 - Season 7: Turning Point

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:00:43 GMT

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 - Intro

01:01 - Season 7 origins

02:53 - New map: Haven

07:22 - New vehicle: XFAD-4 Draugr

32:18 - New gadget: Predator SRAW

39:07 - Stadium Map

43:04 - Final thoughts

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Episode 30 - Meet the Community Team!

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:00:37 GMT

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 - Intro

01:20 - Meet the team

04:23 - Community Management

12:40 - Connecting devs and players

25:00 - Capturing feedback

30:44 - Favorite parts about Community Management

44:45 - Final thoughts

47:35 - Outro

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Episode 29 - Happy Holidays!

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:00:29 GMT

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.

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Episode 28 - State of Weapon Gameplay

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:00:44 GMT

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 - Intro

02:55 - State of weapons gameplay

18:14 - Recap of vehicle changes

39:56 - Upcoming 6.2 changes

48:15 - Wishlist for future changes

53:03 - Outro

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Episode 27 - State of Vehicle Gameplay

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:00:22 GMT

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 related questions from the Community.

00:20 - Intro

02:27 - State of vehicle gameplay

11:30 - Recap of vehicle changes

26:28 - Upcoming 6.2 changes

29:16 - Q&A

37:46 - Outro

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Episode 26 - Community Spotlight: Comet307

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:00:51 GMT

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 narrative, how he is connected to the Community, and his work on the Exodus Archives fan-site.

00:20 - Intro

03:25 - Meet Comet307

12:30 - The Exodus Archives

27:10 - Narrative Q&A

40:19 - Final thoughts

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Episode 25 - Season 6: Dark Protocol Event

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:00:09 GMT

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 - available for all Battlefield 2042 players on October 31!

00:16 - Intro

02:55 - Dark Protocol Event

05:05 - Killswitch Game Mode

10:30 - Event design

20:30 - Memorable design moments

27:50 - Cookie of the week

30:28 - Outro

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Episode 24 - Season 6: Dark Creations

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:00:33 GMT

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 new vehicle as well as a new Battle Pass, many improvements to gameplay and more to come!

00:20 - Intro

02:40 - Season 6: Dark Creations overview

05:18 - New map: Redacted

12:10 - New weapons: VHX D3, L9CZ, G428

14:10 - New gadgets: Ammo & Medical Pouch

14:45 - New vehicle: YUV-2 “Pondhawk”

22:15 - New Battle Pass

24:55 - Quality of life improvements

32:15 - Cookie of the week

35:35 - Outro

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Episode 23 - Map Overview: Redacted

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:06:34 GMT

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, Redacted.

00:20 - Intro

02:25 - Redacted overview

03:50 - Inspiration for Redacted

08:55 - Design and gameplay

25:47 - Art and research

44:10 - Cookie of the week

48:35 - Outro

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Episode 22 - Community Spotlight: Torbis

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:34:14 GMT

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 - Intro

05:10 - Battlefield memories

11:19 - Favorite Battlefield content

16:00 - Content creation

22:45 - Playing with the Community

26:10 - Battlefield 2042 feedback

32:30 - Cookie of the week

34:40 - Outro

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Episode 21 - Community Spotlight - LoganTheBrawler

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:00:47 GMT

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 - Episode Intro

02:30 - About Logan

03:25 - Content Creation

07:30 - CLAW Community

11:40 - Gaming charity work

16:30 - Physical Claw meetup

18:25 - Cookie of the week

21:05 - Favorite Battlefield content

24:27 - Battlefield 2042 feedback

26:00 - Outro

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Episode 20 - Let's Play Redux

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:00:46 GMT

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 - Intro

01:20 - Redux

03:15 - Season 6 expectations

05:40 - The team's journey

10:00 - Redux schedule

14:05 - Control

15:24 - Quality of Life improvements

21:25 - Cookie of the week

22:58 - Outro

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Episode 19 - Battlefield 2042: Redux

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:00:40 GMT

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 Overview

04:55 - Modes

09:00 - Rewards

12:40 - Gameplay improvements

24:00 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 18 - Hourglass 2.0

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:27:55 GMT

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.

00:18 - Intro

01:20 - Maps team retrospective

07:30 - Map rework recap

18:00 - Hourglass 2.0 overview

28:50 - Favorite map

35:00 - Final thoughts

36:49 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 17 - The Arkangel Directive Event

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:46 GMT

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 - Intro

02:07 - The Arkangel Directive overview

03:25 - Control overview

21:45 - Design and development of Control

36:46 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 16 - Narrative Q&A

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:00:38 GMT

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 - Intro

02:50 - Q&A overview

03:34 - Was Reclaimed always set in Zlín, Czechia?

