Battlefield 5 Rotterdam Trailer Shows Off Wall of Fire for Battle Royale Mode

The success that Fortnite Battle Royale and Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) have seen in the past year has led to other developers to add the battle royale style of gameplay to their titles with Battlefield 5 being one of the major newcomers to the battle royale genre. 

Besides the confirmation of a battle royale mode for the game from Dice, there has been no other details or gameplay for the new game mode.

However, a new trailer the next entry in the popular first person shooter franchise was released on Thursday, August 16th on the official Battlefield YouTube channel in preparation of Gamescom, and it gave fans a first look at how the Battlefield 5 battle royale mode will force players to converge onto one another. 

Other games in the last man surviving genre utilize a mechanic that forces players to converge onto the same area of the large maps in order to force action. H1Z1 has a poisonous gas cloud, Fortnite has an electrical storm and PUBG utilizes a blue electrical field that all cause increasing amounts of damage each time they close in. 

At the very end of the Gamescom trailer that shows off gameplay from the Devastation of Rotterdam that is set to take place in the title, viewers are shown what appears to be the style of circle that Dice will be using in order to shrink the size of the Battlefield 5 map. In an original take on the battle royale mechanic, Battlefield 5 will have a wall of fire that looks to destroy everything it touches as the environmental feature that will force players onto a smaller playable area of the game mode's map. 

With the Battlefield franchise known for its destructible environments, the battle royale mode for Battlefield 5 will have the ability to deliver the most cinematic and immersive experience for forcing players to head to the same area in the battle royale genre with its threatening wall of fire.

(cover photo courtesy of Battlefield YouTube)