04:59 - How does the narrative team select the location for the next map?

06:44 - Is it narrative first, or gameplay first?

10:16 - Is it a conscious choice to bring in reappearing names such as Tombstone squad?

11:54 - Does the team leave many things open to interpretation by choice?

13:50 - When and why did the team decide to move ahead 5 years between Season 4 and 5?

16:30 - Is the Battlefield 4 Final Stand DLC cannon?

17:12 - Do you have a favorite character?

19:24 - Is the full story planned ahead of time?

20:30 - Are there any plans to update the Specialist bios with the 5 year gap between Season 4 and 5?

21:40 - Can you talk more about the narrative team's processes when dealing with a story this comprehensive?

24:41 - Will we ever see a Lore section in-game?

25:33 - Will we see more cameos from previous Battlefield games?

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Episode 15 - The Narrative of Battlefield 2042

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:00:00 GMT

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 - Intro

01:58 - What does the Narrative Team do at DICE?

06:51 - Telling stories in a multiplayer game

10:10 - Favorite story moments?

17:27 - Where can you learn more about 2042's story?

26:46 - The writing process

30:32 - Building characters

35:40 - Keeping characters authentic

40:22 - Recap of 2042's story so far

46:49 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 14 - Game Updates and Releases

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:42:42 GMT

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 Service environment.

00:21 - Intro

03:40 - Game updating process overview

12:08 - Planning for game updates

17:35 - Testing game updates

20:23 - Updating without downtime

25:15 - Different types of updates

28:19 - Quality of life updates

32:21 - Bug fixing overview

34:53 - Live service tweaks

39:33 - Season 5 release overview

55:02 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 13 - Season 5: New Dawn

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 10:00:02 GMT

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 improvements

03:50 - Dozer and Irish changes

05:32 - Squad Management, Squad Orders

05:57 - Reworking Vehicle loadouts

06:55 - Season 5 Battle Pass

07:23 - New map: Reclaimed

12:51 - New weapons: XCE Barm GEW-46, BFP.50

16:31 - Weapon balance changes

22:43 - New gadgets: Spring Grenade, Anti-Tank Grenade, Mini Grenade

28:38 - Map rework: Hourglass

29:28 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 12 - Vehicle Loadout Rework

Mon, 22 May 2023 10:00:00 GMT

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 Quality of Life changes.

00:24 - Intro, Ali

01:07 - Vehicle loadout rework overview

05:20 - Intro, Jim and Ross

06:00 - Vehicle loadout rework details

21:48 - Jet improvements

26:07 - Bolte and LATV4 vehicle changes

29:46 - Stationary Anti-Air

31:38 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 11 - Improving Dozer & Irish

Mon, 15 May 2023 10:00:22 GMT

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 - Intro

01:30 - Soldier camera movement

07:55 - Irish Changes

16:47 - Dozer changes

27:05 - Dozer and Irish summary

30:33 - Cookie of the week

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Episode 10 - Squad Management and Squad Orders

Mon, 08 May 2023 10:00:58 GMT

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 – Intro
01:58 – Squad Management, Season 4 review
03:10 – Squad Management, Season 5 preview
11:15 – Squad Orders
15:50 – Cookie of the week

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Episode 9 - Evolving Vault Weapons

Mon, 01 May 2023 10:00:42 GMT

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 – Intro
01:00 – Season 5 QoL preview
01:39 – Vault Weapon attachments
06:10 – Attachment balance
08:48 – Attachment rollout
12:53 – Gameplay expectations
14:55 – Universal weapon skins
17:10 – Vault weapon balance
21:29 – Season 5 weapon teaser
22:23 – Cookie of the week
24:26 – Outro

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Episode 8 - Mid Season Event: Leviathan Rising

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:40:29 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Matthias Wagner (Lead Game Mode Designer) and Raunaq Sokhi (Game Designer) for Season 2 of Inside Battlefield. In this episode, members of the team reflect upon the launch of Update 4.1.0 and discuss what to expect with the Mid Season Event, Leviathan Rising.

00:42 - Guest introduction
03:59 - Shutdown
21:32 - Team Process
30:51 - Cookie of the week
33:01 - Design Process
56:14 - Outro

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Episode 7 - Season 4: Eleventh Hour Listener Questions

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:00:39 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Nika Bender (Producer) and Amo Mostofi (Producer) to discuss the release of Season 4: Eleventh Hour for Battlefield 2042, and to answer listener questions!

00:20 - Intro 01:37 - Weekly radar
02:32 - Season 4 Reception
07:44 - Q&A Start 07:52 - All-chat
09:37 - Breakthrough in Portal
11:23 - Transport Helicopter Balance
12:45 - XP in Solo/Co-op?
19:48 - Assist Counts as Kill
25:11 - Vault Weapon Skins & Attachments
26:18 - Thermal Scopes for Tanks 28:35 - Future Gadgets
30:31 - Favorite Developer Moments
40:16 - Season 4 Mid-Season Event
42:22 - Cookie of the Week
45:57 - Squad Management
47:03 - Medical and Ammo Crates
49:07 - Multi-Flag Sectors on Maps
53:09 - End of Round
56:06 - Outro

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Episode 6 - Season 4: Eleventh Hour Overview

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Alexia Christofi (Producer) and Alexander Formoso (Game Designer - Weapons) and Jaime de la Puente Boal (Game Designer) for a deep dive on what’s new in Season 4: Eleventh Hour for Battlefield 2042. They’ll chat about the new Map, Specialist, Vehicle, Weapons, Gadget and more!

Chapter Notes:

00:18 - Introductions
05:00 - Weekly Radar
06:29 - Map: Flashpoint
11:48 - Specialist: Camila Blasco
19:00 - Vehicle: CAV-Brawler
21:08 - Weapons: AC9, RM68, RPT-31, Super 500
29:58 - Gadget: SPH Explosive Launcher
33:40 - Cookie of the Week
37:36 - Season 4 Battle Pass
40:41 - Changes & Improvements
49:11 - Outro

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Episode 5 - Maps of 2042

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Kit Eklof (Producer) and Shashank Uchil (Lead Level Designer) to discuss how we have designed, built and reworked Battlefield 2042 maps.

Chapter Notes:

00:20 - Intro
01:43 - Weekly Radar
02:48 - Launch maps
09:52 - Season maps
20:19 - Container memes
21:40 - Spearhead
34:55 - How we build maps
46:01 - Cookie of the week
47:58 - Map reworks
64:04 - Outro

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Episode 4 - Weapons of Battlefield 2042

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Ben Walke (Producer) and Alexander Formoso (Game Designer - Weapons) to discuss design and balance for the Weapons of Battlefield 2042 as we head towards the release of Season 4.

Chapter Notes:

00:19 – Intro
01:55 – Weekly radar
03:17 – Weapon Balance
07:00 – Weapons Meta
09:08 – Weapon Proficiencies
19:08 – Weapon Attachments, Drum Magazines
22:45 – Vault weapons
32:40 – Choosing Feature Designs
39:24 – Cookie of the Week
47:55 – Team Collaboration
51:00 – Season 4 53:22 – Final Thoughts
56:18 – Outro

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Episode 3 - Battlefield 2042 Listener Questions

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Nika Bender (Producer) and Amo Mostofi (Producer) to discuss the recent Update 3.2 for Battlefield 2042 and take a whole bunch of listener questions! To read more about the Core Feedback overview around map design in Battlefield 2042 mentioned by Tom in the Episode, please visit the Community section of our website.

Chapter Notes:

00:00 - Introduction
04:18 - Q&A Overview
05:17 - Q&A Start
05:25 - Priorities for developing new content
10:23 - Who is your favorite Battlefield 2042 character
18:27 - Penguins 24:16 - Specialist balance
27:28 - Discarded and Hourglass Reworks
32:16 - Tutorial and Match Intro flow
37:48 - Helicopters in Breakthrough
39:06 - Cookie of the week
40:54 - Philosophy behind new features
42:52 - Continuation of 2042’s narrative
43:18 - Breakthrough 128 44:25 - Pineapple on Pizza, yes/no
48:20 - Outro

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Episode 2 - Update 3.2 Overview for Battlefield 2042

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Florian Le Bihan (Lead Game Designer) and Jac Carlsson (Game Designer) to discuss Update 3.2 for Battlefield 2042, headlined by the Breakaway map re-work, the Return to the Class System, Thermal Scopes, Vault Weapons, and More!

Chapter Notes:

00:00 - Introduction
03:20 - Weekly Radar
10:15 - Breakaway Map Rework
20:55 - Thermal Scopes
25:57 - Active Protection
28:47 - Below Radar
32:02 - Vault Weapons
40:41 - Cookie of the Week
41:25 - Outro

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Episode 1 - Return to the Class System in Battlefield 2042

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:30:00 GMT

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Florian Le Bihan (Lead Game Designer) and Oliver Andersen (Software Engineer) to discuss the Return to the Class System coming later in January as part of Update 3.2 for Battlefield 2042.

00:00 - Introduction
02:57 - Weekly Radar
05:02 - Return to the Class System Discussion
49:24 - Expectations
52:08 - Recap and Outro

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